Goodness gracious please don't. If you don't know how to be a bachelor's level nurse how can you know how to be a master's prepared nurse. You are just trying to keep your head above water for 6–12 months and after that you are trying to understand how to be a nurse. Beyond that is better understanding how to function as an integral member of a health care team.A nurse practitioner/midwife students gets less than 1000 hrs of clinical time. After that you are independent and your safeguards decrease exponentially.A nurse educator- do you feel comfortable telling a 10+ year nurse the “right way” to do something?Administration- unless youre already in leadership it won't get you a job so to speak.CRNA is the one exception but nearly every program requires 2 yes of ICU experience and there is usually a large applicant pool.
I was a nurse manager who hired nurses for the hospital I worked for. I personally hired nurses regardless of their age, at a time when shortage of nurses was beginning to ease up.By 2010, however, nursing graduates waited 6-8 months before landing their first jobs due to suplus supply and low demand due to increased use of technology in the health sector. Now, these days, managers are selective in their hires due to the suplus supply and endless choices of nurses. If two new grads, one older and one younger, for example, were to seek jobs in the same healthcare facility, nine out of ten times the younger one would likely nab the position because of his or her potential to grow with the company. Another consideration is the school one graduated from. A nurse trained at John Hopkins, for example, is more likely to get the job than the one who received an online education from a less credible school. These factors apply to most jobs, except for those positions which specifically require elderly and experienced people, which is not common. Even CEOs and company executives are getting younger than ever before.There are multiple specialties in nursing to choose from. Many of them require physical strength for lifting and repeated quick walking, and stamina to last a typical 12-hour shift. In some specialties, like labor and delivery and emergency room, nurses find themselves running to save lives. Running is not required, but your colleagues will run in dare circumstances and you dare not be the odd man out. They will get you fired. Working in a doctor's clinic, a school, or a fertility clinic, for example, is less physically demanding, and the pay is equally less attractive. Retirees prefer to work in these areas after working in fast-paced, high-paying hospital jobs. Your resume and interview, if you get one, can speak volumes and land you an unexpected job. Bringing previous experiences from other careers, life experiences like community involvement and or other volunteer services, can improve your chances of nabbing an enviable nursing position at any age, so long as you show vigor and interest in the position. I'm sure you will.Congratulations! And good luck!
Depending on financial resources you can volunteer in a nursing home/ hospital to get a feel for the sick and elderly. Can also enroll in a Vocational Technology School and take Nursing Assistant class. Will learn important aspects of caring for patients. Will help you decide if this is career for you. I took Votech NA class my senior year of high school however the classes not as long as that now. I was born with nursing gene so Votech gave me early start for nursing school. Got job at local hospital in my area after graduating HS and gained a great deal of experience making my 1st year of nursing school less dramatic. Was blessed to work at same hospital every holiday and vacation after starting school. Job was great and the pay was very helpful then. Learned so much as nurse aid from an amazing crew of nurses. There are many options you can study for Such as Medical Assistant, Nursing Assistant, LPN or RN. As a 6 year old I was going to be a nurse and to this very day (Am in my 50's) I love my job. Did most all specialty areas (except Obstetrics NOT birthing babies) and currently work in a Psych Hospital. Hours can be long, staffing short at times , pay iffy, pts can be difficult BUT I have enjoyed it all. Would not change anything if I had a do over.
How do i get into nursing college?
If that is the school you want to get into then don't give up, but at the same time be realistic and keep your options open. I'd suggest expanding your choices, but don't compromise quality too much and just find one that will accept just anybody. If you haven't already taken the SAT/ACT, of course do that and study really well to get a good score. What might work best is to go to a community college or state school as a gen-ed major and get your pre-reqs out of the way there, get good grades and transfer into a school. As far as specializations go, if you just go to the 12 month nursing school you basically just get that and then you apply for a position at a hospital or clinic in the field you want to work in. Otherwise you go for post graduate work and specialize there. When you get into college your freshman year I'd suggest focusing on the general education and getting that out of the way. Its easy credits but it also gives you a chance to boost your GPA for applying to transfer to a school.
I tend to agree with my peers, especially the ones that say the new grads get “smacked in the face” when they get out into the workforce. When you’re in school you are hardly ever exposed to the full “nursing experience.” You get out there and are hit with caring for 13 or 14 patients, that’s a HUGE responsibility. These days you have no more LPN’s or nurses aides to help you in your assignments. The patients you see on regular floors are more and more acute. Patients with nitro drips (for chest pain), patients on ventilators, disaster waiting to strike at any minute!Along with the acuity you’re the ones they need to give medications, help people to the bathroom, clean up the patients beds after them having an “accident.” Nursing is not as glamorous as it sounds. These young people want to do their best but placed in the middle of chaos it takes its toll and they leave.Institutions are doing nothing to help either, they feel nurses are expendable. They give you NOTHING as an incentive to stay. They think it’s cheaper to pay nurses from an agency to come in and do the jobs. In my mind, that is bad for business. There is no continuity of care, no one there to learn the nuances of each patient as they’re cared for by a different nurse every day and night.Also, as others have pointed out, there are so many more opportunities out there. Case managers, nursing managers, nurse practitioners, nurse anesthetist, these jobs all pay more and it doesn’t include time at the bedside so…there you go…many reasons nurses don’t stay at the bedside, and charting…don’t get me started on that!!
LPN to RN allows you work in a long term care facility after a year. Hospitals don’t usually staff with LPNS but it would look good as experience on a resume as finding work as a new RN can be difficult because hospitals look for experience.Going straight into an RN program saves time taking either 2 years for an AD or 4 years for a BSN. So if you choose do LPN to RN it will take either 3 or 5 years.The trend these days in hospitals seems to be requiring a BSN right from the git go.All that said, and as a BSN 40 years, nursing has unfortunately become a physically dangerous, litigious, mentally and physically exhausting job. There is little support from administrations who are interested in their Press-Gainey scores and $$$$$ alone. Sadly, I would never choose nursing again as a career again for the aforementioned reasons. I myself would consider a dental hygienist, physician assistant or radiology career. If you do decide to be a nurse please try to work somewhere that has a union. Union nurses make scads more money and if something happens you will have legal representation and arbitration support. My best wishes to you.
What are specific steps in becoming a registered nurse after high school?
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The American Nurses Association has been pushing for a BSN to be the entry level degree for RNs for over 40 years [1] and is just now gaining traction in certain states, with NY and NJ considering mandatory BSN within 10 years to continue working.This is a long way from the beginnings of Nursing, when hospital “Diploma Programs” were the best way to start a career.In answer to your question, I began working as an ADN nurse in 2005. At the time, I had no pressure to further my education from my employer, but knew I wanted to teach some day, so I continued my education to the Masters level, so I could do so.In the past 10 years there has begun a BIG push to do so, with hospitals in many big cities requiring RNs to go back if they want to continue working beyond 2020, or even not hiring ADNs anymore.To qualify as a “Magnet Facility” a hospital must have at least 80% of RNs with a 4 year degree.While I understand many of the arguments for requiring the BSN, I do not think we have the right mix of 4 year programs to meet the needs of the looming retirement of the baby boomer nurses, so we may be hurting ourselves to further our profession.Footnotes[1] http://ojin.nursingworld.org/Mai...