I realize I'm late to this also, but in response to the posters who said BSN sounds pretentious - where I live there are several very prominent hospitals (University of Colorado and Children's...
climbinjunkie replied to CharmantUn's topic in Nursing Career
I don't know how things are exactly in San Francisco, but in Colorado the BSN goes a LOT further in getting a job. I'm an ED tech in a large healthcare system in Colorado (14,000+ employees, 9,000+...
The east coast is harder to get into any school more so than say, the midwest. But being a 43 year old male, especially if he has a degree, he's in a much better situation. I'm in a second degree...