[elkpark]

Originally Posted by suzanne4

Diploma RN and very, very proud of it.

Just for "the record," I, too, am (and always will be) a very proud diploma nurse! Since then, though, I have also completed a BSN and MSN.

[GooeyRN]

ADN here, former LPN and CNA

[nesher]

What if you have both?

[mom and nurse]

I have a BSN. I'm working (slowly....part-time) on a MSN.

[Ekklesia]

Originally Posted by SFCardiacRN

I have an ASN...so I can't vote!

Please forgive my ignorance on the matter, but does “ASN” stand for “Associate of Science in Nursing”?

And if so, I would like to point out that it would be okey-dokey to select the ADN option.

Also, technically speaking, I can’t even vote in my own poll because I am currently a nursing student (working on my BSN).

[SFCardiacRN]

Correctamundo on the ASN. I thought an ADN was a diploma not a degree..

[traumaRUs]

ADN - Associate Degree in Nursing
ASN - Associates in the Science of Nursing

For the record, I did the LPN, to ADN to BSN to MSN to post-MSN route....should have started sooner - lol.

[canoehead]

I did my hospital diploma and then went back and did my BSN, so I have both. Unfortunately the BSN program never had me in contact with a patient since I already had the RN...

It would be helpful to have the option of RN and BSN.

[HappyJaxRN]

ADN with high hopes of returning to get my BSN and then MSN. :hatparty:

[Ekklesia]

Originally Posted by nesher

What if you have both?

An associates degree is usually non-terminal and is a minimum of 60 credit hours.

While a bachelors degree can fit nicely as a natural extension of an AD, especially in Nursing, and is somewhere between 120 and 150 credit hours. Said credit hours comprise of the ADN, and added classes. So by my reckoning, I would say that your current level of education is a BSN.