Understanding educational pathways for NP, PA

chmcnm
Fri, 28 Jan 2022 17:56:33 +0000

I sat in this very discussion earlier this fall. My wife (CRNA 25 years) and her friend (NP plus Doc in Nursing) talked to my friend’s daughter. She was thinking PA and looking at 5 year programs. That’s a heavy commitment out of the gate was the consensus plus a BSN gives a lot of flexibility and career choices. She’s done some shadowing and is going the BSN route instead.

Another friends daughter graduated from UMiami last year and is going to PA school this upcoming fall. She’s worked hard the past year. You need a lot of clinical hours to apply to PA school. It’s a stressful process applying for PA school.

I’m guessing BSN’s don’t go the PA route because BSN’s have other career paths they can take. Plus they seem like different skill sets and personalities.

Small schools in Pennsylvania offer BSN’s.

I don’t think NP’s or PA’s will be phased out. There’s a shortage of everything.