any good rn to bsn programs with national AND regional accredidation??

[DILLON RN]

Hello everyone! first time posting here. I need some help navigating the maze of all the plethora of information on the internet. Little background. I currently work as an ICU nurse. I have 1.5 years experience ICU nursing. I only have an ASN in nursing as I went to a community college for my program. I am pretty sure that I eventually want to go to a CRNA program. I have done my research and purchased the spreadsheet through ALLCRNAschools.com and I can tell with quite certainty, that of over the 100 CRNA programs out there, there is only a small handful of CRNA programs that will except you with a BSN degree from a NON regionally accredited school. The significance here from my understanding is that regional accreditation is awarded to the actual school itself, and not the actual nursing program. it is much harder for a school to obtain regional accreditation compared to national accreditation. Therefore, I don't want to limit my options by obtaining my bsn from one of the many online rn to bsn programs that are only nationally accredited. through what I have found, almost all of the online rn to bsn programs are only nationally accredited. the rn-bsn programs that I have found with both accreditations are through cal state schools or UC schools. therefore I have can only apply during the short window of applications acceptance to start either in the spring or fall. these schools don't have continuous registration and multiple start dates for their rn to bsn programs. Are there any programs that you guys are aware of that are online rn to bsn programs that are nationally AND regionally accredited? I guess my biggest concern is that I would like to start an online rn to bsn program immediately instead of having to jump through the hoops of applying to cal state schools and only be able to start my program in spring 2019. thanks for the helping me out with the long post and putting up with all my grammar issues haha.:)

[CorCordium]

You don't need a program that's nationally accredited. All that matters is that the program is regionally accredited AND programmatically accredited (CCNE or ACEN). There are plenty of programs that fit what you need.

[_firefly, BSN, RN, EMT-B]

Duke University, as an example, requires NLNAC or CCNE accreditation whereas USC just states accredited Bachelors and it doesn't even have to be a BSN. I would focus on the requirements of the top five schools CRNA schools you want to go to and work backwards from there. You can write them if you are particularly worried about where to get your bachelors. To me money is a concern and there is a huge range of prices for bachelors degrees. I know Western Governors Univ is only about $14k for the whole program including books versus the national average of $31k not including books and many are much more. The question is whether preference is given to one school over another for crna school admissions.