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I am not a nurse (yet) but work for Allina. It's a great system, however, the nurses do not seem to be happy in the past few months. I work in a non-nursing position and I love my management and team and the benefits are awesome! However, some nurses say they would not recommend to anyone and that the management is terrible. North memorial is also having a lot of turn over of management so that could either be a good thing or bad thing as new people take the positions. The most happy I see nurses are with Fairview (university of Minnesota) and Fairview is taking over health east soon. I'd say look into Fairview or Hennepin county as the other two systems (Allina and north) straighten themselves out.

I apologize I meant BS in psychology not BSN. And thank you for your comments. I plan to eventually go for CRNA or NP. I think that getting my bachelors in psychology then doing an ABSN is probably a better route as ill have a better foundation, I won't have any debt from my bachelors, I'll be able to work until I'm ready for the program. I guess I was looking to do his "fast" because I just want to start my career and not be old when I'm finally done with school. 4 years seems so far away. I'll be 25 or 26 when I complete my ABSN. Which isn't too bad at all. I'm just stressed dealing with paycheck to paycheck and being burnt out from my current job I just want to do something that I love and not have to wait so long to get there. But since I am thinking more advanced Master's afterwards I think a bs in psychology and a bsn will hold up a bit more than just a bsn.

I agree this with, but with the bachelors I will have the pre-req courses built in over the next 2 years when I get my Bachelors. Either way I will complete the pre-reqs. I'm just wondering if getting a bachelors then going to ABSN would be easier to get into school and be a better idea. I currently work as a paramedic and work a 24/48 schedule so my schedule is different every week and we work 24 hour shifts. So I would ultimately be left not to work while either completing a 2 years or a 4 year program which is troubling. Luckily my online school is accredited to transfer to brick and mortar schools and once I complete the bachelors I would have completed all required coursework. Just trying to see what is the best option. I guess I kind of just want to be in nursing school already since I slacked for 4 years after getting out of high school and did not go to any school until now. But BSN is seeming like ideally the more logical way to go because I'll already have a bachelors and I can get it while not changing my work schedule as it is online...

So I have been an avid follower of this forum as I make my way through my pre-requisites to apply. My biggest concern is the different types of courses needed to apply as well of course the competitive part of it. I am currently enrolled in a regionally accredited online school, and can complete all my courses through there ( except my two sciences which I plan to do at my community college. What would you think is the best route for me ? option 1: Apply as a transfer to an ADN/BSN program in spring of 2015 for acceptance in spring of 2016 having Chemistry w/ lab, a&p 1 and 2, eng 101, psych 101, lifespan psych and college algebra. option 2: I can complete my BSN in psychology at my online school by December 2016 then do an accelerated BSN in about 13 months. Which do you think would be less competitive? Best option for me? Is it easier to get in with a bachelors already? Anything else I should know about these choices? Thanks everyone!