A.A in Nursing Question

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My community college only offers an A.A in nursing instead of an A.S. What is the difference by these?

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My college offers an associates in arts degree - Nursing. Could I take the NCLEX with that degree? No where do I see an associates in science degree - Nursing

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Specializes in Public Health, Women's Health.

Check your state board of nursing website and see if its listed as an approved program so you know you can sit for the NCLEX. That's your best bet.

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Specializes in ER trauma, ICU - trauma, neuro surgical.

The ADN is an associates degree in nursing. There are some who don't have their AA, but have their AS. I had my AS. It' a matter of finishing specific class from the community college (some other type of gen-ed classes). No matter what type of associates degree you get, if you graduate from an accredited nursing program, you will be able to take the NCLEX. Some students choose to finish out the AA portion (it's a few more classes). For some nursing schools, the pre-regs for nursing school is very limited. You only need a semester or two to apply. Many times, those pre-req don't fill the entire requirements for the AA part of it, but nursing school will require you to fill other electives to satisfy the AS part of it. Without the AS portion, they wouldn't be able to graduate you with the associates degree in nursing.

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Specializes in ER trauma, ICU - trauma, neuro surgical.

It just a difference in satisfying requirements. Some school don't need you to fill an AA to graduate. They only fill an AS. I think AA's need a different set of gen-ed classes. It's not really a big difference. Either way, it a nursing degree that requires you to satisfy specific requirements to graduate (on top of nursing classes).

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