ADN or BSN

[aharris1]

Should i go for ADN or BSN I have one more prerequisite left for the ADN program at Tri-c. I work for a magnet hospital in Cleveland and now for nurse tech's they need to be in a BSN program. I'm confused on what route to go for. Should I get it over now or later. I automately want a masters because I want to teach.

[PRNketamine7, BSN, RN]

If you want it eventually I would say go for the BSN now. Why waste your time? Especially if you work for a magnet hospital...

[CPhT2RNstudent]

You are likely to get better grades with an ADN program due to its lighter load. That is important for grad school admissions. On the other hand getting your BSN right off the bat would be quicker. Personally I did the ADN, then RN-BSN

[AssociateDegree]

The Cleveland hospital market is rapidly going all Magnet. Even though I work for Tri-C, I would advise you to get your BSN. More education will give you more options and you've already stated that you'd like to teach eventually. (By the way, the Ohio Board of Nursing website can give you information about financial incentives for people who go into teaching.)

CPhT2RNstudent is incorrect. An ADN program is very concentrated and I would say that it is more difficult to get better grades with such a short program.

[CPhT2RNstudent]

I guess I can only speak from my experience. My ADN was hard, but it was 9 to 13 credits per semester vs. 16+ at the university.

[foreverLaur]

Nursing curriculum wise, BSN programs do it in 3 years and ADN programs do it in 2 years. I'm a second career student and a lot of my nursing friends who did BSN programs said we, in my ADN program, cram a lot more into a lot less time.

You are likely to get better grades with an ADN program due to its lighter load. That is important for grad school admissions. On the other hand getting your BSN right off the bat would be quicker. Personally I did the ADN, then RN-BSN

[AgentBeast, MSN, RN]

It's probably more cost effective to do the ADN program at Tri-C and completing the "General Education" requirements for a bachelors degree (stuff like History, Literature, ect) and then move into an Online RN-BSN program such as the one Ohio University offers. Rough cost of everything comes in around $17,000 give or take a few thousand. A straight BSN program at a state university is going to cost over $45,000 in tuition and fees alone. That doesn't include books, room and board, meals, misc. expenses, ect. It's hard to justify going into that much debt for a job that is going to pay between $24 and $26 an hour for the first few years.