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How does one become an RN? |
I've been thinking about what I want to study in college for too long and haven't really decided yet. I am recently thinking about being a nurse. I'm not very sure yet though. I just wanted to know how does one become an RN. Can you tell me how, step by step please? Apply through UCAS in England, CATCH in Scotland. Havent a clue any where else. http://www.ucas.com/apply one goes to college. go to uni, enrol in bachelor of nursing.....maybe do a little certifcate training and become an enrolled nurse first. RN isn't a job for everyone. If u don't like to service people, hear them whine about pain, deal with body fluid ( all kind), you aren't nursing team's material. RN isn't hard to obtain if you are already in a regular college. If you are not really in regular college, then do the pre-req's classes and take the NET . test. http://cccns.cccs.cccoes.edu/combo.asp?p... Here is a list of classes that you should expect to have to complete to become an RN, there are also prerequisites, standard stuff, math, grammar, etc. LPN is an associates (2 year), but I'm pretty sure RN is a four year deal. I'm sure every state has slightly different requirements, so not possible to really give step by step.. Go to college, and pass your test for the license. Those are the two basic steps though. You can get either a BSN, which is a four year accredited college degree in nursing, or you can attend a nursing specific school which will only provide the classes required to obtain a RN license'. After completing either, you take the 'state board exam' to qualify yourself for licensure, and then look for a job. If you are looking to move up in the ranks of nursing (management) consider nothing less than a BSN. The tech school grads are generally passed over for these jobs. You captured it yourself when you used the phrase "step by step" That's how you do it, beginning with putting in an application for Nursing Training (your college will tell you all about that), and from whom you will get all the information you need, starting with what level of education and pre-nursing school subjects you will need to have passed in. After that, if you qualify, you simply start the training, and slog and strain, and study, and take exams until, if you hang in there, you graduate as a "starter nurse". Then, pretty much like any other kind of profession, you keep rising through the ranks. As you gain experience, and with additional studying and training, further examinations will take you to higher and higher levels of qualification Don't forget, however many years it takes, those years are going to go by anyway, so you may as well get to the end of that period of time with something truly worthwhile to show for it, whether it be your certificate of RN, or whatever else you may decide to do. |
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