BScN vs BN

What is a "pre-nursing" student?

Are you still in high school?

The former includes so called science subjects (i.e. Organic Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics etc) in its curriculum while the latter includes all nursing subjects. Here in Australia, there is no such thing as "Bachelor of Science in Nursing". Universities here only offer "Bachelor of Nursing". The main reason is that advanced science subjects are thought in high school and when you are accepted as a Nursing university student, it is assumed that you already have a knowledge of these subjects. As a result, starting from first year Nursing, you concentrate on ALL nursing subjects (NURS 101, NURS102..etc)-no Chemistry, biology, etc. This is also the reason why "Bachelor of Nursing" is a three year course here in Australia. I believe other countries offer "Bachelor of Science in Nursing" which is a four year course but most of their first year subjects consist of science subjects or some other useless subjects.

I'm just wondering...If BN is considered an arts degree, why then is the title BN and not BAN (since there is a Master of Arts in Nursing (MAN) for a postgraduate title). BSN (undergraduate) and MSN (graduate) are post nominal awards for science oriented nursing degrees... they make sense to me... but a BN and MAN for arts oriented titles...well, where is the "A" in the BN if its considered an arts degree?