Is getting my RN at a technical college a bad idea?

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I'm a recent VN graduate and have been diligently searching high and low for the smoothest and fastest transition into an ADN program. As you all may know, the community college system is lacking and it can take years just to finish prerequisites. I'm now in my 30's and am willing to sacrifice paying a premium for quick admission into a program. American Career College here in CA now offers a 20 month all inclusive ADN program. This means all prerequisites and general coorifice work are included in this time frame. I have hopes of getting my BSN at Mt Saint Mary's university, then moving on to get my masters and become a CRNA. I'm afraid my plans will be ruined because traditional colleges may not accept my units from a technical college. Has anyone considered or gone this route before? For RN to BSN most schools will advertise you only need an active non restricted License, but I'm afraid there may be more to the story. PLEASE HELP ME MY FRIENDS!

Thank you,

Daniel Stern

Specializes in ER and case management.

Just make sure its regionally accredited...you'll be fine... a lot of places will take a BSN over you, but volunteer, ask to shadow, get into the floor manager of you want to work- subconscious---KEEP going to school!! or better yet try to get into a place that requires you to have one within 5 years or so---and they will pay for it!! The worst that will happen, when you to get your BSN , you may have to a couple of extra classes like chemistry or humanities or English

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