How does one become an RN?

Question

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?

Oh, I only have a high school diploma.

Bachelor's? isn't it a two-year college degree?

Answer 1

Apply through UCAS in England, CATCH in Scotland.
Havent a clue any where else.
http://www.ucas.com/apply

Answer 2

You can become an RN with a 2 yr degree or a 4 yr degree depends on what type of nursing you want to go into. If you just want to be on the floor passing pills and doing direct patient care then the 2 yr degree is fine but for the higher up jobs you usually need a 4 yr degree. You best bet to finding out what you need to do is contacting a college near you that offers a nursing program.

Answer 3

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.

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

http://cccns.cccs.cccoes.edu/combo.asp?prefix=NUR

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.

Answer 6

If you are in an RN program then that would be a 2 yr degree. a Bachelor's that would be 4 yrs. apple for college. Do your homeworks and pass all your tests. Then you'll have you clinical, where you practice inside the hospital. Then you'll graduate. Study for the NCLEX. then you'll have a license. Pass it and look for a job. When you're already in a job they'll teach you how to do things for 3 months, but you'll be paid. Then you'll be working full time.

Answer 7

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.

Answer 8

Your best move would to look at local university handbooks (ck the public library or your high school counseling office). You can find a pre-nursing program for 1 or 2 years that will transfer your credits to a nursing program to finish your hands-on nursing. This will give you some time to think about it and your courses will transfer to other pre-medical programs if you change your mind. I went from nursing to pre-med tech to medical school...influenced by a roommate who had bigger dreams than I.

Answer 9

you take an entrance exam in the college of nursing. take the course for 4 years. when you graduate, take the review for the board exam. if you pass it, then you will be given a liscence by your government to practice nursing and you are now called, a REGISTERED NURSE. but aside from the liscence, you should also have the PASSION for the profession.

Answer 10

go to uni, enrol in bachelor of nursing.....maybe do a little certifcate training and become an enrolled nurse first.