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How Long Is Nursing School?

I've currently been disqualified from joining the military for medical reasons. I was strongly considering becoming a nurse. I live in Maryland and was wondering how long nursing school actually is. I have a high school diploma. I also heard the time it takes depends on what kind of nurse you want to become. Can anyone really fill me in? Are male nurses uncommon?

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2 Responses to “How Long Is Nursing School?”

  1. littlemi Says:

    male nurses are not uncommon, It is not 50/50 but you probably won’t be the only one, In my year we have 5/60, that’s not to bad considering that in most of all of my college classes there haven’t been many guys and the area we live in and college I go to a commuter campus off a larger university, where I think we don’t really have as much of your typical college student.
    Our actual classes for the BSN take 3 years, the other year is supposed to prereqs. So I suppose however long it takes to get your prereqs. before that (get all required non-nursing classes done before you enter the program or as early as possible. Good Luck, Nursing school sucks!

  2. Diane A Says:

    NUrsing is essentially 2 years of core work. You can get a 4 year degree (a bachelors) which is about 2 years gen ed & pre-reqs and then the core; or an associates degree which is at a community college which again is the 2 years core (and a bit fewer core courses than maybe the 4 year) and however long the pre-reqs take you. In both cases you are able to take the NCLEX exam and become a RN. There are fairly lengthy wait lists to get into these programs however. Male nurses are not uncommon.

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