I am considering becoming an RN with eventual advancement to a CRNA or an NP. Which would be better, to get me 2 year degree and license, and then get the BSN, or go ahead and get the BSN before licensure?
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its all in the $$..if you can afford it get the highest degree….as far as competency goes, get out in the field as soon as you can. These are mutually exclusive, so go with what works for you.
If you have the time and the money, go ahead and get the BSN.
If you feel like working for two years on an Indian Reservation, try to get the US Public Health Service, Indian Health Service in Rockville, Maryland to pay for your schooling. You will then become a commissioned officer in the Public Health Service with a two-year obligation to the PHS.
If you are in a hurry to start working and ambitious enough to go to school at night, then get the associate degree and go to work.
A word of warning here: as an associate degree nurse, and especially as a male associate degree nurse, you will probably never get a supervisory job.
The CRNA job will pay about three times as much as you will make slopping out bed pans.