ASU RN-BSN PROGRAM

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Specializes in Corrections, Education, Med/Surg, AGNP-HIV.

Anyone currently in or going to attend the program? Looking for information on what to expect..difficulty, doable while working, etc. I guess there is no longer a hybrid option and the program is all online. Any info would be appreciated.

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I graduated from the RN-BSN program recently and have a friend in the online program now; it is completely do-able while working. Just some tips: Do not expect to learn anything useful. Alot of the instructors have been in academia for some time and are not exactly up on whats occurring bedside these days. Fill your papers with lots of gushy emotional appeals and you'll do fine. Use OWL at purdue for APA. Most of your classmates will have recently graduated nursing school, are only doing their BSN because they couldn't find a job, and have no real clinical experience from which to draw from. Just don't quit. When my program started, we filled a large lecure hall, when we finished, we had less than half; alot of people got fed up w/ the shennanigans and didn't come back after the first semester.

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Specializes in Corrections, Education, Med/Surg, AGNP-HIV.

Thanks cursed...was this the online program that you graduated from as well? Yea i figured that is what it all is about. I do have a job but wish to pursue my NP.

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I am trying to figure out which RN-BSN program to attend, ASU or GCU. I know ASU is a bit cheeper....for now, but i am trying to figure out which program would be more streamlined and best overall. Irish, would you reccommed ASU's RN-BSN program. Sounds like they have a high attrition rate. thoughts?

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Specializes in Corrections, Education, Med/Surg, AGNP-HIV.

Wow, forgot about this post. Well I have started at ASU and they have changed the program twice...now it is all online, no more hybrid. Additionally they reformatted the program and have it scheduled out to about 18 months vs. 12 previously. But they now only recommend taking one class every seven weeks. So i guess they have streamlined it more.

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How much does the program cost?

I'm starting Block 1 at MCC in August and plan do the RN-BSN program when I'm done in two years. Can I be taking any ASU's classes NOW, to get them "out of the way"?

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Humanities, a math, and i'm sure some other classes. Use the ASU RN-BSN Maricopa agreement checksheet located here to determine your progress: http://catalog.asu.edu/files/MAPPS_TAGS11/NUNURDBSN.pdf

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