ASN Cancelled?

Published

SO I am currently taking my prerequisites for nursing school. My school only does nursing so you take your prerequisites and nursing classes at the same time. WELL today they announce that they are getting rid of the Associate of Sciences Degree in Nursing in exchange for an all Bachelors degree approach. So those of us that thought they would be done in 2 years, now get told sorry more like 4.5-5 years. As a mom of a one year old I am just shocked that my son will start school before I become an RN. I just wanted to vent and get some opinions from other students, what do you think of this approach?

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Med Surg/MICU/Pediatrics/PCICU.

after you finish your pre-reqs it should only take 3 years of the BSN not 4-5

Up Vote Up Vote ×
after you finish your pre-reqs it should only take 3 years of the BSN not 4-5

4-5 years total. At my school pre-reqs are lumped in with the nursing classes you get a total number of semesters not pre-req plus nursing. For the ASN degree it was 2-2.5 years total and they didnt offer a BSN degree you had to take RN-BSN which was another year. Now its going to only be BSN and it will take 4-5 years total. So for people who were doing ASN its abig shock to hear you will be in school atleast 2 more years than you were planning.

Up Vote Up Vote ×

I was recently reading that many states are considering laws that would require nurses to get a BSN within 10 years of being licensed. I think these requirements are outrageous and are only being considered to enrich schools. The major unions like SEIU are firmly against these proposals, so I doubt they will go through. Perhaps your school cancelled the ADN in anticipation of such legislation?

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Junior Year of BSN.

My school is a BSN program that combines pre req's with the nursing classes that is 4 years total (you take 15 to 18 credit hours a semester, no summers unless you want to that's your choice), unless you flunk a class then it would be 5 years. So you have 4 years left and you have been taking pre reqs? Have you thought about transferring cause time is money.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
My school is a BSN program that combines pre req's with the nursing classes that is 4 years total (you take 15 to 18 credit hours a semester, no summers unless you want to that's your choice), unless you flunk a class then it would be 5 years. So you have 4 years left and you have been taking pre reqs? Have you thought about transferring cause time is money.

I have deceided to transfer because this is a private school that before today did not even offer a BSN program. The "new" BSN program will take 5 years and cost $50,000+ dollars. I'm a mom of a one year old and I dont feel it would be responsible for me to commit to something that would not only take up all of my time for 5 years but put my family in extreme debt. I was going into nursing to become an OR nurse, wanting to become an RNFA. I am now considering just going to first assistant school without becoming an RN. It will get me working much more quickly and leave me with far less debt. I keep telling myself my passion is in the OR and I can always get my RN later. I just feel so stressed out because they changed this at the last minute (fall registration is in 3 days). I feel like they put the ASN students in a position where they have no time to think about what they want to do because at a school that cost $7,000 a semester (not to mention books, daycare etc..) TIME IS DEFINATLY MONEY

Up Vote Up Vote ×
+ Join the Discussion