can i drop bsn school and get aas for now

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I am a bsn student and have 2 years left. the school I go to is ridiculously hard and add on unnecessary assignments, I have talked to other student in other bsn programs at other colleges and confirm that my school adds on so much extra crap to the class. I all my gen ed classes done and a junior now can I go to my community college and see if the can accumulate what I have with courses between gen eds and nursing classes and see if I can atleast get an associates in nursing for now. I can do my bsn at another college rn to bsn later. I financially need to go to work asap. im not lazy I work hard but enough is enough so no negative comments. thanks in advance

I had been calling around for a couple of days, before I posted I heard back earlier today from the dean at another college. thank you

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Specializes in hospice.

You are just really hung up on that one assignment, huh? What class was that for?

And BTW, this is a message board full of thinking adults. You don't get to give us directions, we post what we think.

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Specializes in Neonatal Nurse Practitioner.

Be prepared to pay out of pocket. If you have a junior standing now, financial aid will cover little to none of your courses at a community college. You would also probably have 2-2.5 years to graduate from an ASN program.

My advice is to suck it up and finish. Switching schools will most likely add more time.

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Somehow I suspect that it is not her decision to stay or go and she is being deselected from the BSN Program. Who in their right mind would voluntarily quit their BSN program and downgrade to a RN Program at a Community College? It just doesn't make sense, especially when the reason given seem so trivial. FYI, I not suggesting that an ADN Program is in any way inferior to a BSN program, but the reality most individuals strive to get the BSN, even after getting the ADN from a Community College. The OP seem to have a attitude problem that might have contributed to her exiting the BSN Program prematurely.

Be prepared to pay out of pocket. If you have a junior standing now, financial aid will cover little to none of your courses at a community college. You would also probably have 2-2.5 years to graduate from an ASN program.

My advice is to suck it up and finish. Switching schools will most likely add more time.

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Specializes in kids.
Be prepared to pay out of pocket. If you have a junior standing now, financial aid will cover little to none of your courses at a community college. You would also probably have 2-2.5 years to graduate from an ASN program.

My advice is to suck it up and finish. Switching schools will most likely add more time.

My advice would be to rethink her career....

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Specializes in Critical Care/Vascular Access.

To the OP, this is a public message board, not your personal group of advisors, we are not required or obligated to "follow" your "directions". It's kind of condescending to even imply that.

Anyway, after going to a few different schools for different reasons and courses of study, I have come to realize there really is no such thing as "unnecessary" assignments or classes. Everything you are required to do will teach you a skill you may not acknowledge or value at the time, but will likely come in handy down the line. I've heard countless people complain about taking math classes saying "I won't ever use this stuff", but those math classes give you valuable tools of logic and reasoning. You only really cited one assignment that was "unnecessary" (feeding 300 people on donated food or whatever, which sounds like a reasonable nursing assignment actually) and I can think of many ways that knowing how to complete that assignment would give you a valuable skill in the real world. If you are doing assignments that no other nursing student you know has to do then look at it this way: when the time comes that you're working in the real world and the need for that skill arises then YOU will be one of the few that possesses it.

You seem to be looking for shortcuts to your goal, which doesn't usually pay off. There's nothing wrong with ASN nurses, in fact some of the best nurses I know only have a 2 year degree, but it would be much more wise to finish your BSN now because the ASN is becoming more and more obsolete in many parts of the country, and the world.

Finally, trust me when I say that you will come across many, many "assignments" and obligations in the real world of nursing that seem completely asinine and unnecessary that you will have to do anyway.

I hope you figure out what's best for you.

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Specializes in Cardiac, Home Health, Primary Care.
Just an update and thanks for the advice. the college I was going to starts nursing classes right away only one left is mental , and practicum . however I would still have 2.5 years left at the ridiculous college. I did find another college that does accept nursing classes I will be done in one year with a BSN and they don't have things like planning a meal for an elementary school for 300 people in one week with all food donated. so thanks to you that left the negative comment and cant follow directions, keep negative comments to yourself. thanks to those for the professional advice thanks again for your time, anything is possible it is 2015

So how will you have 2.5 years left at the "ridiculous" college but transfer to this new place and end with a BSN in 1 year?

Just curious because that doesn't seem logical. If it is correct I'd make sure I had everything from the new school IN WRITING on what your schedule of classes will be for the one year and that you are able to transfer nursing credit.

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Specializes in PACU.

I would not drop out of your current program until you have the guaranteed acceptance from the other school IN WRITING.

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Specializes in Neonatal Nurse Practitioner.

I've already posted in this thread, but I must say... Every time I read the title, I see "Can I drop BSN school and gets some (curse word that is similar to aas) for now"

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Specializes in ED, Pedi Vasc access, Paramedic serving 6 towns.

I have news for you... nursing school involves a ton of busy work no matter where you go, there is no escaping it. Getting your ADN will significantly lower your chances of getting a job as a new grad, thus you are better off staying in school! DON'T QUIT!!!

I am in my RN-BSN program: In one class this is what I have had to do:

1) Read entire book and summarize every section of every chapter and then write about how you would apply it to real life. The book is only 12 chapters (260 pages), but my paper ended up being 90 PAGES TYPED!

2) Read 12-15 journal articles related to the topic of the class and then write a summary of the topic and how it relates to youth today.

3) Write a research paper on your topic of choice related to youth, it must be 8-12 pages and you must show examples of what you used to research the topic.

4) Final to be announced

This is ALL in eight weeks... So I have news for you, you will eventually HAVE to do your BSN to find a nursing job and thus you are only putting the work on hold and delaying the inevitable!

I know you are feeling overwhelmed by the work, trust me I know the feeling, I nearly sh*t when I saw the amount of work for the one class I mentioned above. I cried from exhaustion between doing the work for that classes and my other accelerated class, but I didn't quit did I? I wanted to believe me.. I wanted to just drop the class and take it another semester... but I was bound by determination to get his damn degree done this years so I just keep swimming, which is what you need to do! I repeat DON'T QUIT YOUR BSN!!!

Annie

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Specializes in Aesthetics, Med/Surg, Outpatient.
. Who in their right mind would voluntarily quit their BSN program and downgrade to a RN Program at a Community College?.

Although I assume my situation is very different from the OP, I quit my BSN program to "downgrade" to ADN program at a community college. For me it was a matter of better NCLEX pass rates, a better program, and more clinical time. Let me also add that Delaware is one of the few states that you can't do two years at a community college for prerequisites and transfer to your BSN program (last two years). Here your BSN classes start from first semester so if you do manage to somehow get into a BSN program as a transfer (some miracle), guess what, you'll be taking NUR classes with freshman students; so 6+years.

Once again, my situation is different because I got a spot in the ADN program before transferring. And since Im graduating a year & half earlier than if I stayed in the BSN and saved $25,000, I might transfer back to said school to finish RN-BSN for my last year with still $15,000 to save.

Needless to say, for the OP's sake, I hope they have secured a spot in an ADN program, and there isn't more to the story. *wishful thinking*

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If you are done with all GE classes and most nursing classes at the BSN school how do you still have two years left? What will you be taking in those two years? Just wondering.

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