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I recommend Chamberlain over Molloy. Molloy was my #1 choice but I will finish faster at Chamberlain. It’s a 3 yr program but If you transfer in everything like I am you can finish in 2 years 4 months with a low load of only one and occasionally two classes per session. I’m saving 50k taking the Gen ED’s at Sophia.org, sciences at Portage Learning and Chemistry and a couple other Gen ED’s at study.com. So I will pay about 42k total for the 2 years. They are flexible with transfer credits. You can pick your clinical day. Molloy is a great school but I couldn’t get passed the fact that with my LPN license I would be alongside freshman marketed as a mobility program.

I assumed you meant the program but from the comments it looks like you meant the NCLEX?. I took the NCLEX a whole year out of school using Saunders Comprehensive Review + Exam Cram-PN. I think I did Kaplan questions too. I went through the Saunders in 2 weeks and then the Exam cram in 2 weeks (while on vacation) while traveling to destinations and took the exam with like no sleep the day I touched down back at home. I almost panicked when my screen didn't shut off after 85 questions. But fortunately it did after 86! I'm mentioning this for inspirational purposes. If I could do it so can you. First I would suggest doing at least 3000(Maybe 5,000 for you?) questions before taking the exam again. Being that this is your third time I would assume the issue is one of the following: 1. Poor Foundation- in which case you really should comprehensively go over your nursing curriculum again beginning with med Surg( or even fundamentals). I hear Med Surg Success is an excellent book. 2. Lack of familiarity or concept grasp of NCLEX style questions- in which case you need to do lots of questions. At least 3,000. I still would recommend at least reviewing with Saunders comprehensive review which also includes plenty of questions as well. 3. Anxiety- Are you a good student that is just getting tripped up on the exam? Only you can really determine this. Try to determine if it could all be anxiety related and attempt to address it before moving onto intense studying again. 4. Lack of critical thinking skills- in which you need to go through a fundamentals book (Fundamentals Success?) and then back to #1&2 again Do you experience a lack of confidence with other things? Have you had a lot of failures? Maybe you need to believe in yourself more? I think it's best to slowly work your way from the bottom up then in whatever it is you do not succeed at. You may be working at a faster pace than what you specifically need for yourself. This is just my input I don't claim to be able to solve your problem I'm just hoping it helps. Start slow and be patient. God bless

Take out loans and go to med school. Your family seems like they are more interested in themselves than your desires. I think they don't want to think about the financial burden you may put onto them. Even if you have loans you would need enough to cover housing, car(insurance/note/maintenance) food, phone bill and don't forget the loan payments from nursing school. They probably don't want to worry about bailing you out of situations. But the brighter side is people DO get through med school and it is primarily by loans. I want to add... See about becoming financially independent. You do need a support system but you also need to do what makes you happy. Why be a miserable nurse? Talk to a financial advisor about switching your major the time is now to do so. Find out how you will be able to fund medical school and if it seems like it will all work out go for what you want. Worse comes to worse later you could do an accelerated bsn in 1 yr with your pre-med bachelor degree and the courses will already be completed for you to return for med school. If you did become a nurse first the smartest route would be that way, an accelerated bsn after pre med. you will have two degrees in 5 years and you will have two directions to choose from to further your education. So to answer you question which I forgot I'm sorry. Ask them what they think about you switching your major to premed and then when the time comes when you graduate revisit the topic. Let them know you can become a nurse in 1 year after you finish premed. If you really want your family to be so deeply included in your future. Who knows once you finish premed they may have a different feeling than now. I think this route makes everyone a little more happier than one your way and one completely their way. I personally would do what the hell I wanted and not include family opinions.

Did you know about accelerated nursing programs? You could have skipped the adn and got a bachelors in nursing in 1 year with your previous bachelors. That is the importance of research. If you did know this and just didn't get accepted into a program I apologize. I think it would have been a better route. It may still be a smart route unless you do a RN-BSN that is one year. If you only find ones that are 2 years in length just do an accelerated BSN. Compare th length of time it will take to complete both keeping in mind which already met class requirements from both degrees are able to be transferred in.

My patients home visit NP tried to give me some advice indirectly when she saw me studying (correctly assuming I'm returning to school) and expressed how she wished she never gotten her NP. She got her NP after decades of bed side nursing. One thing she complained about was paying for health insurance and something about retirement. I didn't probe because I never seriously wanted to be an NP. But i did consider it just because I want to advance and advance but I've made up my mind what I want to do and it's not an option not to happen. I do plan on getting my DNP after graduate school but won't touch NP. I am not discouraging the idea to no one but it clarified for me that its possible to regret the decision. One may not be happy but more may be you know? I think you should do as much research as possible and definitely see about shadowing a couple of NP in different fields. Especially more than once in a different facility/environment for the type of NP you're interested in the most. For MD, think about if you want to specialize and what you would want to specialize in. What do you see yourself being happy doing? There are many Anesthesiologists who say if they did it all over again they'd would just become a CRNA. You can research this yourself. Studentdoctor.net is a good site to get advice (not all!) But also there is a thread made to bash CRNAs and disgusting things were said there about them (mainly jealousy of the high salary). This is a sign that the Internet isn't the best place for advice for a life decision. After you've asked all your questions spend several days at least off the internet and thinking about what YOU want. But first research research research. I saw your post for what it was. You were not trying to offend any nurses. You are trying to deal with your own doubts and make an important decision for your future. The fact is though this is a nursing forum and you will have people defending nursing and if you ask this on a doctor forum you will see the same thing (except more insults toward nurses). Ultimately you have to make a decision based on what makes you happy. I think it will be helpful to (but not too much) focus in on all the positive things said here and on a doctors forum and then consider the negative things on both sides especially if they come from a good place and compare the two. In the end I think Your factual research about both fields, shadowing and interests are the most important in making your decision. ******EDIT. I just read your about me section. You seem very passionate about nursing. If you do med school just because an extra year is put onto your nursing goals you will be miserable through med school. Do what you love and want to do! You may be able to save time doing a BSN-DNP. Research which schools you would be interested in and compare the routes of BSN-MSN-DNP to BSN-DNP. This would be easiest if you were interested in completing it online. Also did you factor in the time it would take to do the medicine prereqs?

