ADN or BSN (suggestions please):)

MN-Nurse, ASN, RN · Sep 20, 2011

I have a almost 3 year old and a his dad and i are together and im 26 years of age but can decide which to persue. any suggestions please!!

If you can afford it, get a BSN. If you cannot, get an ADN.

Either way, do VERY well in school and get at least two years healthcare experience before you graduate.

cali_yoshi · Sep 20, 2011

BSN all the way. Good luck to you.

Ready-Set-Go · Sep 20, 2011

Thank you ladies :>

anh06005, MSN, APRN, NP · Sep 20, 2011

I also agree BSN if possible. ESPECIALLY if you're planning on going on toward your MSN. You can also look into RN to BSN programs though (if you wanted to do ADN to get licensed and start working sooner). Many of the RN to BSN programs in my area are online anymore which means convenience!

You really just have to do what fits in with your life right now.

Ready-Set-Go · Sep 20, 2011

yes i do want to eventually get my msn whats do they teach you for the extra 2 years (for you bsn) like i know you learn a&p and micro and such but whats do they teach you if your trying to get you bsn :)

anh06005, MSN, APRN, NP · Sep 20, 2011

I think one of the differences between BSN and other RN routes is that BSN grads have a leadership, research, and community health class. Others may have some community health.

But those are the main ones that the RN to BSN students take where I graduated from. They also take another patho class and a roles of professional nursing class.

You should also factor in if you already have prerequisites or not. If you have most of them to get your BSN of course it won't take you as long. But it took me 4 solid years to take all of my nursing, biologies, chemistries, writing, history, phys ed, speech, etc.

Ready-Set-Go · Sep 20, 2011

I think one of the differences between BSN and other RN routes is that BSN grads have a leadership, research, and community health class. Others may have some community health.
But those are the main ones that the RN to BSN students take where I graduated from. They also take another patho class and a roles of professional nursing class.
You should also factor in if you already have prerequisites or not. If you have most of them to get your BSN of course it won't take you as long. But it took me 4 solid years to take all of my nursing, biologies, chemistries, writing, history, phys ed, speech, etc.

thank you for you help and now did you go to school full time of part time that took you 4 whole years? because im scared ill get overwhelmed so i want to start out doing part time but dont want it to take 8 years:uhoh3: i just want to make sure i get an excellent GPA:yeah:

anh06005, MSN, APRN, NP · Sep 20, 2011

I went full time. Between 15-18 hours each semester. Again it depends on if you have taken any college level classes also. You could have knocked out a few already.

Ready-Set-Go · Sep 20, 2011

I went full time. Between 15-18 hours each semester. Again it depends on if you have taken any college level classes also. You could have knocked out a few already.

oo wow thats sounds like you only have to go to school 1-4 hrs a week...if im caculating it right :/ .

i only took a few college classes before like communication/speech and child dev. and got C grades since i wasnt into school all that much at that time but if full time is consider 4 hrs a week give of take i wana go full- time then :yeah: this whole time i was thinking full-time meant 8 hrs a day 5 days a week i really hope im right:confused:

anh06005, MSN, APRN, NP · Sep 21, 2011

Nope! Each class is worth a number of CREDIT hours. Most classes are considered 3 hours. That means 3 hours of class per week. 15 credit hours = 15 hours of class per week. You must also count that many say however many hours you're in class plan to spend that many (or more) hours OUT of class studying. That means an easy 30 hours per week devoted to school.

There are some classes that are worth 4 or 5 credit hours. This generally means (in many cases) that you have class 3 hours per week (just as stated above) PLUS either a lab or clinical portion IN ADDITION to class. If it's a LAB (bio, chemistry, etc.) it's usually an extra 2-3 hours per week you have to be on campus. If it's CLINICALS (like with nursing) it cam be a few hours up to 10 extra a week.

And for reference 12 credit hours is considered full time (I think. Or is it 15?? I think 12)

Ready-Set-Go · Sep 21, 2011

Nope! Each class is worth a number of CREDIT hours. Most classes are considered 3 hours. That means 3 hours of class per week. 15 credit hours = 15 hours of class per week. You must also count that many say however many hours you're in class plan to spend that many (or more) hours OUT of class studying. That means an easy 30 hours per week devoted to school.
There are some classes that are worth 4 or 5 credit hours. This generally means (in many cases) that you have class 3 hours per week (just as stated above) PLUS either a lab or clinical portion IN ADDITION to class. If it's a LAB (bio, chemistry, etc.) it's usually an extra 2-3 hours per week you have to be on campus. If it's CLINICALS (like with nursing) it cam be a few hours up to 10 extra a week.
And for reference 12 credit hours is considered full time (I think. Or is it 15?? I think 12)

:up:omg it finally makes sense.thank you for taking the time to explain this ive been so confused of all this. my co-workers could not explain it the way you just did! :yeah: