Can you go to a school with no prior experience and get your BSN?

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I have a few questions, and I can't seem to find some answers I understand... I'll be entering the military as a 68W for the next four years, but when I come out I want to go back to school and get my BSN(And reenter as a M6). Can you go to a school with no prior experience and get on a plan to get your BSN, or do you need to go to another school first and get your ADN? That actually leads me to another question which is... I know the 68W training will carry over as college credit hours, but what exactly does that mean in terms of a degree? Are degrees based on college credit hours and not specific classes, or is it a combination of the two? Do you get a degree automatically after completing x amount of classes? Does that amount differ from school to school? Blah I feel so stupid when it comes to all of this...

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You don't have to have an ADN before getting a BSN, you can go right to the BSN :)

I'm not familiar with how the military credits hours work...unfortunately I'm pretty sure that they won't be substitutes for the bulk majority of your credits in nursing school. You'll still be required to complete the regular nursing curriculum and clinical hours, but maybe those hours from the military will make it so you don't have to take any electives?

Sorry, hope I helped and best of luck to you!

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Specializes in Pedi.

You don't automatically get a degree after earning a certain number of credits. You have to have a certain number of credits and specific classes in your MAJOR area of study to earn a degree. I doubt that many of your military credits will count towards a nursing degree because there are a LOT of very specific requirements for a nursing degree.

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I am currently in a school doing pre-reqs for BSN program. I did not have a ADN first.

As for the military side of things, with our school, they request a copy of your military transcripts and evaluate it based on the "ACE" which will tell them what your military school stuff means in the civilian world. My husband just had his evaluated and got a lot of credits.

I am guessing that when you have been to your 68W MOS schools you can download a copy of your transcript from ATRRS. That will show what you have and what can be transferred.

Hope this helps a little

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Specializes in EMT, ER, Homehealth, OR.

As the others have said, you do not need experience to obtain your BSN. Once you get in the Army there is a couple of options for you. One is to request to go to M6 school and become a 68WM6 which is an LPN; soon to be a 68C. The others are to start colleges courses using Tutition Assistant. Depending on what your future plans our once you can complete the rest of the BSN program in 24 months you can apply for the AECP and go to school full time on the Army's dime while they pay you. Once you complete your BSN via the AECP you would be commissioned a 2LT as a 66H med/surg RN.

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Specializes in ER/Tele, Med-Surg, Faculty, Urgent Care.

It would help if you specified which branch of the military you are referring to which by the last post, sounds like the Army. Each branch has different terms that are not understood 68W/)universally,though some terms are. Every university will have it's own way of evaluating whether your military experience can give you college course credits. You might also be able to sit for the LPN exam, that used to be the case for the 91 bravo/charlie in the past.

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Specializes in EMT, ER, Homehealth, OR.

The 91 Bravo is now a 68WM6 and will be changing to a 68C in the near future.

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