Masters in Healthcare Admin or certificate?? Any ideas or suggestions??

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Thanks for all the replies!!! I have researched the hell out of this and have tried an alternate route to get the RN to no avail. There is one LPN program locally which does not meet the criteria for transfer into an RN program. There used to be 4 programs, but they have all folded due to the fact that most hospitals at least where I live, are phasing out LPN's. CA does have an LPN by equivalency which I applied for. The program is bit odd in what they ask you to prove. I was denied because I lacked the time in maternal child nursing. They gave me credit for my CNA and CMA if I recall. At the time, I thought well I might revisit this another time. It wasn't very pressing at the time. I again talked to Excelsior about getting into the RN program if I got the LPN by equivalency and they kind of acted like had never heard of that and it wouldn't work. I have heard that in SC, there are roadblocks to getting the RN if you graduated from Excelsior. However, there are now a handful of schools that have the LPN to RN bridge. I guess this has been sooooooo frustrating for me that I just decided that the door must be closed if I cannot get through it no matter how hard I try. Again, that was before I really needed the job with the $ attached. Now I have looked into several MSN programs that do not require you to have the RN before applying. You actually get the RN a year into the program! This is the best option except for the fact that the schools that offer this are nowhere close by and are extremely competitve to get into. So, I would have to try and move for 2 years somehow. I am getting nowehere fast with all of this. I think I might just go sell cars......