Need advice - bail on my accelerated BSN for an ADN?(long)

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I am in semester 2 of a 4 semester accelerated BSN program. Right now I am kicking myself for not applying to the ADN program at my local CC. The more I learn, the more I feel like I am spinning my wheels with classes like Nursing Research and Theory. I am beginning to see that the BS in BSN does not only stand for bachelor of science (bad me - :nono: )!

I am seriously considering applying to transfer to the ADN program after this semester is over. If I do this, I will have about $20,000 less in student loans, a great deal less stress and heartache, a life for the next year, and an RN either way! From what I can gather, depending on when they schedule the classes that I will need to finish the ADN program, I will either finish at the same time or maybe one semester late if they do not offer the classes I need in the summer.

Now a bit about my reasons for looking into this. It is not grade related. I have a 4.0 currently and at worst I will finish this semester with one or 2 B's and the rest A's. I have no problem succeeding in this program - but at what cost? Since starting this program, I have injured my knee twice (not necessarily related to the program), been sick several times, and the migraines that I have not suffered from in years are back and kicking. My house looks like a tornado came through it, and the dust bunnies are taking over. I often emerge from my study coma to wonder who that handsome man in my living room is, then realize it is my husband! I own a horse who no longer remembers what I look like, and I recently sold another horse who I bred and raised from birth becuase I did not have time for her and it is not fair to ask my husband to do more than he already is (he works FT and is in school PT working on an associates in business). We don't have kids yet, but would like to someday soon, except that you have to actually have a relationship with your spouse for that to happen!!!

I am committed to becoming an RN, I am just doubting my judgment on the route to get there. Has anyone done this, or do you have any advice for me?? What do you think?? :nurse:

Specializes in ICU, ER, HH, NICU, now FNP.
I am sick of this discussion, and every time it seems like the ADNs are talking down about BSN like it's a waste of money!

This is not the discussion we were having here.

The discussion that was taking place here was should this ONE individual bail out of an accelerated BS program and transfer to AD program. Please don't get the thread shut down for a debate that has occcurred everywhere else already.

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What this person is asking makes no sense to me. She has already completed two years of the BSN program. It is unlikely that her credits will transfer to an ADN program, and so therefore she'd have to go through a two-year program to get her ADN. That would make a total of four years for the ADN! Why spend four years getting an ADN when she could just stay where she is and end up with a BSN in the same amount of time? I just don't understand this ...

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I am sick of this discussion

I'm not try to be a smart aleck but just exit out of the discussion if you are sick of it!

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I am in semester 2 of a 4 semester accelerated BSN program. Right now I am kicking myself for not applying to the ADN program at my local CC. The more I learn, the more I feel like I am spinning my wheels with classes like Nursing Research and Theory. I am beginning to see that the BS in BSN does not only stand for bachelor of science (bad me - :nono: )!

I am seriously considering applying to transfer to the ADN program after this semester is over. If I do this, I will have about $20,000 less in student loans, a great deal less stress and heartache, a life for the next year, and an RN either way! From what I can gather, depending on when they schedule the classes that I will need to finish the ADN program, I will either finish at the same time or maybe one semester late if they do not offer the classes I need in the summer.

Now a bit about my reasons for looking into this. It is not grade related. I have a 4.0 currently and at worst I will finish this semester with one or 2 B's and the rest A's. I have no problem succeeding in this program - but at what cost? Since starting this program, I have injured my knee twice (not necessarily related to the program), been sick several times, and the migraines that I have not suffered from in years are back and kicking. My house looks like a tornado came through it, and the dust bunnies are taking over. I often emerge from my study coma to wonder who that handsome man in my living room is, then realize it is my husband! I own a horse who no longer remembers what I look like, and I recently sold another horse who I bred and raised from birth becuase I did not have time for her and it is not fair to ask my husband to do more than he already is (he works FT and is in school PT working on an associates in business). We don't have kids yet, but would like to someday soon, except that you have to actually have a relationship with your spouse for that to happen!!!

I am committed to becoming an RN, I am just doubting my judgment on the route to get there. Has anyone done this, or do you have any advice for me?? What do you think?? :nurse:

we had several come in to ours from a bsn program- they were happy they did hoewever they did say the work wsa twice as hard cause instead of learning in 4 yrs ( with all yor other classes a bsn takes intertwined with the nursing part) you cram it in 2. just what i have heard.

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Why would you drop out? You're already in the middle of a program - finish!

In the long run, the ADN program will take you longer - meaning a longer time when you're not in the working world making money. You'll have to be on a waiting list to even get in. Then you might have to re-take some classes, because often classes don't exactly translate. Plus, the ADN program will not be any easier physically, and it can't be much easier mentally.

I finished an accelerated BSN program - it hits a peak in the middle of the program, and then the last semester is the easiest. You're just in the thick of it now. Yes, many of the administrative/management type classes are a bunch of crap (especially for me, since I already had a business background) but in this job market today, the BSN will help you in the long run.

Plus, with a BSN you have more options for jobs. The hospital I work at now only hires BSNs. And, many hospitals are forcing ADN's to go back and get their BSN within a certain time frame, or they'll lose their job. And I would think working as an ADN, while going to school at night to earn a BSN would really be hard. Just working takes a lot out of you, and I'd hate to have classes on top of that. Just get it over with now!

The moral of the story is, you'll finish faster with a higher degree if you stay in the accelerated program. Sure - you might initally have more school loans to pay back, but you'll earn more money with a BSN, and you'll be done sooner, so you'll start earning a real paycheck sooner. You could lose a lot of money when you're sitting idle waiting to get into an ADN program - not to mention it takes longer to finish.

I think if you dropped out of the BSN program, you'd regret it. Hang in there - you'll be done soon. It just sucks right now.

And as a side -- if you think school is physically and emotionally stressful - just wait until your first year of nursing. That is a whole new level of stress. I found myself often wishing for the easy days of being in school. Not to freak you out, but to manage your expectations. I thought getting through school was tough - but my first year of nursing absolutely rocked my world.

not always true youd make more with a bsn - my friend has a bsn and she made only about 2 bucks more an hour than me and that was only because she was pm supervisor - depends on your area.

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