I am 28 years old with a BS in Business Administration. Once out of college, I got a bit of work experience and then headed home to raise my 2 boys for a few years. Now that I am a bit older, I realize that the corporate world is not for me and that I have squelched a passion for medicine for many, many years.
Currently I am enrolled at the local jc, finishing up the pre-reqs so I can begin their 2 year RN program. However, my mom recently met and spoke with a woman who is the head of nursing at U Penn (?) and she said that many 4 year schools, her school included, are actively recruiting and paying for people who already have a bachelors degree.
If I did the local RN program, I would be out in about 2 years time, with a job and then would be looking at online, accelerated programs to get my BSN. If I do the accelerated program at the local university here, it would be 3 years and I would have my BSN. This is not to say that I know 100% I want to eventually get my BSN. But my thought is, it can't hurt, right?
Right now my dad is paying for my schooling and he will until I get my RN. The university is 6 X's more expensive and my goal is to do this without loans of any sort, so a huge piece of this is that they HAVE to have free money.
I feel as though I am looking at a very hazy crystal ball and am trying to avoid the "hindsight is 20/20" where I wish I had done X and not done Y.
Thanks for reading all this babble. Your insight is most greatly appreciated!
Well, I don't think it wise or prudent to just jump into Masters program given I have no nursing experience whatsoever! So I am thinking that I will stay on my original track - get the RN - and then once I have figured out which area or specialty I like, then I will search out bridge Masters programs in that area.
This place is a wellspring of awesome information!
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Well, I don't think it wise or prudent to just jump into Masters program given I have no nursing experience whatsoever! So I am thinking that I will stay on my original track - get the RN - and then once I have figured out which area or specialty I like, then I will search out bridge Masters programs in that area.
This place is a wellspring of awesome information!