I have an Associate degree in Medical Assistant. I want to become a Registered Nurse?
Asked by nene s
Certificate Nurse Assistant, Associate degree in Medical Assistant. but now I want to become a Registered Nurse where I don't have to take unnecessary perquisites classes. please help! Do you know of any colleges, online or campus. prefer Arizona

Best Answer:
You have to get an Associates in Nursing to get a RN. You need to go to a local community college and talk to them Tell them you are a CNA, and you want to get an ADN/RN Some of your classes will transfer. It may not even take you the full two years to complete. I know alot of people who were CNA's working on ADN/RN at the hospital where I volunteered.

Sorry--you gotta do the traditional route. An RN requires a certain amount of education and a degree and there is no getting around it--or you would not be a RN. However, look into the RN associates degree. If you have an associates already, you would not need to take the general ed requirements, just the nursing pre-reqs (all those are necessary).
Answered by Diane A

You can't. You must complete a nursing degree program including prerequisites to become an RN.
Answered by bud68

These two different areas would be a definite asset when getting your nursing. It would allow you to be maybe comped of some of the courses that you took. Ask the school about that.
Answered by mtwaites