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Thank you, Harry the Cat. Really helpful, thank you so much. With a Phd though, can I still practice as a nurse if I retained an active license. Say, I wanted to do both teaching and practicing?

This one of my questions too. Im also planning ahead. Iam interested in obtaining nursing education degree but preferrably online. I''ve done sone research. John Hopkins only offers a certificate. I was enticed with Duke's online BSN to DNP program but doesnt offer nursing educator degree. I dont know what the best course of action. Do I need a masters in nurse educator to be able to teach, or will a doctorate in any nursing concentration will do?

Thanks, Slinkyhead. Appears I did make a muck out of my explanation. So sorry. As of now, I have most of CSN's pre-reqs completed in order to get in, but again, with CSN, it is a mere associated degree as opposed to Nevada State College's Bachelors degree. If I do the CSN route with my pre-reqs pretty much all set and a good GPA, the ADN curriculum will probably take me less than a year to complete. My issue with Nevada State College is their stiff competition, which I am getting a lot of horrible rumors about how tough it is to get in. I am trying to figure out the best course of action: A. Get an Associate's degree from CSN, work, while enrolled into Nevada states's RN to BSN bridge via online (which I heard has no kind of competition whatsoever. OR: B. Stay at Nevada State College and suffer through the competition in the hopes I do get in, which will give me a bachelor's degree at the end as opposed to CSN's associates degree. side note: I have not taken the TEAS yet, I am scheduled for May 10. ADN while doing a pm work will also give me the experience which most employers are now looking for. BSN, will give me the degree but no experience yet upon graduation. Who will employers most likely hire? BSN without experience or ADN with work experience while working to get a BSN?

I am just beginning my nursing education at NSC and cuurently considered as a pre-nursing student. I have a bit of dilemma in regards to the best way to get myself to started with my nursing career. This is my scenario: At NSC, my worry, as fellow nursing classmates is securing a spot in their accelerated program. It is still unclear and not guaranteed if I can get in. I have almost a 3.4, but can still raise that because I have yet to complete several pre-reqs before the January deadline. In CSN, however, I am almost certain of gaining entrance into their ADN pgm, but it is just an associates as oppose to NSC's BSN. Not sure which route to take: Get an ADN at CSN which has little pre-reqs to get an ADN (which I can complete the program in a year, probably less), start working while working on my bridge to BSN or stick with NSC which will give me my BSN after 15+ months IF I can gain entrance into their program. But even after I get that BSN from NSC, I will be graduating with no experience yet, as oppose to getting an ADN from CSN, which will allow me to gain experience while working on getting my BSN. Please help. Need some advise. I probably made a muck out of my explanation, but I hope it kinda makes sense