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I am currently enrolled in a junior college right now and I am wanting to go to nursing school to be a RN. I know I need my associates degree in nursing but do I need to still be taking general ed. classes? Also, I am thinking of being a pediatric nurse, is there a significant pay decrease working in a doctors office vs. a hospital?
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An associates degree will only get you a LVN, you need a bachelor’s to get an RN.
You need to graduate with an associates degree (the field will be nursing), so you will need to fulfill the community college’s requirements for graduation; just taking the nursing classes; you will be unable to graduate and you do need the degree. So continue your classes. Its a package deal.
Yes, there is a pay decrease when you work in a private office (the doctor usually can’t afford high salaries); you could try a larger clinic. Also, many doc’s offices may not hire RNs just MAs (cost again); but there are other places that do peds that aren’t hospitals. Once you are in nursing school, you will be better poised to ferret some of them out.
An Associate’s Degree requires that you complete general education requirements just like everyone else. Many of your natural science, social science and math requirements are covered by the classes required for your nursing program.
In fact, these classes are generally completed while you languish on the wait list prior to starting the nursing portion of the program.