BScN? BN? What's the difference?

[trees]

I'm am getting so confused! I thought a nursing degree was a nursing degree.

Would someone kindly explain the difference between a bachelor of nursing and a bachelor of science in nursing?

Thank you!

[epg_pei]

The number of credit hours from science faculties determines whether your program is a BScN or BN. In the end it's all the same if you're going to be a nurse.

[trees]

The number of credit hours from science faculties determines whether your program is a BScN or BN. In the end it's all the same if you're going to be a nurse.

So it doesn't make a difference as far as employability or access to graduate nursing programs?

[suzanne4, RN]

Not one bit..............

[timtuesday]

Once upon a time I asked this very question. I contacted the CNA, and the explanation I received was essentially as follows:

"...One degree is called a BN and another is called a BscN..they are both the same thing." They all follow the same curriculum set by the CNA and provincial legislation.

Many nursing programs fall under a university's science faculty, as a result the degree is a BSc(N). For Universities which have an independent faculty of nursing, the degree awarded is a BN. Makes sense to me!

This is my understanding anyway.

Tim