ADN RN with Bachelors degree in other field -> BSN and beyond.

[deliverator, MSN, RN, NP]

I'm currently a 1st semester nursing student at Golden West College in Huntington Beach, CA working on my Associates Degree in Nursing. I also have Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in Finance from Southern Methodist University that I obtained in May of 2000. I have over 150+ credit hours in my Bachelors degree education.

My question is, When I complete my ADN in December 2008 and soon after pass the boards and obtain my RN certificate, what options are there for me in terms of RN-BSN programs out there that just offer the 3-4 extra classes required for the BSN?

I don't want to have to go to an RN-BSN program and have to take a whole bunch of general education courses all over again. Would the RN-MSN be the same case as well?

Anyone else in this situation know anything?

Rex

[Tweety, BSN, RN]

RN to BSN programs are all over the place, both live campuses and online.

You have to fulfill the general ed requirements for the BSN at that particular school, but you more than likely have most of them taken. Different schools have different requirements, such as some require two years of foreign language, some require two humanties, some require chemistry at a college level and some don't. The school I'm in required two religion courses and sociology course on Aging that I didn't have. Most all of them have a requirement in Statistics.

One mistake you are making is that if you have all the general ed courses, the difference between an ADN and a BSN is not just 3 or 4 courses. Again it depends on the place of study, but most RN to BSN programs are going to have courses such as Research, Community Health, Management, Legal-Ethics, Finance, Family Nursing, Patho-Pharm, Assessment (an NLN requirement in ADN to BSN programs), capstone courses, just to name a few. Ususally it's about 30 hours of nursing courses, in addition to the general ed. Most courses are at a accellerated pace and can be taken while working full-time.

Good luck to you.