Education vs Experience

Sorry if my post was confusing - you were the 2nd person - I said the NP programs take a non-BSN bachelors degree AND your RN license which you can obtain (as we all know how) thru an ADN or diploma program. I never meant bypass having a license - but YES to bypassing having the BSN part - but WITH a bachelors in something else. I know it sounds crazy because as I said before the schools are a business - they're not going to tell you this unless you ask Also - check out the requirements online to get into those programs near you - they'll say either have a BSN or a bachelors in something else plus nursing assessments (which is a typical BSN course that's not in an ADN program) and maybe a few other undergrad classes.

Oh! Thanks for clearing that up. In this area I don't know of any schools that have an RN-MSN/NP track. Most of them still require a BSN. A classmate of mine got around that by doing the RN-BSN bridge while taking some of the Masters level courses, then officially applying for the NP program towards the end of the bridge program. He was able to just go straight through. I guess that's essentially the same thing. Although I'm sure he had to tak a lot more classes than he would have if he were in a regular RN-MSN program.