Cannot find no ADN programs!

Alicia777, MSN, NP · Nov 6, 2015

Oh boy

RNsRWe, ASN, RN · Nov 6, 2015

Well, OP, since you are clearly very knowledgeable on the topic and are quite certain that everyone responding to you is completely wrong....why don't you just do exactly what your friend is doing? From what you are saying, you seem to be the only one who knows what she's talking about....right?

And when you apply to that online school and they tell you that you aren't eligible....or that you will be required to get yourself to live clinical sites.....don't say we didn't tell you. "Trust me"...we tried.

JustBeachyNurse, LPN · Nov 6, 2015

Are you by chance an Lpn or Emt?
There are on-line programs for an ADN but you have to be an lpn.

EMT does not get advanced standing in a nursing program any more than a CNA would. Paramedics and LPNs do but they still have to demonstrate clinical competency in person. There is not a single entry to practice nursing program that is fully online with no in person clinical requirements in the US that is acceptable to a BoN. Excelsior has an in person clinical challenge exam that takes 3 days

JustBeachyNurse, LPN · Nov 6, 2015

I thought to get a bachelor's you need a associate's?

No. You can enter straight into a bachelor's degree program in any major from nursing to business to engineering to liberal arts.

UCFAshley · Nov 6, 2015

Which is why I asked if you can't drive. Is there a medical reason or some other reason you can't? If you simply never learned, then that is definitely a skill to invest in so you can go to this school. My friend is 30 and has finally earned his license. I don't think I heard from anyone that earning a nursing degree (RN) looking good on a resume

margin261 · Nov 6, 2015

OP- slow down, take a deep breath & just take this in for a minute.

I just read all your posts/threads- you're asking questions, people are answering- but I'm not sure you're processing those answers.

First- your friend thats taking an online AD course- is it in nursing? You never said. I think there probably are online AD courses in criminal justice or other things- just not nursing, unless you hold an LPN or Paramedic license.

And if you hold one of those licenses, and are able to take online courses you will still be expected to go on site at times for testing, conferences, skills labs and then there will be clinicals. So you don't drive, for whatever reason. Your business- not mine. But schools don't take excuses for missing days or even being late. If it's in your power to make it easier on yourself by learning to drive- you might want to consider it. But that's your choice.

Next- 2 ways to get your RN:

ADN/ASN- 2 yr degree (less if you're an LPN and bridge).

BSN- 4 yr degree.

- both require you take general classes before applying & being accepted to the nursing program.

- graduating from either makes you eligible to take NCLEX- RN

To be eligible to take classes to become a NP, you need to have a BSN.

Once you have an ASN/ADN- you can take online classes to get a BSN.

I hope this clears up some of the confusion for you.

(Everyone- if I made errors- please correct them!!)

Girlafraid13 · Nov 6, 2015

To be fair there is an online program in California western governors, which allows you to get your adn online and meet up with a clinical instructor that is approved by the school.

JustBeachyNurse, LPN · Nov 6, 2015

To be fair there is an online program in California western governors, which allows you to get your adn online and meet up with a clinical instructor that is approved by the school.

But that's not an online program. It's a hybrid program as in person intensive clinical rotations plus nursing skill simulation labs are mandatory. It's a BSN not ADN and available in other states IN, CA, TX, FL, UT

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elkpark · Nov 6, 2015

To be fair there is an online program in California western governors, which allows you to get your adn online and meet up with a clinical instructor that is approved by the school.

OP would still have to manage to get to clinicals. It's not like s/he can do them at home ...

verene, MSN · Nov 6, 2015

I thought to get a bachelor's you need a associate's?

No. You can apply directly to a 4-year university and receive a bachelor's degree. Some allow you into the program as a freshman, others require certain pre-reqs taken first, then you apply to the nursing program with in the 4-year school. Either way you graduate with a BSN.

You can take an associate's degree either as a means of filling pre-reqs to then transfer to a 4-year school for a BSN or take an associates degree in nursing as preparation for license as a nurse.

you people do realize all career degrees online offer CLINICALS! trust me I know this I just forgot to mention this

The vast majority of online programs do not. Not in the sense of having skills labs, check-offs, and a dedicated instructor on-site to assist students. RN-BSN, and BSN-MSN bridge programs do have a clinical component, however frequently students most find their own preceptors (clinical instructors). They are able to do this because they are already licensed RNs in the field, who have built up a professional network of clinical contacts who can assist them.

