I see this topic discusses a lot over the boards and I, myself just struggled with this decision!! I know alot of other students/current nurses are as well...so I thought that we could start a thread telling, who we are, what degree we are pursing and why we chose that specific degree, ie was it faster but cost more money? etc...oh and if you could throw in where you were from that would be awesome too. The main focus of this thread, that makes it different from others is for us to explain our reasons for choosing, LPN, ADN, BSN, MN, MSN, etc..i will go first....
Im Erica, i'm from Cincinnati, Ohio and I am pursing an masters degree in nursing (MN not MSN) I wont be able to be a nurse practioner as you would with an MSN. I chose this route bc all the ADN programs in my area had 18-24 month waiting lists for clinicals! I already have a bachelors degree in a non related field so I chose the MN program, the program is 15 months long so that made me happy! I also looked into BSN programs here for a second bachelors, but they were all done admitting for the year so id have to wait till next year when they admitted again (I grad. June 2004, and decided to become a nurse Nov 2004, moved back to Cincy in OCT 04). My program will cost me more money in the long run it got me out quicker and I got to start this month rather than next year, that was most important to me..I just want to be a nurse:) :).