Definitely get Bates I've seen it recommended over and over again

Thank you. I should try not to be so sensitive about negativity it's always gonna be out there. Thank you for actually answering my question I appreciate it so much. I really want to especially solidify these topics in the RN program.

I'm confused what is wrong with learning basic Pathology? Please explain. I'm not asking which anesthetics do I need to know and if I did and you didn't like the question you could just not answer. Being ahead of myself let's see... Advanced pathophysiology is learned in CRNA school... Hmm that would mean basic pathology is learned as a RN, or no? I expressed concern about shallow learning in RN school. If I listened to you I would be in bad shape trying to go over basic pathology once accepted into a CRNA program. So no I am not ahead of myself some people would call it showing initiative, determination. Qualities any nurse should have. And like I said to the other poster. I want to have a solid basis in pathology now (more solid on the topics more useful for ICU/CRNA) because once I graduate RN I will do my BSN and once I begin working I will have to focus on hard sciences and other admission requirements. There's nothing wrong with studying basic pathology.

Hi I totally figured that . The pathology in this will be helpful for CRNA school but isn't isolated for anesthesia provider material. Pathology was learned (shallow) in LPN school, will go over again in RN school and go in deeper detail in CRNA school. I am trying to avoid learning material just to pass my tests all over again when I do the RN program. I want a solid pathology basis for my future. So that I am prepared to take advanced Pathophysiology. The pathology in this book will be seen in clinicals in RN school and in NCLEX books. It's basic (but more detail than nursing books because it is designed for med students) and every RN should know basic pathology. My Saunders comprehensive review lists key points of each system. When I read a section on heart failure in the pathology book and then go back to the Saunders I understand the Saunders better because of the foundation this book provides. I have only home care experience so most people in the program who have worked in hospitals or nursing homes may be higher on the scale for pathology knowledge as I have forgotten almost everything. So this is a prestudy for Med Surg but also I am thinking about my future in ICU nursing and will like to focus on topics that are most important for that either way it's killing two birds with one stone. I want to focus on the hardcore sciences and CCRN while working in ICU. The time for pathology is now

Thank you for that! Oh, believe me I am. The only reason I'm choosing a few to go over now is because I have to prep for the RN entrance exams. I haven't been able to put down this book so I have given into putting some time aside to read a little every day. So basically I calculated how many chapters I can go through by February(When the 10 week Chem/Math prereqs starts) by determining how many pages I can read a day. That's why I need to prioritize and only do a few. I stupidly thought I wouldn't be able to get my LPN transcripts without my loan being paid off first or else I would have been accepted by now. Fortunately it's a rolling admissions school and I've seen other people talk about having a test date in the month before the start of the program. If I don't get a testing date in time to be accepted for the spring start I will def go through the whole book and corresponding Saunders chapters before the Fall session in Sept! And yes I will be so excited to begin Med-Surg and apply what I learned! This book makes me feel so smart lol. But the review version which is all clinical/case questions is brutal. Maybe because I'm use to NCLEX style questions and these are USMLE. Then again I did read like only two banged my head and went back to Baby Robbins lol. Check it out if you can! Thank you!

No I'm beginning a bridge to RN this spring (hopefully). I was planning to go through Excelsior last year because it was not possible to go to a brick & mortor school but issues came up and I could not afford it anymore. Things are much better now. I have the opportunity to both go to a brick & mortor school and afford it. I'm looking forward to finally getting it done with. Thank you for your response! You actually looked at the table of contents lol

Yes I've seen a few times on this forum and others to know the ans in and out. I hope I manage to do so :)

I found the most awesome Pathology book. Robbins Basic Pathology and it is not a difficult read(so far). I read some Cell Injury & Heart and love it so far. What chapter/systems should I give the most attention to to get the most out of my ICU experience and more prepared for CRNA school? My guess: Chapters 1&2 Cell Injury & Inflammation(Becsuse they are basic and foundational for all the other chapters) 3. Hemodynamic Disorders 12. Lung 10. Heart 22. Central Nervous System 6. Genetic & Pediatric Diseases (Because these types require surgery often, make sense? How about your take? Table of contents can be viewed here: Robbins basic pathology 9th edition

I don't know if this is true. I have Millers "Basic Anesthesia" and it talks about how insurance has dramatically decreased due to advancements and safer practices in anesthesia.

Yes I totally agree that's why I am going to do my best to afford it when the time comes. The hospital I want to eventually work at near me is affiliated with them also which is a plus. I'm assuming the one you work at is too. Really fortunate to have tuition reimbursement! I wish you the best!