phair712

One alternative route you could take is to get an associate nursing degree and take the courses need to reach a doctorate level NNP which will be the highest most respected level of NNP. The advantage of this would be you take the in class courses to get your ADN and then the rest of the courses can be mostly online so you can work on it at your convenience. You can get a job as a nurse intern in a NICU while in school for ADN and then progress to work as an RN as you go to school for NNP. Alot of community colleges in CA will get you the ADN in 2-3years, then you can go from there. You need the experience of working in the NICU to go to most schools for NNP so that is why I suggest you get into one as soon as you can, there are tons to choose from. I hope this helps. Media NNP student/Traveler BSN, RN