Questions on Becoming a RN from a High School Student

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Hello! I am a sophomore in High School and am very interested in pursuing a career as a Registered Nurse. My question here is, What are the exact steps to becoming a RN? I know that there are multiple different options but my big plan for the future is this.1. Start volunteering at a local hospital 2. Become a Certified Nurse Assistant. (My High School provides the classes and the students go to health care facilities throughout our area for the clinical. At the end of the year the students can take the Certification Exam.)Here is where I start getting confused.. At a certain college I'm interested in going to doesn't allow freshman into their School of Nursing. What would be some classes to take before (hopefully) getting into their School of Nursing? Are there certain prerequisites? See what I want to do is complete a four-year program and obtain my BSN. But do I become a RN before I get my BSN? I haven't really gotten any clarity on that answer so this is all rather fuzzy. I just don't have any clear answers as to what classes I should take the first year in college before I get into the Nursing Program. Answers on this would be extremely helpful! Thanks in advance:D

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Hello! I am a sophomore in High School and am very interested in pursuing a career as a Registered Nurse. My question here is, What are the exact steps to becoming a RN? I know that there are multiple different options but my big plan for the future is this.1. Start volunteering at a local hospital 2. Become a Certified Nurse Assistant. (My High School provides the classes and the students go to health care facilities throughout our area for the clinical. At the end of the year the students can take the Certification Exam.)Here is where I start getting confused.. At a certain college I'm interested in going to doesn't allow freshman into their School of Nursing. What would be some classes to take before (hopefully) getting into their School of Nursing? Are there certain prerequisites? See what I want to do is complete a four-year program and obtain my BSN. But do I become a RN before I get my BSN? I haven't really gotten any clarity on that answer so this is all rather fuzzy. I just don't have any clear answers as to what classes I should take the first year in college before I get into the Nursing Program. Answers on this would be extremely helpful! Thanks in advance:D

All these questions and more can (and should) be answered by your HS guidance counselor. Once you have a grip on what's needed academically, and what the "order" of things is, you can get more direction here on the specifics :) Good luck to you.

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