Best cost effective route to BSN (already having a BS in unrelated field)

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Hello and thank you for reading. :)

I had fully decided on getting an inexpensive ADN at Lonestar. I'm a week away from completing the last of my pre-reqs.

THEN, a woman in my micro class begins tempting me with a 1 year BSN program from UH... with a hefty price-tag of 26k!

I don't want to take out more loans.

I understand ADN when I already have a BS is kind of weird, but I can't justify an extra 20k on a 1 year faster BSN degree when I could do a RN to BSN later on.

Am I right in thinking this?

Any input would be very much appreciated.

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Specializes in Critical Care, Education.

in our area, you're going to be hard-pressed to obtain a job in any acute care facility with an ADN. There are ADN jobs in non-acute settings, but these tend to have lower salaries and fewer opportunities for career growth. Non-nursing degrees do not count. The reason that 'accelerated' programs cost more is that they require a lot more resources than traditional ones & this is drives up the cost.

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I had my BSN when a RN. It afforded me the greatest opportunity and I turned to travel nursing. I worked at the largest trauma one and highly rated hospitals in state making top money. It also got to closer to my graduate level and 2 years later I became a FNP making bank.

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Get your ADN. Once you graduate there are plenty of bridge RN to BSN programs out there that you can choose from. Some are cheap and online, so to me it's a no brainer instead of throwing away 26k

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Specializes in Cardiac (adult), CC, Peds, MH/Substance.

My BSN (with prior non-nursing degrees) cost =

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