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Nov 08, 2006, 01:02 AM
 Re: RN to BSN online
Check your local university. A local school where I live has a RN to BSN program online with only semester with a couple of on campus visits.
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Nov 08, 2006, 09:25 AM
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Nov 08, 2006 at 09:28 AM by nizhoni
Re: RN to BSN online
SkateBetty,
The Frontier Nursing Service in Hyden, KY offers two ASN-to-NP programs that are primarily online (a few trips to KY are needed).
If you have other college credit that can be worked into a baccalaureate in a field other than nursing, you could consider a credit bank situation such as Excelsior College. Their liberal arts baccalaureate is one of the most "liberal" in the nation in terms of what they will accept toward the degree. Then you can look at the online MSN/NP programs that require RN licensure and a baccalaureate in any field. These typically require a few "bridge" classes to make the jump to MSN. Check out St. Louis University as an excellent example of the above.
I am finishing my B.S. in Liberal Studies from Excelsior, then going for an online MSN in nursing education from University of Wyoming (30 semester hours plus a "bridge" of 3 classes). I then plan to obtain a post-master's certificate that will credit my MSN work. This appears to be my fastest, least expensive option since I have a lot of college credit--and it also provides me with multiple job options, since I am our family's primary provider.
If you don't care to do midwifery, you could pursue an FNP from Frontier.
All the best to you in your career path!
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Nov 11, 2006, 11:40 PM
Re: RN to BSN online
Does anyone have recommendations for online RN-BSN programs without a clinical component? I am really against working as an RN 36 hours a week, and then having to go be in clinicals somewhere. It seems a little redundant.
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Nov 13, 2006, 06:01 PM
Re: RN to BSN online Originally Posted by Tweety  Welcome! I was accepted to SPC and have some financial regrets for not going there. But I didn't think working nights I could to the extras like finding a family and going to clinics and what not. SPC is indeed an excellent school with an excellent local reputation. Now that I'm working day shift, I see it's perfectly doable and the best bargain for a BSN I've ever heard of.
Tweety - I am thinking about spc online - is there a lot of clinical and can it be done in my area? (I'm actually about 2 hours north of Tampa and could go there if I really had to... $78 credit hour is just too good to pass up since my employer has a dismal $900 year reimbursement) I'm waiting (impatiently) for someone from spc to call me and give me some info.
gail
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Nov 14, 2006, 06:31 PM
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Nov 14, 2006 at 06:40 PM by Tweety
Re: RN to BSN online Originally Posted by hospicenurse Tweety - I am thinking about spc online - is there a lot of clinical and can it be done in my area? (I'm actually about 2 hours north of Tampa and could go there if I really had to... $78 credit hour is just too good to pass up since my employer has a dismal $900 year reimbursement) I'm waiting (impatiently) for someone from spc to call me and give me some info.
gail
Yes, it can definately be done there. You might have to drive over once during your assessment class to do a head-to-toe assessment. But it's primarily online. I had a coworker just finish it and loved it. (As much as you can love such things.)
More than likely you can do your "clinicals" in your area. In "Family" nursing, you have to find a family with a health issue and spend time with them, that certainly can be done there. In Community Health you have to spend time in different situations, but I'm sure there are plenty in your area (like a public health department, homeless shelter or something) that you can arrange to do there, but I'm not sure because they may have a listing of specific sites they are allowed to go to. In leadership, you can pick your own leader to follow (but it can't be your own manager). Otherwise there isn't much clinicals that I'm aware of.
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Nov 14, 2006, 06:36 PM
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Nov 14, 2006 at 06:41 PM by Tweety
Re: RN to BSN online Originally Posted by rnin02 Does anyone have recommendations for online RN-BSN programs without a clinical component? I am really against working as an RN 36 hours a week, and then having to go be in clinicals somewhere. It seems a little redundant.
NLN approved programs have to have a "clinical" component. But it's not what you think. In my program we get clinical hours during the health assessment course (another NLN requirement) we were given clinical hours for doing a head to toe assessment (very in-depth, meaning looking inside the eyes, ears, doing cranial nerve checks, relflexes, etc.) and we had to follow an MD or ARNP for 8 hours. During leadership we have to spend a day with a manager and we get "clinical" time for that, during Community Health we had to teach two different populations a subject (I taught my coworkers about impaired nurses, and a group of men in my home about prostate/men's health). Stuff like that. There is no going to hospitals and taking patients, because after all, we are RNs.
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Nov 14, 2006, 06:47 PM
Re: RN to BSN online Originally Posted by Tweety NLN approved programs have to have a "clinical" component. But it's not what you think. In my program we get clinical hours during the health assessment course (another NLN requirement) we were given clinical hours for doing a head to toe assessment (very in-depth, meaning looking inside the eyes, ears, doing cranial nerve checks, relflexes, etc.) and we had to follow an MD or ARNP for 8 hours. During leadership we have to spend a day with a manager and we get "clinical" time for that, during Community Health we had to teach two different populations a subject (I taught my coworkers about impaired nurses, and a group of men in my home about prostate/men's health). Stuff like that. There is no going to hospitals and taking patients, because after all, we are RNs.
I will have to look further into your program. With Indiana State, you have to have documented clinical time with a preceptor who has at least a BSN, and you have to be assessing patients, doing checklists, and submit videos of you doing a health assessment, plus writeups for an adult assessment and a peds assessment. That's too much clinical for me. Thanks for the info!
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Nov 14, 2006, 06:51 PM
Re: RN to BSN online Originally Posted by rnin02 I will have to look further into your program. With Indiana State, you have to have documented clinical time with a preceptor who has at least a BSN, and you have to be assessing patients, doing checklists, and submit videos of you doing a health assessment, plus writeups for an adult assessment and a peds assessment. That's too much clinical for me. Thanks for the info!
We have to have a "preceptor" who is at least masters prepared. The only thing that had to be documented was the head-to-toe. She filled out a checklist when we did it and faxed to the instructor. We did get clinical time for "practice" and it was presumed you were meeting with your preceptor and learning the individual assessments along the way, but it didn't have to be documented. To be honest, I never met with her until the day of the assessment, which was done on an adult. Then there was the 8 hours spent with an ARNP or MD.
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