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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nurse practitioner here - it IS a great field with a lot of flexibility, opportunity for life/work balance, and growth. The best way to get a sense of the field is obviously spend some time in a health care facility that has volunteering/shadowing opportunities for high schoolers.  That may be tough to find (it's hard enough for RN/NP students to get placed) I'd start by asking someone in high school guidance office what opportunities they know about as they are likely the best versed in this.
[b]On the "going to a top nursing school" issue - that is definitely relevant for advanced practice (NP/CNM/Nurse-Anesthetist) but for RN level education it really is just a matter of covering the nursing content needed for the NCLEX and getting clinical placement time. [/b]4 year bachelors is preferable to 2 year associates degree, that is the only real distinction. Where I think the "top school" issue does become relevant is she may think she's all about nursing, and then decide to pivot to public health or PT or something else health related.  So I'd find schools she likes that have a range of options for healthcare related careers so she has a chance to explore this a bit. Good luck![/quote]

What is your basis for saying this? My DC and I have talked with a variety of nurses/NPs/CRNA and they have all said this is really not relevant at all. In one instance, the student went to a "low ranked" (acc to pple on here) school for bio, then nursing degree and is now at an ivy on the PA track. (Stat sample of 1, i realize. But is consistent with what we've been told from many other nurse/health care providers in terms of "does undergrad matter"?) There was also another post on this recently and the overwhelming response was it doesn't.

I'm just interested on why this is your take as it seems to be the outlier in the opinions I've seen. [/quote]

PP here (who is an NP) I think we're saying the same things.  For nursing (education for RN license) it doesn't matter where you go.  You may have better new grad opportunities if you have a 4 year bachelors rather than 2 years associates but even there the differences aren't huge.  For someone interested in advanced practice work after getting their RN (NP/CNM) there is some consideration to "prestige" of program, particularly if one is interested in scholarship or teaching down the road.  You can certainly get a job with an degree from schools that are not as well known but the clinical placement experience might not be great and that's really important in advance practice training. Well integrated clinical and classroom components are pretty critical.[/quote]

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