RN or BSN?

[rt_to_nurse]

I'm currently an RT student who plans on becoming a nursing student after I finish RT.

I was wondering if it would be better to get an associate's degree in nursing first and then a BSN or just get the BSN

[AlixCoastRN]

I started in nursing school in 1986 and graduated with my Associate's Degree in Nursing in 1993. In the state where I went to school, BSN and ADN candidates did the same number of clinical hours - ADN program is more compressed. Currently, I am a Resident Care Manager in a long term care facility. The other RCM is also and ADN-RN. I chose the ADN program because I already had a Bachelor's degree in an unrelated field and didn't want another Bachelor's. The reason it took me so long to get done with nursing school is that I was working full-time during the time. If you are younger - like 20's - you may want to go ahead with the BSN.