Rn then nurse practitioning ? Or straight to nurse practitioning ?

[mmusa7111]

Hello all , right now in my life I am a sophomore taking the rest of my pre-requisites at Lehman college. My goal is to become a nurse practitioner. I wanted to know which is much more preferred in the road to becoming a nurse practitioner. Should I obtain my bsn in nursing to get about a year experience then go back to school for a nurse practioner or should I just go straight to nurse practitioning. I asked a nurse practitioner and she preferred me to obtain my bsn in nursing to get experience then go back to school. I just wanted more opinions on this topic please as a sophomore in college.

[littlepeopleRNICU]

Many schools require experience, and I have also been job hunting just to see what the market is(even though I haven't started my program yet), and many jobs I've seen require at least a few years of RN experience before they'll hire you, as well.

I also feel like your bedside experience as an RN will be invaluable for school and your NP career. Yes, they are two different roles, but there are just certain things you learn being at the bedside that I think would help.