ShawnThePhoenix

Okay great, thank you guys. It seems like the most wise thing to do for a young man wanting to get to work asap (so he can move out finally ) is to acquire a ADN, sit for the NCLEX-RN exam, then later on if wanted or needed finish up a BSN, though it is not needed.

Heh, okay. So a BSN is not needed to become a successful, marketable, nurse?

It looks like 80% of RN jobs require a BSN is this thruth?

What exactly do you receive upon completion of a nursing program? My friend is in a CNA to RN program. 12 weeks of training to become a CNA then 18 months to RN. She is unsure it will give her the BSN though. Does it? if not what do most "nursing programs" give? Number 2 question is, is it better to get a BSN or will graduating from a nursing program be just as sufficient? thanks guys and girls

Hello good people of allnurses.com I have wanted to become a nurse since I was about 12, and am now 20 and at a good point in my life to start school. I have a full time job (which I need to keep due to bills) from 9am-6pm Monday-Friday at Directv. I really want to start school, but don't know where to begin at all! What steps do I need to take to go from a guy off the street to become a RN? Am I going to be able to go to school given my work schedule? (Every program I have seen has been very intensive and has had a schedule that doesn't fit my own) I don't know what to do at all. Please help me