Adn-msn

i don't have any advise for you, but i am interested in hearing replies especially about adn to msn programs.

i really want to go extra miles in my nursing career.i did adn and i want to know if anybody can give me an advice about transition from adn-msn or adn-bsn-msn.is it better to go for the former or latter.i need to know the pros and cons of each and which one is better since i'll like to go all the way to the end of nursing by god's grace.

again,when do you start applying for tuition assistance when you start working?thanks.

I'm sure there are many programs out there that offer ADN-MSN programs, but the only one I know about for sure is at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio. At the end of the program, you're awarded a BSN and a MSN simultaneously.

Here's the information:

Registered nurses who have an Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) or a Diploma in Nursing may be eligible for early admission to the Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) degree program. Through a combination of prior credits in nursing education, college credits in liberal arts courses and upper-division course work from the School of Nursing, individuals may qualify to begin work toward the master's degree and complete the requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree in the progress. Individuals may challenge upper-division undergraduate nursing courses for credit by examination or complete the courses as regular courses on campus. The BSN and MSN degrees are awarded simultaneously at the end of the program.

Admission criteria:

• ADN or Diploma in Nursing from an accredited program
  
• Licensure as a Registered Nurse in Texas
  
• Minimum of 62 semester hours of prescribed general education/liberal arts courses
  
• All additional requirements for admission to MSN program of study

Study options:

• Full-time and part-time study is available
  
• In addition to the MSN course work, initially upper-division undergraduate courses must be completed and may be done in two (2) semesters.

Here's the link:

http://nursing.uthscsa.edu/grad/rn_msn.shtml

Hi I am also intrested in knowing the pros & cons of each as I will be a diploma RN trying to go straight for the MSN-NP (I have non-nursing BS). Can you still become an NP w/out the BSN???

Hi I am also intrested in knowing the pros & cons of each as I will be a diploma RN trying to go straight for the MSN-NP (I have non-nursing BS). Can you still become an NP w/out the BSN???

The program at UTHSCSA (information above) offers MSN to ADN and Diploma nurses (and of course BSN graduates). A LVN/LPN can also go directly into the MSN program with one year nursing experience.

I'm not sure about the pros and cons-I would think that getting accepted into a MSN program as a ADN/Diploma nurse is definitely a "pro" because you can skip applying for a BSN program, graduate, then apply again to a MSN program. This way you go straight through and get the BSN & MSN degrees at the end. There have been LOTS of threads in the past where many nurses say that going straight into a MSN program right after graduating with an ADN/Diploma/BSN is a bad idea, because they say one should have at least a few years experience as a nurse before entering graduate school. Some argue that experience isn't necessary to be a great NP.

Good luck!

jollyjenny

what?????:eek::eek:

a lvn/lpn can also go directly into the msn program with one year nursing experience.

lord have mercy i almost fell out of my chair when i read this... however, i almost 100% sure this is incorrect. i assure you i would have known about this. they have a lvn to bsn that is 3 semesters but the msn requires you to be a rn.

. a lvn/lpn can also go directly into the msn program with one year nursing experience.

OMG! You're right, sorry! That's what I was thinking of-LVN to BSN, and like you said, a LVN has to take 3 semesters to get the BSN! YIKES! Thanks for catching that!

jollyjenny

UT Tyler does the ADN to BSN/MSN as well (both awarded simultaneously). Your MSN track can be altered for MSN-NP (nurse practitioner), MSN-ED (for education) or MSN for business management.

I'm SO glad someone started a thread on this!! I was wondering the same thing, it seems to me that if your ultimate goal is a MSN why spend the additional two years just for the BSN stepping stone.

I am in the process right now of applying and preparing for acceptance into an accelerated ADN to MSN program. This is for Metro State University in St Paul, MN. The advantage is that you bypass about 1 year of classes. The disadvantage is that you do not get your BSN until you get your MSN, they are both awarded at the same time. If for some reason you decide to drop out of the MSN program, then you have to go back and take the classes that you bypassed which can be done, but is rather cumbersome. GRE's are required and Statistics.