Is it true? BS + RN does not = BSN?

[Cathylady]

My daughter is in a BSN program and she just heard that soon students that have a BS in another field and go through an excellerated program they will graduate with a RN NOT a BSN?

Interesting.

[Freedom42]

I appreciate that you're only curious. You didn't expect to open Pandora's box!

I think a good portion of your confusion arises from your referring to "RN" as a degree. There are no "RN" degree programs. As a previous poster noted, RN is a license issued by a state. It's not a degree.

You are eligible to sit for the RN licensure exam if you have a degree -- associate, bachelor, master's, or diploma -- from a nursing school.

Accelerated programs give people with prior degrees credit for courses already completed, allowing them to complete a second degree faster. A person with a bachelor's degree in any subject can earn a BSN by completing a nursing program at the bachelor's level, period. He or she is then eligible to sit for the RN licensure exam.

[ICU, RN, BSN, B.S.]

My daughter is in a BSN program and she just heard that soon students that have a BS in another field and go through an excellerated program they will graduate with a RN NOT a BSN?

Interesting.

That is not true. I have a B.S. in Exercise & Sports Science. I did a 16 month accelerated post-baccalaurette (spelling) degree and earned a BSN.

[ICU, RN, BSN, B.S.]

Maybe I misunderstood you; to clarify -->the accelerated program that your daughter wants to do has to be an accelerated BSN program (for those with previous bachelor degrees) in order to come out with a BSN. I don't think it can be just an accelerated RN program....that sounds like an associates.

[Altra, BSN, RN]

I suspect that the students enrolled in the program are pretty clear on exactly what degree they are on the path to earning.

[nurseprnRN, BSN, RN]

"my point/question is that when someone has a bs in biology or any other subject and go through the accelerated rn program, do they end up with a bsn or do they have a bs and an rn rather than a bsn?"

it also depends on the university's preference in how they designate the degrees. my primary education in nursing was a bachelor's degree; my diploma says on it that the university on recommendation of the school of nursing hereby confers a bachelor of science degree. my master's degree,from a different university, says the regents of the university on recommendation of the university faculty awards me the master of nursing.

so, someone with a ba or a bs in something else might go to a nursing school where they don't actually call their nursing bachelor degrees bsn, and they get a new (or second) bs for it. it's still a bachelor's degree in nursing.

and as some other folks have noted, you don't "go to school for your rn," because schools do not grant licenses (that's the "registered" part). you graduate from an accredited nursing program in order to be eligible to sit for the basic-level licensure exam.

hope that helps.