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akulahawkRN - it was not my intention to make RN sound like a fall back position. like i said, i wish i had majored in it to begin with. thank you for your feedback!

i didn't know what topic to pick for this post because none really fit. I just graduated from university with a bachelors in biology and pre-medicine with the plan to apply to Physician Assistant (PA) school. I am now working as a nurse tech/CNA to get "patient care hours" for PA school but it is becoming increasingly hard to get accepted (i'm afraid my 3.7 GPA and ~1000 hours just wont be competitive enough). now that i am working alongside nurses at the hospital i feel like i should have majored in nursing in college/gone to nursing school to be an RN, and then even if i don't get into PA school i could at least be doing something more rewarding than being a CNA (and possibly not even bother with PA school, or at least for awhile). i really regret being pre-med instead of nursing now. i do like my CNA job as a short term gig as a step to something more, but its hard on the body to be always lifting people (im kind of petite) and i can't imagine myself wanting to do it for more than a couple years if i don't get into PA school... what is the quickest way to become a RN? or LPN. i was looking into accelerated nursing school programs but i am missing 1 prereq - the rest i have already taken as pre-pa/med classes in my undergrad.