I have been interested in graduate education since before I got my BSN/RN. My first degree is actually in biology, and I went back to school after a few years to get my nursing degree. I originally planned to go straight through and get an NP, but once there it became obvious that although the Dean felt it was great, faculty did not support students getting their NP without having worked as an RN.
So I worked for a few years and checked out programs, and then had family oboligations to take care of. After I had been at home for 3 and a half years, one spring day, a postcard showed up from this school. It specifically mentionned a major in nursing education, which I had decided on. And it said classes on weekends, evenings, and some online things. I couldn't even attend the open house, and the deadline was about a month away.
So I applied, and it was easy. Back then you didn't need GRE scores- which even though I had taken it, it was too long ago. There was no essay, just a form, a check, and transcripts, most of which are easy to get thanks to the Internet.
This may seem irrelevant, but the truth is, if it wasn't so simple, if even one thing stood in my way I know in my heart that I wouldn't have started the journey then. Obviously I got in, and that fall I took one class. And then one more in the fall. It was a slow journey. And it makes me wonder about nursing education in general. It often feels like there are so many barriers. But somehow I met my present goals. And I feel that it was the right path for me. How and why did you start this journey?
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