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Yea I already knew about the experience aspect of it, but thanks for the heads up. For schools I was looking at it, it was a minimum of 2 years of ICU I believe. Is there anything special that you have to do to get a job in the ICU? I am not expecting to be an ICU nurse right out of school, I know that is not realistic. In terms of grades, I currently have a 3.8 in my ADN program and I have a Biology degree from UofM with a GPA of 3.1, I am hoping that will be decent enough. I am sure I will have to have a lot of other good stuff on my resume to even be considered for a CRNA program.

Thanks for the insight Moogie, I definitely appreciate it. Dropping out of the ADN program is my last option as I have already waited 2 years to get in and I am now almost half way through it. I really like options 2 and 3 that you laid out. I am hoping to begin working out of school and either do the BSN or MSN, hopefully with tuition reimbursement. I am hoping the Bio degree will allow me to bypass a lot of the BSN classes but I guess I will see soon enough. As you said I should just try to gain experience now and see what I like. I am currently in Med-surg and find it enjoyable and I will be doing Psych next semester. I just wanted to consider my options as they stand so thanks again for the insight.

I was looking around a bit more and the CRNA require a BSN. This is my first choice for specializing so now I am thinking I may go the BSN route. Does anyone know what type of degrees you would have to have to become a nurse researcher?

I am currently enrolled in an ADN program and also have a bachelors in biology from a pretty decent school. What I was wondering is if having this extra science degree would allow me to quickly move on to a MSN program. I have a lot of interest in becoming either a CRNA, NP or possibly doing something related to business and nursing. Any ideas about any of this? I am relatively new to the healthcare scene and have not talked to a lot of people about these options. Thank you!