http://www.virtualnurse.com/blog/which-would-be-more-beneficial-go-from-rn-bsn-to-nurse-practioner-or-to-physician-assistant/ Find the right nursing program for you. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:44:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.virtualnurse.com/blog/which-would-be-more-beneficial-go-from-rn-bsn-to-nurse-practioner-or-to-physician-assistant/comment-page-1/#comment-1510 Anna P Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:12:19 +0000 http://www.virtualnurse.com/blog/which-would-be-more-beneficial-go-from-rn-bsn-to-nurse-practioner-or-to-physician-assistant/#comment-1510 Congrats on graduating! Your plan is good--I would wait until you are working and you can see what both are doing. I would go more toward NP, as that would be less time (I think). Both NPs and PAs are being used more as primary care for stable, chronic diseases and for midwifery, so it's an exciting time for both paths! The graduate program would not be redundant, and there might be some coursework you "sacrificed" in your BSN for the clinical hours of nursing. Congrats on graduating! Your plan is good–I would wait until you are working and you can see what both are doing. I would go more toward NP, as that would be less time (I think). Both NPs and PAs are being used more as primary care for stable, chronic diseases and for midwifery, so it’s an exciting time for both paths! The graduate program would not be redundant, and there might be some coursework you “sacrificed” in your BSN for the clinical hours of nursing.

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