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Hey everyone :-) So I have another question about what nursing program I should go into because I already asked about this a while ago. I'm just starting my pre-reqs for nursing at my local community college and my plan was that I was going to do them, apply to the nursing program there to get my ASN and then i'd be able to sit for the nclex exam and (hopefully lol) get my license. Then I wanted to apply to an rn-msn program at a university because my main goal is my nurse practitioners license... so ASN than rn-MSN. I was having an issue trying to figure out if it would be smarter to go for my ASN, then my bsn, then do a bsn-MSN, since just in case I change my mind on the MSN program, I can fall back on my bsn, but all of that seems like it would take forever... and so i just remembered that there are prelicensure bsn programs for nursing???? So maybe I should skip the ASN program and go to the pre-bsn program, than try and reach for my masters if I still want to? It seems like that would be a way for me to not spend like 7 years in school because I would be able to get my bsn, which I think would be more beneficial than an ASN, and then I have a choice if I want to get my MSN or not(which I probably will) but just in case ill have my bsn, which I would be happy with :-) What do you guys think? Does anyone have any experience with any of the programs and how they were? So recap if you don't feel like reading lololol Asn(get my rn license), bsn, than rn-MSN Or ASN, and then rn-msn Or Prelicensure bsn program, then msn Hope I make sense and thanks in advance :-) :-) :-) :-)

hello everyone:) So in my last post I have already stated that I'm starting community college this fall for my pre-reqs and their asn program, and then I plan on transferring to my local university into their RN-MSN program because I have an ultimate goal of going for my Pediatric NP license. I know for sure I want to focus on pediatrics, but one thing I don't know is what specialty I would like to go into, because I think I would prefer to specialize in something rather than just doing like general or acute care. Even though there's like a bagillion specialties, I think I'm gravitating towards hematology/oncology... I know there's specializations like hematology/oncology nurses but is there anything like pediatric nurse practitioner specializing in hematology/oncology? lol what a mouthful or do I just become a PNP with like oncology or hematology training and then my career will be based off of where I work and what I do there? Thanks ! :)

okay so I should go get my BSN, I figured that would be the smartest thing to do, just in case but so you guys are saying that like I take my prereqs for my ASN, which can be like 1-2 years, then go for my ASN degree(2 yrs) and this will be three years, then go for my BSN, which is another 2 years = 5 years altogether? + 2 yrs from MSN The CC has all the prerequisites for the ASN to take one year, and I can't take BSN classes because I won't have my license lol I have to talk to an advisor about everything and plan out my schedule and stuff but thanks for clearing some things ups for me because I dont want to go in and say something dumb lol

Hey everyone :) I'm a senior in high school and attending a community college next fall and I have a couple things I need to clear up about my education because I want to get my Nurse Practitioner's license specializing in Pediatrics. I'm going to try to make this as less confusing as possible, so my plan was that I was going to go take my pre-reqs at the CC I'm going to attend and then transfer to a University to get my BSN and then go for my MSN from there. I was looking at the website though, and the University has three programs I was looking at, RN-BSN, BSN-MSN, or RN-MSN. Couple of questions: 1. Do these require you to have your RN license to get into the programs or can I take my pre-reqs and transfer into the program and get my RN license after? I feel like this is kind of a dumb question since it say's RN right in the program... sorry 2. To get my RN license, I need to do my pre-reqs and then get my ASN and take my NCLEX-RN correct? So would this take me two years or three(how long are pre-reqs and how long does the asn take?) 3. So, since my main goal here is to get my NP license, would it be smarter to do my pre-reqs and ASN degree at the CC, get my RN license, and then transfer into the RN-MSN program? It won't get me my BSN but since I want to be a Nurse Practitioner, would I really need it? If anything happens I can fall back on my ASN.... or would it be better to fall back on a BSN; from what I read they're not really that different Thanks everyone; I know they seem like simple questions but they've been confusing me and this kind of seemed like the perfect place to ask.