What education do I need to have to become a nurse?

I am going to start highschool and need to know what courses to take, in school and college. Since I will be the first person to graduate college, I am really confused.

A vocational nurse (LPN) is only a year program, but the college will tell you if there are any classes you have take as 'prerequisites' for the course. It is strictly nursing classes towards the certificate. In my area, one of the colleges accepts anyone who passes the nurse entrance exam without taking any prerequisite courses.

A registered nurse (RN) can be a two year program with only nursing classes and you graduate with an associate's degree. Most schools require several prerequisite courses and have quite a bit of competition to get in since there are not a lot of nursing class instructors. Well, not as many as are needed for the demand, anyways.

There are classes that can take you from an LPN to an RN that are usually one year programs, but at most a year and a half. This would still end up getting you an associate's degree if you chose this route.

Lastly, you can continue on for a bachelor's degree for your RN, which takes two more years for a total of 4, but you don't have to have a bachelor's degree for the numerous RN jobs that are available. These classes are general education classes in college, not specifically nursing classes.

I hope this helps! There are many choices to further your career even more after getting your bachelor's degree, should you choose to. Many are online and can be taken while working as an RN.

jsut grad. from high school and it would be most smart to go to a community college and get ur prereques. and then you can either transfer to a diff. college and get ur bachelors degree or u can jsut stay with an associates degree that you will get from a community college.
hope this helped :) and good luck!