Should I bother to get my rn?

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If I don't really want to work in a hospital, should I even bother getting my rn after I do my lpn? I think I would like public or community health nursing but I don't know what setting that kind of nursing takes place in.

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Maybe you misread my post,but I never mentioned anything about money or thinking nursing was easy, and I also know how much hard work it takes to become an RN so there was really no point in you saying half the stuff you said in your post, but anyway I am not going to waste my time and money getting a degree if I might end up working in a place I will not like to work and end up miserable at work everyday,in the real world just having a passion for something is not enough,you have to look at other factors also.

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Definitely go for BSN if you're thinking of community/public health. In my state (CA), I just had to do like another 70 hours of documented public or community health hours (in addition to my public health class and clinical), in order to get public health nurse certification.

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BSN required for community health nursing in my state. You open many more doors with an RN license, even if you don't want to work in a hospital.

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When it gets to a big ticket expense such as a BSN, you have to weigh cost/benefit ratio. If you put down considerable $$,$$$ and time for a BSN, will you be able to quickly make more than what it cost to get that BSN in a reasonable amount of time? You need to know this in order to pay your bills and pay back your loans. What is the probablility of gaining employment, and making a living wage as a BSN?

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Specializes in Home health was tops, 2nd was L&D.

Poster is only 22 so I think she has more than enough time in life to get her money's worth. What about older nurses who just want the personal satisfaction of getting a higher degree?? I think many of them would think it was worht their money also.

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I think it depends on your area. I know in my area, they do hire some lpn's to do community nursing. One of the girls I went to LPN school was doing that, now she's an RN (literally got her license 3 days ago) and taking on more responsibility.

You really need to do some investigative work....

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If I don't really want to work in a hospital, should I even bother getting my rn after I do my lpn? I think I would like public or community health nursing but I don't know what setting that kind of nursing takes place in.

If you don't know what kind of setting public or community health care takes place in, why do you think you would like it?

Any of the above requires a BSN with a PHC. You can look it up .

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Maybe you misread my post,but I never mentioned anything about money or thinking nursing was easy, and I also know how much hard work it takes to become an RN so there was really no point in you saying half the stuff you said in your post, but anyway I am not going to waste my time and money getting a degree if I might end up working in a place I will not like to work and end up miserable at work everyday,in the real world just having a passion for something is not enough,you have to look at other factors also.

Nobody misread your post. You came off as very arrogant, and as someone who had not done the BASIC amount of research into one's chosen field before stating a VERY misinformed opinion of it.

Take some time, look into what you want to give to, as well as recieve from your career; and then come back to us with informed questions.

We will be delighted to help you.

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I have no problem with any of your posts OP.

Hey it's good to see things straight early. That, OP is a huge asset in life. Keep on questioning things, you are more grown up than others will give you credit for in this. :up: Maybe nursing isn't something to continue on with, many would agree themselves if they had considered other professions while young and prior to taking on debt and life committments that box them in. You are young, don't continue in a direction that your common sense tells you is wrong.

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Nobody misread your post. You came off as very arrogant, and as someone who had not done the BASIC amount of research into one's chosen field before stating a VERY misinformed opinion of it.

Take some time, look into what you want to give to, as well as recieve from your career; and then come back to us with informed questions.

We will be delighted to help you.

Can you please enlighten me and tell me how I came off as arrogant, just by saying I don't want to work in a hospital?

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I have no problem with any of your posts OP.

Hey it's good to see things straight early. That, OP is a huge asset in life. Keep on questioning things, you are more grown up than others will give you credit for in this. :up: Maybe nursing isn't something to continue on with, many would agree themselves if they had considered other professions while young and prior to taking on debt and life committments that box them in. You are young, don't continue in a direction that your common sense tells you is wrong.

Thank you oneclearday for your positiveness, becoming a nurse is not something I take lately and really want to be sure it's right for me and something I want to do all my life :nurse:

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Thank you to the people who gave good positive advice, it's something I have been thinking about for a while and I'm glad I got some good answers.

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