Johnny B

I definetly understand being excited about going into your clinicals, mine are still a year away and I'm already anxious. Thanks for the information, It's really helpful. If anyone else can answer any more questions about BSN clinicals that would be greatly appreciate. Thanks:)

Hey, any advice you could give about the clinicals for the BSN program would be really helpful to me. I won't start clinicals until next year but I'm very excited about it all. What are clinicals like, what do you do, how many days a week do you do them, how long do you spend doing them each day, what jobs are you actually doing? I have a ton of questions so anything information would be really helpful, thanks:)

Well, being a new student myself I applaud you for trying to plan out your future career. Having a good idea of what you want to do and where your passion is is very important. I'm planning on being a Nurse Practitioner one day and I wish you the best of luck in your future career. :)

Hey, I'm in my second semester at EKU and I'm planning on getting my BSN. I don't enter into my clinicals until next year but I'm already excited. Are you in the clinicals yet, how are they?

Hey, I'm male student like yourself and I think I can help you with a few of your questions. I'm entering into my second semester at an university and I've declared my major as a BSN. I spend one year and a half doing general studies and then they'll select the top 50 or so from my class and we'll move on to nursing clinicals. Then I'll spend the next 2 and a half years doing a combination of nursing lecture and clinicals. Once I finish this I'll be awarded a BSN from the university and I'll be allowed to take the NCLEX in order to become an RN. In contrast, an associates degree in nursing only takes around two years compared to the four it takes for a BSN and you'll find a lot of debate on this website as to which path is actually better. From everything that I've heard and read you'll be better off attempting to get your BSN straight into college. Getting a BSN takes longer, but you get a more well rounded education, have more opportunities for career advancement, and hospitals (at least all of our local ones) are trying to only hire BSN graduates. Again, you'll find a lot of debate as to which path is better but my vote goes to BSN.

Thanks for the help everyone, I appreciate it.

Hello everyone, I'm currently a freshman in college and will be entering into nursing school starting next year. I plan on obtaining a 4 year BSN in nursing. My question is this, when I was in high school there were a lot of people who attended vocational school their senior year with a focus in nursing. These same people are now getting close to graduating from this vocational school, while I still need over 3 years in order to earn my degree. Basically, I'm wondering what the difference is between a nurse who goes to school for 1-2 years and a nurse who goes to school for around 4 years. If other people are earning the RN title in only 2 years then what is the benefit of me going to school for at least 4 years. Will we all be doing the same job regardless of the amount of time we spend in college? Thanks for all your help, I'm just new at all of this:)