Can an international RN be accepted into BSN program in the U.S.?

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So I'm a RN (with American license that is), but w/o experience. I want to go the Bachelors route, but I wonder if universities actually accept students with their associates earned in other countries.

I've been calling my local uni now and then to find out, but just can't catch the program coordinator to ask this. It's not urgent, I'm just curious.

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Sure, you can be accepted into a program. Not an issue at all, done all of the time.

Best of luck to you.

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That's good news, thanks! :) One more question though...

If after graduation (as a bachelor) I decide to go to another country that requires credentials evaluation (Australia or NZ for example) and looks at how many hours I completed doing basic nursing courses that I had during my associate studies... will I have to send them both diplomas (associate and bachelors), or will the hours in classes I took for associate degree be automatically transferred to the bachelor degree and so my bachelor diploma/transcript will be enough since then?

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The US does not add all of the hours that you have completed at other facilities in one transcript like they do in other places.

You are going to be completing something similar to a bridge program for the BSN since you already have your RN. You will be submitting both transcripts to any new licensing authority. Especially if it is one that requires the BSN for licensure there.

Your hours that are listed for clinicals and theory are listed on the two year degree and not the paperwork for the BSN if that helps you understand it better.

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The US does not add all of the hours that you have completed at other facilities in one transcript like they do in other places.

You are going to be completing something similar to a bridge program for the BSN since you already have your RN. You will be submitting both transcripts to any new licensing authority. Especially if it is one that requires the BSN for licensure there.

Your hours that are listed for clinicals and theory are listed on the two year degree and not the paperwork for the BSN if that helps you understand it better.

That makes sense, I was hoping for a miracle... cause I'd really like the chance to avoid dealing with my nursing school's, the paperwork can be slow, with complications and errors. Oh well... Thanks again for clarification.

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It is not really a problem at all, at least the way that you are looking at it. Most programs are going to require that you have a CES done, and this a requirement of most programs. And then it is done with.

Vey different than trying to get something done with licensure or immigration here.

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