ASN With Second Degree

I currently hold a Bachelor's degree if you can do it go with the accelerated program. I am planning on doing the ASN route then hop over to my MSN. If I get wait listed with the ASN program will jump into the LPN program. Try to skip as many steps you can.

Best of luck.

I currently hold a Bachelor's degree if you can do it go with the accelerated program. I am planning on doing the ASN route then hop over to my MSN. If I get wait listed with the ASN program will jump into the LPN program. Try to skip as many steps you can.

Best of luck.

I do want to do an accelerated program (i.e. ABSN). However, almost every single program is incredibly expensive. The RN-BSN pathway will take me 4-5 years, but I can work and pay off everything during the ADN phase. Your plan seems to be ADN straight to MSN. Does that include a BSN with the MSN? Do such programs exist?

Anyone else want to comment on if ADN, after completing a degree is a wise choice?

Have you checked on your financial aid? That is going to be where the hard part is.

Have you checked on your financial aid? That is going to be where the hard part is.

That was one of my points. Are there any programs that award academic scholarships for certain GPAs, TEAS scores, or GRE scores?

I didn't get in to the accelerated program that I wanted to so I decided to do ASN and then RN-MSN program like the other poster.

The RN-MSN programs that I know of don't include BSN. You'll end up with your associates and masters

I didn't get in to the accelerated program that I wanted to so I decided to do ASN and then RN-MSN program like the other poster.

The RN-MSN programs that I know of don't include BSN. You'll end up with your associates and masters

Are you planning on working with the ADN? How good is the job market in your area?

Also, any other comments on whether I should pursue an ADN or some other direct-entry degree?

There were a few students in my ADN program that had a bachelor's degree in another field. They did the ADN to save money and will then apply to RN-MSN programs. As long as you already have a bachelor's degree and the RN, there are programs that allow direct entry to MSN.

Do you think I could get a job with a unit like ER with an ADN? It seems like there's such a limited number of places hiring people with that degree. Everyone seems to want at least a BSN.

Personal experience - I have a BA/MPH and am working on my ASN then RN-MSN (or bsn, undecided). My market hires ADNs. It's way less expensive and can be done without sacrificing too much family time (I have a toddler)

Personal experience - I have a BA/MPH and am working on my ASN then RN-MSN (or bsn, undecided). My market hires ADNs. It's way less expensive and can be done without sacrificing too much family time (I have a toddler)

Why did you decide on RN-MSN? Are you planning on going through an expensive MSN program?

As someone else stated, it all depends on your area and what point you are at in your life. I didn't know if you were stating about ABSN programs being expensive because you didn't want to pay back that amount of loans or if you understood whether or not your financial aid had been exhausted. If you can do an appeal and get financial aid the BSN route would be the best way to go. An ADN which is done at a community college is going to be much cheaper. But it depends what people hire in your area. In mine, ADNs are still hired. Heck, they have LPNs working floors in hospitals here so it's not a big deal.

The place where I am at right now, I need to get my ADN for cost-effectiveness and I need a job relatively soon. Once I get my job, I can do a BSN program online. So you need to look at what people are actually hiring in your area. I see all the time on here that ADN RNS are being phased out and every hospital in America is only looking for BSN nurses which is not true. I go to the hospital websites from time to time in my area and see what the job postings are for.

It also depends on what your end game is also. I've tossed around getting a MSN in my mind, but for what I want to do, I won't need anything more than a BSN eventually. So research your area and think about what you want to end up doing eventually. Also have a financial plan in place to take care of all of this and money while you are in nursing school. Nursing school is expensive. Those little add ons add up significantly. Scrubs, shoes, supplies for school, drug and background checks, vaccinations, stethoscopes, penlights, BP cuffs, I could go on forever. Almost always the first day of school there is oh and we forgot to tell you that you will need this.