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nd deb

65 Posts

also wouldn't be bad if the employers were more willing to do the tutition rebursement thing..

caliotter3

38,333 Posts

It is definitely better to obtain the BSN in the beginning. More likely to get a better education instead of just paying for a degree.

tokmom, BSN, RN

4,568 Posts

Specializes in Certified Med/Surg tele, and other stuff.

I feel your pain. I'm looking into a BSN program. Since I have been out of school for over 20 yrs, I know I'm going to have to take a ton of basics all over again. It would be nice if experience counted for something.

jeckrn, BSN, RN

1,868 Posts

Specializes in EMT, ER, Homehealth, OR.

I had a good RN-BSN program and did not have to take any general courses. The only ones I had to take was the nursing ones in the program. I went to the Univ. of Buffalo.

LVNBSN2

65 Posts

Any one else feeling that rn to bsn programs are a scam.. recently have looked into 2 online rn to bsn programs from 2 state universities.. one was 20 nursing credits, the other was 27 credits.. after they went thru my transcripts it ended up being that I needed to take a bunch more of generals.. seems like they try to get more money out of you by making you take more generals.. quite few of these were classes I had already taken, they told me that it wasn't high enough level. It really peveed me off... what I thought would be 1 yr on top of the 3 yrs I have already gone for my associate Rn ends up being another 2 to 3 yrs... what a joke.. I almost get the impression they really want to sock it to the associate degree Rn. Then I noticed that the one program I checked into that you are taking classes lpns who are doing the lpn to bsn program. The syllabus from these classes look very similar to what I have already taken.. when asked if you can challenge the course they tell you that there is stuff covered at the BSN level that you didn't get in the associate program..I am like these lpns are gonna take the same nclex I took and the infor in the classes is infor you need to know to pass the nclex. Any one else experience this or am I the only one that feels this way?

No, the LPN's have their own NCLEX to take. Their are 2 different ones, NCLEX-PN and NCLEX-RN. Why do your RN classes not count for some of the BSN classes? Some of your gen ed classes have to be taken withing a certain amount of time to count. There are a lot of RN-BSN programs available. Also check with the school you are interested in and see about taking the CLEP exam for credit instead of the whole class over again. And check to see (did you go to a CC?) If so, why won't your classes transfer from your local CC to your local university? If you need to, ask the dean to write a letter saying your credits are equal to wherever you are going. I had to do that with one of my courses and had no problems after the letter from the dean.

Amanda.RN

199 Posts

I am looking to do a BSN Completion program as well. If anyone has recommendations for a college in southeastern Wisconsin that offers most or all online courses, I would really appreciate any advice or recommendations you have.

Thanks,

Amanda

nd deb

65 Posts

lvnbsn2, the lpns are taking classes with the assoc rn for their bsn. This school has a lpn to bsn and a rn to bsn program. Alot of the rn to bsn classes are what the lpn to bsn is taking. Thus you have Assoc rns who have already taken the rn boards and lpns who have to take their rn boards when they are done with the program.

LVNBSN2

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lvnbsn2, the lpns are taking classes with the assoc rn for their bsn. This school has a lpn to bsn and a rn to bsn program. Alot of the rn to bsn classes are what the lpn to bsn is taking. Thus you have Assoc rns who have already taken the rn boards and lpns who have to take their rn boards when they are done with the program.

Oh, Ok I gotcha. I am curious, though, why do they have LPN's with the RN's? Seems like the LPN-BSN and the RN-BSN should be separate. That's weird they'd combine classes like that. I am not taking any of my BSN classes with any RN's. Weird. But when the RN's finish, they won't have to take boards over, they'll just have the degree.

Specializes in Hospice Care, Med/Surg.

I attend a Christian College and it's a bummer that I have to take a bunch more Gen-Eds, but I gotta do what I gotta do. I know that I can't be a LPN forever and if I ever want to move up in the nursing field...I have to have a BSN. Might as well get it done and work with what's to come! Good luck! It will be over with before you know it!

foreverLaur

1,319 Posts

RN-BSN programs are all over the place. In my state alone, I have seen programs that require just 21 credit hours of nursing and another one that requires 50 credit hours of nursing.

I've personally decided to skip RN-BSN all together and direct enter into a 2 year ACNP program when I graduate.

escapebigd

261 Posts

The RN-BSN program I plan on going to will take a year of actual nursing classes, and while I was waiting to get accepted into the ADN program I'm going through I beefed up a semester of gen-ed they require. All I have to do once I graduate with my ADN is take another semester worth of gen-ed to start the stuff that really matters. It does stink that I have to take government and History instead of more sciences, but I'm happy that from start to finish it will only take me a couple months over four years to get my ADN and BSN.

Birdbr

84 Posts

Specializes in Long Term Care; Skilled Nursing.

My nursing assistant instructor received both her Bachelors of Science in Nursing and Masters of Science in Nursing from the University of Phoenix, so I'm assuming it's a good online university.

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