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Hello, I have some questions reguarding furthering my education after a BSN degree. I'm currently receiving my BSN in nursing at Grand Valley State University and will be graduating in December of 2008. Ultimately, I want to obtain an NP degree. Is it better to work first such as med/surg for a few years and then apply? I have had clinical placements on a med/surg floor and im not sure how i felt about it, but I do really enjoy the ER and considered that as a place to start if I did not continue right away with school. Im just not sure if there is a place they "prefer" you to have experience in? Also since eventually they are requiring NPs to have their doctorate degree, is it better to go into a DNP program, or still first get my masters only and then see what is required? Obviously those NPs who only have their masters now will have to further their education somehow if a doctorate will be required right? I'm just wondering if it would be to my advantage to go for the DNP all at once. Any advice on these questions would be great thanks!

I posted a thread a few days ago but I need possibly different advice now. For a little while now I have been considering becoming a HM next year. But my consern is that I'm not coming out of highschool-by the time I'd join I would have two years of college underneath me. From what I have researched and asked people, it seems that coming out of the program i would have most likely another 3 years of college to complete a BSN in nursing. I know that you can do"travel college" while being an HM, but in reality how often does that work out? And how do you know whether those credits transfer to a home university when you go back to college? It just seems I would be splitting up my college and I'm not sure if that's the right path to take. Many people tell me that I should probably finish my nursing degree first and then go travel and that way I'll make more money and start higher up. It's hard to know what to do. I was considering the HM more so because it's not quite the commitment it is going in afterwards (please correct me if I'm wrong) and . I am now reconsidering and possibly looking at other options such as the nurse corps program. I would really like to know what else is out there and opinions from different people who have experienced different things.any info you can give me would be great.

just wanted to say i did not sign yet because I'm still waiting for some credit things, but I really need some advice here-please comment

tomorrow i'm going to sign up for the navy nurse corspman program. I have finished one year of undergraduate work at a good university and plan on starting Bootcamp next summer. I wanted to ask some questions about the program. First I would like to know any advice from those who have done it and what you liked about it. I've read a lot within these forums of the pros and cons, and I also have read a lot of questions about getting a BSN degree from it. It will be different for me because I will have 2 years of college completed once I go in, so I'm wondering with those two years of fundation classes and then the experience in the two years active duty in the navy, whether it's more likely for me to get a BSN. I'm doing this program because i'm not looking to become an officer, but someone who just hasnt been sure what path to take in life. My first year of college I was pre-med but then I decided to switch to nursing and that's when I heard about this program. I figured it was a good way to get experience while I was young, go in ,and then come out and finish my degree. I'm young for being in college so I'm not determined to get my degree by a very young age. Anyways aside from all that, what is the likelyhood you get to choose what station you will be at after training? and how can I find out if these classes transfer back to the university i've been going to? My idea is to be in for the 2 years active or so then go back and finish up a BSN, so I'm hoping they transfer. any other information about the program would be much appreciated. thank you!