I need advice. PLEASE ANY INPUT!!!

I was looking at local ASN programs and figured I'd do a bridge later to get my BSN which was my end goal. However, our wait lists in CO are crazy (2-3 yrs!) so I looked into the private school route. I was going to go into their ASN program until one sleepless night I was up looking through their catalog. It stated I could use old credits - I had 27 old (20+ yrs) credits (none sciences) doing nothing, I got reservedly exited. I contacted them and asked them to review my transcripts as well my list I made laying out the classes I thought I would need to meet all their pre-reqs. They looked over everything and said if she had seen this when I had applied for their ASN she would have recommended the BSN program anyway. All I had to do was take 2 additional pre-reqs and I was a go!! So, I added an extra class to summer, another to fall and if I get accepted I will be starting in January.

My advice is to find a school that will allow you to use up those credits and go straight into the BSN. Doing the BSN cost me about 6k more and only 1 quarter longer than getting my ASN (7 quarters in total), it was a no brainer for me.

No there are no more clinicals! Most programs are entirely online.

Each school has a different course curriculum. The best thing is to go to each school website and look at the requirements. They are all listed. You can look at your transcripts and compare what you have to what you need. you can see the course name. You can then decide if you should meet with an advisor. Then you decide.

In the long run you would be better off going for your BSN to begin with...that is if management, education or clinical pathways are what you are wanting. Job market wise If you are on the west coast a BSN is your best bet.
Good Luck!

TuTonka

You could get your ADN, start working and do an immediate bridge. The high-stress "nursing" classes and clinicals will be out of the way... no worries of getting kicked out if you get sick or break an arm, etc. (< it happens!) Bridge as you feel fit. Some of the people I graduated with did an immediate bridge and it's only 1 extra year of accelerated classes. What they have that the direct BSN students don't have is that they've already passed boards and are licensed and working ... so an RN who has bridged from ADN to BSN can have an advantage.

Like you, I have a ton more credits than I needed for my ADN, but I wanted to spend more time with my family before going back, like when my kids are out of the house (won't be long -sniff) I am thinking of doing the ADN to MSN program. The counselor I met with said I will be able to shave off &/or test out of a few classes by going directly to MSN.

Apply to several programs and see which you get accepted to --- that might make the decision for you.

Good luck.

I believe so. From what I've been told, for my school, you are in clinicals the whole time, whether BSN or ADN. Not sure what those extra clinicals are though.