Some programs that you are looking at may be hybrid with much of the lecture coursework taught online and in-person coursework for skills and clinicals. This however would still require you to travel for those in-person classes.

Ever thought I cannot drive for a reason? or just never learned? depended on public transportation? and LASTLY every program online no matter what career path it is offers clinical's! my friend is doing online college and they offer clinical's! I am not worry about the hands on! I am worrying about how to get my AA online being I cannot just move I am not rich to just pick up and go when I please! and I don't want to just depend on this one school near me but guess I will have to check it out before judging.

It is not the school's problem that you cannot drive. It is yours. If you've never learned and are serious about nursing school it would be a very good idea to learn to drive. Not only for the sake of commuting to school and clinical sites, but because the shifts you ultimately work in the future may not allow for easy access to public transit. With the unpredictability of overtime you also may frequently not have exact start/end times to your day which can make community by transit difficult. Furthermore nurses are critical staff - even if public transit is shut down do to weather or emergency, you may still be required to show up to work. During an extremely bad winter snowstorm my hometown imposed a curfew - no one was to be out driving except critical personnel - my mother, a nurse was considered critical staff, and had to make it to the hospital - an adventure which involved her driving 4-wheel drive vehicle through deep snow through police barracade, police escort to a dedicated parking area for hospital staff, and then a snowmobile ride to the hospital as the road to the hospital was unsafe for most vehicles.

I think you need to slow down. It's great that you want to become a nurse, but it seems like there may be other steps for you to complete before you can really start on that journey. Find out what all the possible options are for you to complete your schooling on this path, figure out what sacrifices each would take, and start arranging your life in that direction. It's easy to want to immediately jump into something but sometimes it takes time. If this is something you really want you will find a way to make it happen. It just make take more time than you wish it does.

sailornurse · Nov 7, 2015

Well the OP never came back, she just started another thread (her third) asking the same thing. "What's the best route to this career".

Is this a Troll or what? After all the information given to her, she ignores it all to start another thread. Ok I'm done with you, ElissaRivera, adding you to the ignore list. You changed your username, but then you quoted yourself which does not change the original username.

Nov 5 by xoxo23

Quote from elissarivera_

I would like to be a Nurse Practitioner there is many program's online for

RN

to transfer to MSN (skipping the bachelor degree) which is wonderful! BUT where I live there is only one school for a Nursing program I do not drive

What's the best route to this career?

by xoxo23 2:29 am | 273 Views

0I would like to be the one who deliver's the baby the one who catches it if this makes sense lol, also help the baby and mother after the birth, I also want to work in a OBGYN clinic, do blood work, do pap smear's and do other Gynecology stuff along with Obstetric stuff I do know Medical Assistant's and RN's do that in OBGYN clinics, I came across research saying to deliver a baby you need to be a midwife? I live in FL so I am legal to do deliveries, just trying to figure out do I do MA and take a Midwife program? or get my ADN and do a midwife program? or do I only take a midwife program? forgive me for any uneducated mistakes why I am here to get help! lol. btw if I can only work at a hospital as a midwife what is that like? am I sitting around waiting for a baby to be delivered? do I do c-sections and open the belly up? do I stitch up the lady parts after birth? or should I just be a WHNP? like to know the FULL scope and which path is better for me!
Last edit by xoxo23 on 2:53 am

Here is her first thread:
This the path I take?

by xoxo23 Nov 4 | 352 Views |
- 0Okay, I would like to be a Nurse Practitioner but in a OBYGN clinic and also I see myself working on the Labor/Delivery floor in a Hospital and I want to deliver babies like sit there MYSELF and deliver the baby, I did some research if NP can do this it say's we can but have to be a CMN (certified midwife nurse) well to be a NP I have to get through the AA of Nursing become a RN then get the certification of midwife so I can deliver babies then get my master's to be a NP, so is this how about I will go??? I appreciate if anyone could guide me!

applesxoranges, BSN, RN · Nov 7, 2015

To be eligible to take classes to become a NP, you need to have a BSN.
(Everyone- if I made errors- please correct them!!)

This is just going to confuse OP, but technically there are direct-entry NP programs. I think you get your RN in the first year and then continue onto NP classes.

There are MSN direct-entry RN programs.

You can do an RN to MSN program that bypasses the BSN and you can find RN to NP or CNM programs. Usually you need to have an associates but I think there are a few who accept diploma nurses. It is more expensive than doing an RN to BSN and then traditional MSN because there are extra classes involved and they are at graduate level cost.