2-Year Nursing Students

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I am posting this wondering how many of us are 2-year students. We face different challenges and issues than those who are going to 4-year schools. I was just curious, how many of us are there here?

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Specializes in neuro/ortho med surge 4.
I am posting this wondering how many of us are 2-year students. We face different challenges and issues than those who are going to 4-year schools. I was just curious, how many of us are there here?

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Hello,

I am attending an ADN program. I have a year left. I feel that BSN students have just as much of a workload as ADN but it is spread over 4 years rather than two. They also get a preceptored during their final year on a unit. The plus side to our program is that it is only two years but what a tough two years it is.

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I'm attending a local two year nursing program. It's going to take me three years though because of pre-req's.

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I am getting ready to start my pre-reques and then I am going to attend my CC and enroll in their ADN program and I cannot wait until I finally get to start nursing school!!! :nurse::nurse:Nurses Rock!!!

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I'm attending a local two year nursing program. It's going to take me three years though because of pre-req's.

I am going to be attending my local CC and enroll in their ADN program but like you it will probably take me about 3 to even 4 years to complete because of pre-reques!!! :nurse::nurse:Nurses Rock!!!

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Cardiac.

There are a bunch of 2 year hospital diploma programs in the Pittsburgh region of PA, at least four I can think of in Allegheny county alone, not counting the 2 year ADN program in the community college.

Most of my classmates in my diploma program have a BA, BS, or masters degree in something else and have gone back to nursing school as a career change. I think most of us plan to get our RN and start working and then go on to finish an RN-BSN transition program.

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Specializes in Acute Care Psych, DNP Student.
Hello,

I am attending an ADN program. I have a year left. I feel that BSN students have just as much of a workload as ADN but it is spread over 4 years rather than two. They also get a preceptored during their final year on a unit. The plus side to our program is that it is only two years but what a tough two years it is.

I don't understand this statement. BSNs are 120 credits over 4 to 4.5 years. ADNs are typically 60-85 credits over 2-3 years.

For the two ADN programs I'm applying to, the average credit load while in the nursing program is 8-12 credits per semester. For the two BSN programs I'm applying to, the credit load while in the nursing program is 12-17 credits per semester. The nursing portion of the ADN programs are 4 semesters and for the BSN programs, the nursing portion is 5 semesters.

Maybe I'm not understanding what you mean. Are you referring to rare BSN programs where students start their nursing programs in their freshman year rather than the usual time of starting in the junior year?

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I am in Chicago at a CC and starting the 2 year program (doing pre-reqs this fall)....so you are not alone!

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Specializes in neuro/ortho med surge 4.
I don't understand this statement. BSNs are 120 credits over 4 to 4.5 years. ADNs are typically 60-85 credits over 2-3 years.

For the two ADN programs I'm applying to, the average credit load while in the nursing program is 8-12 credits per semester. For the two BSN programs I'm applying to, the credit load while in the nursing program is 12-17 credits per semester. The nursing portion of the ADN programs are 4 semesters and for the BSN programs, the nursing portion is 5 semesters.

Maybe I'm not understanding what you mean. Are you referring to rare BSN programs where students start their nursing programs in their freshman year rather than the usual time of starting in the junior year?

Hello,

I know someone who is going for their BSN. She is starting her clinicals her Sophmore year. She will have clinicals her sophmore and junior years. She will also have her behavioral health rotation the summer between her sophmore and junior years. At the end of her jr year she can sit for boards if she wants to. In her senior year she has a semester where she is preceptored on a unit one on one with a nurse.

I also worked as an aide with a student who went to a 4 year school and her curriculum worked this way also. Other schools may be different. I was only referring to the clinical portion of the program. BSNs are spread out a little longer and also have a separate pharm class. The community college I attend the pharm material is incorporated into our nursing lectures. It seems that ADN's have a lot more theory crammed into the 4 semesters we are in school. THis summer we have to study 27 chapters of pharm and 10 chapters of math problems and have a test on it the first day of class. We need to get a 90 % on this exam. Some of the pharm chapters we have not had yet. All of this is suppose to be review but in all honesty the reading was so much that I barely had a chance to read the pharm stuff.

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Specializes in Acute Care Psych, DNP Student.
Hello,

I know someone who is going for their BSN. She is starting her clinicals her Sophmore year. She will have clinicals her sophmore and junior years. She will also have her behavioral health rotation the summer between her sophmore and junior years. At the end of her jr year she can sit for boards if she wants to. In her senior year she has a semester where she is preceptored on a unit one on one with a nurse.

I also worked as an aide with a student who went to a 4 year school and her curriculum worked this way also. Other schools may be different. I was only referring to the clinical portion of the program. BSNs are spread out a little longer and also have a separate pharm class. The community college I attend the pharm material is incorporated into our nursing lectures. It seems that ADN's have a lot more theory crammed into the 4 semesters we are in school. THis summer we have to study 27 chapters of pharm and 10 chapters of math problems and have a test on it the first day of class. We need to get a 90 % on this exam. Some of the pharm chapters we have not had yet. All of this is suppose to be review but in all honesty the reading was so much that I barely had a chance to read the pharm stuff.

That is really interesting! I've never heard of a BSN program like that. Every BSN program I've ever seen has the core nursing classes only during the junior and senior years, and generally they have more credits per semester than ADNs. Example, for one BSN program it is 67 nursing credits over 5 semesters versus 42 nursing credits over 4 semesters for the ADN.

That senior year thing sounds really interesting and maybe a good idea.

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Specializes in Long Term Care.

i'm beginning my ADN program in september. i'm really excited; i've worked so hard for the last year and a half to get in...but it's almost frustrating to think that if i went to a U (closest is 2 hours away) I could be getting my BSN in the same amount of time. moving is not an option because my husband is in the military and it was a stroke of luck that we got stationed in the town i was accepted into nursing school for. i plan on doing the RN-BSN bridge anyway...i guess i can suck it up. so...here's to the class of 09!

megan

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I'm in the two year program...already been going for three...:lol2:

I got pregnant in 2004 (in my second semester of pre-req's), so that changed things...my daughter came first at that point and pushing it off wasn't even a question. I am done with my pre-req's and hoping to be in for the Spring '08 semester. We shall see!!!

Good luck to everyone!

:monkeydance:

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