Good online NP school for a non nursing bachelors degree

[dressagedevon]

I am trying to decide on FNP schools where you don't have to have a bsn. I have a b.s. in biology and a m.s. in biology and don't want to go get my bsn before starting FNP school, so what are good schools that fit that requirement. I feel like I've searched and searched but when I start digging in they want bsn. Want no bsn, no gre, and online, preferably part time and with several start dates not just once a year. Is this to much to ask?

P.s. have applied to Simmons, recent reviews I have found online scare me, especially with a 60k price tag! Any help would be greatly appreciated

[Thanksforthedonuts, BSN, RN]

I'm glad you spoke up lwsoccjs!

I was also aware that Florida has a very restrictive practice for NPs.

I am not sure where the OP came under the impression that they would have so much liberty in Florida.

[csanon08]

Hey,

Regis College has a master's in Nursing track for ADN nurses who have a bachelor's in something else (non-nursing degree).

The program is most likely online and may require a few prerequisite but you can look into that.

Hope this helps.

[lwsoccjs]

I am hoping its just the individual not being informed. I would hate the thought of it being arrogance with speaking false truths.

[SDANG]

Here is some info:

MSN without a BSN? | MastersinNursing.com

Good luck!

[BeachsideRN, ASN]

I'm going through UCF. I have a Bs chemistry, MPH and ASN

[BeachsideRN, ASN]

UCF does not. There are 3 courses you have to take to "bridge" into the FNP portion of the DNP. They are the same 3 courses BSN students take in their final semester

[dienw]

There are direct entry MSN programs for non-nurses. I know two NPs from Vanderbilt who did that. But you need to understand that NPs are nurses. If you matriculate into a direct entry NP program, at some point along the way you are going to have to pass the NCLEX and become an RN. You won't become an NP without becoming an RN. If you don't want to become an RN, go to PA school.

[Lunah, MSN, RN]

There are direct entry MSN programs for non-nurses. I know two NPs from Vanderbilt who did that. But you need to understand that NPs are nurses. If you matriculate into a direct entry NP program, at some point along the way you are going to have to pass the NCLEX and become an RN. You won't become an NP without becoming an RN. If you don't want to become an RN, go to PA school.

The OP is an RN.

[ndsosa]

I'm very interested in learning about the direct-entry NP programs you mentioned. I have a B.S. and an M.Phil, neither in nursing, and I want to become an FNP. I'm getting very confused though by the variety of accelerated programs out there and the degrees they confer: BSN, RN, MSN, NP, DNP. For example, there's an MSN program at UH Manoa and one tests for his/her RN after the first year, but then the website lists the FNP under the DNP program, which one can enter after completing the MSN program. I'd super appreciate any help!

[BostonFNP, APRN]

I'm very interested in learning about the direct-entry NP programs you mentioned. I have a B.S. and an M.Phil, neither in nursing, and I want to become an FNP. I'm getting very confused though by the variety of accelerated programs out there and the degrees they confer: BSN, RN, MSN, NP, DNP. For example, there's an MSN program at UH Manoa and one tests for his/her RN after the first year, but then the website lists the FNP under the DNP program, which one can enter after completing the MSN program. I'd super appreciate any help!

Remember there is a difference between practice license (RN vs APN) and academic degree (diploma, ADN, BSN, MSN, DNP/PhD).

A practicing RN could hold any academic degree from diploma to doctorate.

A practicing APN could hold a masters or a doctorate.

[Extra Pickles]

There was a time when becoming an advanced practice nurse, a nurse practitioner was an ambitious goal, a respected pinnacle of one's career. In reading this thread I am getting the distinct impression that anyone with any kind of degree whatsoever and enough pesos to throw into an online school can get one of these degrees.

I have seen over the years that nurse practitioners have lost some respect, at least in my circles, and I wondered why that might have been, I thought it was mostly because there were just so many of them out there now. Maybe it has to do with the fact that anyone with a wish and a dollar can get the degree?? I am honestly a little shocked at the number of potential routes to FNP, and none of them seem to be years and years of dedicated academic and clinical work. That's my take on it anyway.

[Carmen Delores]

Extra Pickles, this is unfortunately the new normal. It's not just the nurse practitioner role that has deteriorated but also the RN role too. I don't exactly know when or even how but diploma mills have saturated the nursing profession. Case in point, there are nursing schools(for profit) that have appeared over the last decade that lack regional accreditation and their major emphasis is profit. Students then turn around and then get into online accredited schools. It has become an absolute joke! Nursing was once a profession that although it was difficult it was rewarding.

When I went through my RN program 16 years ago, we started out with 110 and graduated 20.. It was a community college but it had a very high NCLEX pass rates and was known for producing quality nurses. Hospitals were throwing money at us in order to get a Broward college ( formally BCC) nursing graduate. I went back for my BSN but would not consider becoming an NP due to the lack of school standardization. Greed has pretty much ruined our profession. I encourage others who ask me about becoming a nurse to look into pharmacy or other medical professions that have high schooling standards. You put forth so much time and effort at a legit school and only to watch someone graduate from a diploma mill and get the same results..