mhendrix3015

I am only 19 and I don't have any kids. I currently still live with my parents and they are allowing me to stay as long as I stay in school. I think I will go ahead and search for BSN programs and see what their requirements and such are. Thank you so much!

Hello, I am going back to school in the spring time but I am not sure where to start. I also just moved here to Katy, Texas, 45 minutes from Houston. All though I'm not familiar with this area, I know that Houston has a major children's hospital which is my goal, or any hospital down here for that matter. I have decided to change majors from social work to nursing. At the end of this all, I want to be a neonatal nurse practitioner. So here we go. I was looking at several routes to reach my goal and this is the scenarios I came up with. Should I: First become an RN from an associates degree and then go find work to gain experience as an RN while I go back to get my bachelors? I considered this route because I thought that by becoming an RN before I got my bachelors allowed me to gain the experience I needed in order to get into a master's program sooner? Or should I: Become a CNA and work as that as I go to school to get my bachelors for nursing, attain my RN, work as an RN for a couple years, and then finally go get my masters? I just want to know for sure before I go back to school in the spring and I still need to do my research as for what schools offer nursing and such but I was unsure about what route to take. Any advice is welcomed! I am really confused.. Also, how can I gain experience working in the neonatal sector? Thank you all so so much! If I didn't make any sense, I apologize! This is my first post on this site... Thank you again.