Accelerated Nursing Rutgers Camden

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I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on what exact degree you would hold if you completed the accelerated nursing program at Rutgers Camden? I assumed after completion of the program you would hold a BSN however as I was looking on the website I noticed it only refers to the program as an ABS with a major in nursing. Are these 2 things the same degree? I read another thread on here about students who had just completed their degree at Rutgers camden last year and the school was threatening to change it to a BS program with a certificate in nursing (which I understand to be different) so I am wondering if they did in fact change it for this year??

-They both sound the same but I want to be positive before applying that I would end with a BSN

Specializes in ICU.
I have thru my community college and they were very helpful.

Which community college offers it?

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"more prestigious"??? Can you please define that statement? I have a BSN and would like to know other than as a marketing ploy how that degree is "more prestigious". And why would you claim a BSN if 1. you do not have a BSN..so you would be lying. 2. If it is a "more prestigious" degree why would you want to claim a lowly BSN?

I'm sorry you didn't like my word choice, windsurfer8... I have never claimed to have a BSN, I am planning to start school in January for my BSN. The Rutgers degree is research oriented, and the degree from the former UMDNJ was not research oriented. Both grant you a "BSN" title upon graduation. Sorry to have offended you!

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Specializes in Prior military RN/current ICU RN..

You told the person to say they had a BSN when they do not have a BSN. Because some person at the college states you "can say" you have a BSN is asking for serious trouble. You list the degree you have. You don't state BSN if you do not have a BSN. And you said it was "more prestigious"??? When I first read that I thought you were joking. Why would you say you have a BSN when the degree is "more prestigious?" I am asking a question.

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Camden County College's Blackwood campus offers it.

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I appreciate the information. I am going to apply to their program next year.

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Specializes in ICU.

They have to be just trolling you lol

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They have to be just trolling you lol

Bahhhhhh you're right!! Get back under your bridge, troll!

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Camden County College

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You 100% can NOT write "BSN" as your credentials when graduating with a "BS" majoring in nursing. Rutgers tried to switch our classes degree last minute to this , we started as UMDNJ ended as RU, but after lawyers/BON/etc became involved they had to give us the BSN we earned. The BSN is more clinically based, more hours on the floors, BS more theory /research based. When applying to grad schools, they are viewed equally. However, professionally, in the workforce, they want a BSN! Which the new Rutgers Camden accelerated Nursing program is not giving; it is an ABS program.

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Ok thank you for breaking that down for me, I am looking at other BSN programs as well shan6802

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Good luck!!! 👍 Im not trying to say one degree is better than the other. It's a matter of personal preference & what your long term plans are.

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There is a lot my prereqs for the Rutger's accelerated program than other nursing programs.

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