Can You get a ASN if you have a B.A. in another field

[Angela.RN2B]

Is it possible to get a ASN if you already have a Bachelors? A friend of minewas asking me this because she really wants to be a Nurse Practitioner, but getting a BSN right now is way too expensive especially the accelerated ones for those with a B.A Already, she was considering looking into community colleges and then get a Nursing job and have them help her pay. I told her I was not sure if she could do this considering she has a degree already. Although I was thinking they may but she would still need to take the sciences required? I was told by someone else that she couldbecause it's a Associate of Science not a Associate of ARTS it's career training not the same as the one your really planning to transfer to a University. Im not sure were confused she and I will be looking at the responses so if ANYONE could please educate us on this Thank You!

[mmc51264, BSN, MSN, RN]

I have a BS in Biology, I only needed A/P, which I took during my ADN program. With the previous BS, I only needed one extra class to do my RN-BSN program. One calender year to get my BSN. It was very much worth it for me to do the ADN first, work for a couple of years and then get my BSN

[lifelearningrn, BSN, RN]

I know lots of people who have earned a useless B.A. degree in another field who ended up going back to CC and getting ADN degree, and have great careers as an RN. The BA/BS does not equal a BSN, but it certainly doesn't preclude you from obtaining an associate's degree in anything else. Sometimes it can be tricky getting financial aid, but that's about all.