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Hi. I am a male from Missouri and it has ALWAYS been my dream to become a nurse. The thing is, my parents separated when I was young. Living with my mom and little brother, has been tough seeing that she is supporting us on one income. We had to move to a poor community because of it. All throughout middle school, I was pulling a's and b's until high school. Freshman and Sophomore year, I started hanging with wrong crowd and started to become a rebel and my grades came way down. At the end of sophomore year, my counselor talked to me and told me that if I did not pick up my grades junior and senior year that I would not graduate. It hit me hard. Junior and senior year, my grades improved much and I actually started to study. Now I am about to start my second senior year just to graduate. Looking back at how I started high school, I am happy I am able to graduate. I guess I just partied a little to much. No university will accept me so I have thought of going to a community college then transferring to a university. My questions are: Should I complete an ADN then go for BSN? If I don't complete an ADN first and just take regs at a cc, then transfer to a University for BSN, would it make my time at a University shorter since the first 2 years at a university are just regs?

I greatly appreciate any help you can offer! Thanks! :)

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You'll be licensed and working the fastest if you get a 2-year ADN from your local community college. After that you can work and do an RN-BSN bridge program, many of which are online now. Your employer may even help to pay for it. It's possible to spend 2 years at community college and then transfer for the final 2 years into a BSN program, but why go to school for 4 years before you can work, rather than 2? Especially when you may be able to get tuition reimbursement from your employer for the 2 year RN-BSN while working.

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Thanks for the help but do you need to take regs for the ADN and would the regs count twoards a BSN? sorry but i am just now starting to explore the whole college thing. I got a late start.

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Yes...you will be required to take prerequisites at your local community college and then apply for admission into an ADN program. Most ADN programs have the similar prerequisites: biology, microbiology, anatomy and physiology, chemistry, sociology, psychology and maybe statistics and English. As to whether or not these prerequisites transfer towards a BSN program depends on where you decide to matriculate, as each four-year school evaluates credits differently. Look for a community college that has a matriculation agreement with a four-year school that offers a BSN program, which will ensure most, if not all of your credits will transfer intact. At the very least, send your transcripts to prospective BSN programs to have them evaluated. They will tell you which classes will or will not be accepted.

Good luck!

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Thanks so much for the help!! :)

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