Rn to msn

Nurses General Nursing

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Good day all. I'm currently getting my Asn and want to continue. Eventually i would like to become a psychiatric nurse practitioner. I'm just not sure if I should do rn to bsn or rn to msn. I know that you need your bsn nowadays.....but I'm just not sure which way to go on this. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.

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Specializes in OB-Gyn/Primary Care/Ambulatory Leadership.

My advice would be to get the BSN and then enroll in an MSN program somewhere, for a few reasons. First, if you already have the BSN, it gives you a lot more options for MSN programs. It is often actually cheaper to get the BSN first at an inexpensive online program (such as , Ft. Hays, or UTA). Finally, sometimes life gets in the way, and you may choose to delay the MSN, or you may decide you want to go in a different direction altogether. If that's the case, then you still have a very marketable BSN under your belt.

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Thank you. I didnt think of it like that. I appreciate it.

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