ASN license same like BSN ?

[3ponceboy]

Hey!

I'm nursing student in Puerto Rico (U.S.A.) and this is my junior year on Accredited Nursing School by NLNAC. I know in U.S.A. RN is the same for BSN and ASN, both take the same RN-NCLEX. My question is related to nursing license because I will be an ASN in May of 2015 and BSN in December 2015. I was thinking to request the examination in May of 2015 to the State Board I choose but I want to know if I pass the N-CLEX and have the license like ASN when I finish in December of 2015 the BSN. I will need to change the license, do another test or inform the board? (Sorry here in Puerto Rico is a huge different between RN-ASN and RN BSN, Actually most of the nurses here are BSN. The LPN here do the job same like CNE in U.S.A anything else)

[onyx77]

Once you pass the NCLEX you have your license. ADN and BSN take the same test. Getting your BSN doesn't change your license.

[BrandonLPN, LPN]

There is only one RN license. It's the same license no matter which educational path you choose. It's the exact same scope of practice. There is nothing on the job that a BSN RN can do that an ADN RN can't, from a legal standpoint.

But keep in mind that a BSN may open more opportunities in the future. It won't change your level of licensure, but it will change your level of opportunity.