BN vs BScN

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Hello,

I was wondering if anyone could tell me what the difference between a Bachelor of Nursing degree vs a Bachelor os Science in Nursing degree? Is one "better" then the other? Would one give me a better chance to find employment when the time comes?

Thank you.

Kevin

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Hello,

I was wondering if anyone could tell me what the difference between a Bachelor of Nursing degree vs a Bachelor os Science in Nursing degree? Is one "better" then the other? Would one give me a better chance to find employment when the time comes?

Thank you.

Kevin

As far as I know, they are the same thing. Nursing is a science (yes, an art as well), in the university, you must take a number of science courses along the way. I have seen it written BSN or BScN, but never just BN. Of course it all boils down to RN!

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Specializes in Telemetry, ICU, Resource Pool, Dialysis.

I'm with Dixielee - they're the same thing. Where did you hear that there were 2 different ones? I've only ever seen it written as BSN - maybe it depends on the university/part or the country.

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They are both the same degree.

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Excellent.

Thanks everyone for your input.

For some reason one college calls it Bachelor of Nursing and another calls it Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

Maybe I read this wrong but, if I were to take the Bachelor of Science course, I'd have to do an extra 2 yrs in order to get my Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.

Does that make sense?

BTW, I live in Toronto, Ontario CANADA.

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Specializes in Telemetry, ICU, Resource Pool, Dialysis.

Wow, maybe it's a Canadian thing. I've just never heard of it here in the US. It still doesn't make sense that a Bachelor of Science in Nursing would be 2 years longer than a Bachelor of Nursing...A bachelor degree is a "4" year degree, no matter what it's in. Brainstorming - maybe it's a program for people who hold a straight bachelor of science to shortcut to a nursing degree??

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Can't be an all over Canadian thing because I've never heard of it being called a BN either (almost called it a BM ). :p

Z

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Specializes in Telemetry, ICU, Resource Pool, Dialysis.

I was hoping you would show up and set things straight!

BM = Bachelor of Manure Sciences

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Ummmmm

No.

Not Bachelor of Manure Science.

I wouldn't make that kind of mistake. :p

Humber College calls it Bachelor of Nursing (BN) and Seneca College calls it Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN).

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A school can select whatever name that they want for the degree.

If it has the word "Bachelor" in the degree, then it is at least a four year degree. If it is a "Associates" degree, then that means a two year program.

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