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Looking to go into nursing
I'm starting college and this is what they offer under Nursing:
~Bachelor~
RN to BSC Nursing
~Associate Degree~
General Nursing
Environment Health
~Certificates~
Practical Nursing
Midwifery
Pre-Nursing
I have no idea what they are except that Pre-Nursing is like an introduction and I have to start with that. Can anyone help me?
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If I were you I would have a discussion with the guidance office on just what these courses prepare you for. What I do know is you do not want the Certificate Courses as they do not help you much and as or as far as I know the are not a prerequisite for a nursing degree.
If I were you I would look at nursing schools that offer bachelor's degrees in Nursing as this is how you achieve your RN. You could and should talk to your local community college as most offer a course in nursing with an AA degree. It saves you considerable money and the credits you earn are transferable to a nursing school for your bachelor's degree.
One other way to earn your nursing degree is to take a paramedic course. It is a two year course at your local community college with an AA degree when completed. After working as a paramedic for two years you can apply for the 9 month bridge course, which can be done as a home study, to pick up the credits and courses for nursing that are not in the paramedic course.
My son is a firefighter/paramedic and plans to do this to get his nursing degree. Paramedics are in demand and earn fairly good money. The paramedic course is tough but the community college course fee is fairly inexpensive compared to a 4 year institution. The bridge course is also fairly inexpensive, under $3,000.
Being a paramedic can be very rewarding. In the 5 years my son has been a firefighter/paramedic he has over a dozen lives saved. Being a firefighter myself I cannot put into words what that feels like. A life saved is getting a person who was almost dead or dead to the hospital alive and breathing.
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