Nurses, spill your guts

jennkg3

@wesleycrusher (is this a Big Bang reference btw?) I have a bs in psyc and currently hold a teaching cert. I'm thinking of getting my rn, do you think my psyc degree will help?

CCM82909

Like everyone has said, your best bet is to avoid LPN/LVN and just do RN. The Institutes of Medicine (IOM) are pushing to have at least an 80% BSN workforce nationwide by 2020, so many hospitals are phasing out LPNs. Most hospitals in my area won't even hire an ADN anymore, or if they do, they require you get your BSN within a specific amount of time. It all has to do with Magnet status, level of care, etc. I did my ADN and am currently doing a bridge program to get my BSN. It's all online, and uses your work experience towards your clinical hours.

janda426

jennkg3 said:

@wesleycrusher (is this a Big Bang reference btw?) I have a bs in psyc and currently hold a teaching cert. I'm thinking of getting my rn, do you think my psyc degree will help?

There are 1 year BSN programs if you already have a 4 year degree. IMO I don't see how people with, say, an accounting degree can cram 4 years of nursing education into a year but they're a thing regardless. They are very, very competitive. And obviously really intense.

wesleycrusher

jennkg3 said:

@wesleycrusher (is this a Big Bang reference btw?) I have a bs in psyc and currently hold a teaching cert. I'm thinking of getting my rn, do you think my psyc degree will help?

haha, no it's a star trek reference.

I know a lot of people with psych degrees who have gone back to nursing school- all of them got out of psych and work in the medical field with their nursing degrees. 

pepperedmoth

@wesleycrusher‌ I think NPs end up more pigeon-holed than RNs for sure but it happens to all levels.

Either way we have it better than MDs IMO!

MintBerryCrunch

janda426 said:

@wesleycrusher (is this a Big Bang reference btw?) I have a bs in psyc and currently hold a teaching cert. I'm thinking of getting my rn, do you think my psyc degree will help?

There are 1 year BSN programs if you already have a 4 year degree. IMO I don't see how people with, say, an accounting degree can cram 4 years of nursing education into a year but they're a thing regardless. They are very, very competitive. And obviously really intense.

BSN programs aren't four years of nursing education. They are a year of gen ed and a year of pre-reqs and 2ish years of nursing classes. I did an accelerated second bachelor's for my BSN and it was awesome. I had to have all prerequisites done before being admitted though, then it was 16 months of nursing school. The main difference between the accelerated and regular program was that we took 2 med/surg classes at the same time, whereas the other people had to take one, wait the summer, then take the other. Taking both at once gave us more knowledge up front and made us more effective in clinicals. It was a really cool program but it's not 4 years of nursing in 1 year.