Not accredited school but looking towards Bachelors

mindlor · Mar 8, 2012

Better to have asked this at the onset. It really is almost too late to turn back from where you are now. You will more than likely be limited as to where you can go for your BSN.....

Band · Mar 8, 2012

I was looking for a more helpful answer, I know I am "too late or limited" unless it is impossible for an rn adn to a bsnMy question: what would be the ways of getting a bsn?

hgrimmett · Mar 9, 2012

You might be able to find a bridge program thru one of the for-profit schools that will accept your associates degree and let you enter a BSN program. It won't be cheap but if all you care about is getting that BSN it might be something to think about. I would email different schools (regular 4 year schools and the national for profit ones too) & ask for details on getting into their BSN nursing program. You don't need to talk to them about which agency accredited what school, that's for the schools to figure out with each other. All you want to know is if they will accept your ASN degree as the first two years towards a BSN. Doesn't hurt to ask.

Band · Mar 10, 2012

:) Thank you hgrimmett, I haven't heard of for-profits school before and I will look into it.

Gathering all the information I have read so far about this situation, there's: nationally accredited, regionally accredited, and non-accredited. My title should've been State/regionally accredited, not non-accredited, which I've heard some state schools accept state accredited non-nln adn, but that's where calling the schools (as you mentioned, comes in). Searching, I have stumbled on allnurses often, so if anyone's searching, jobs shouldn't be so hard with the adn, especially regionally, but just furthering into bsn especially in other states may be an issue also your area comes into factor. Most people trying for Adn their main goal is to pass the NCLEX, become an RN and start working. Some people had a previous Bsn, so they can just go right into a fully accredited Bsn / MSN

0402 · Mar 10, 2012

What does your school have to say about furthering your education? I know some schools, Kaplan for example, are not regionally accredited (which is an important one), but have an agreement with another school (in Kaplan's case, U of Phoenix) for the accepting their credits for higher level degrees.

mmc51264, BSN, MSN, RN · Mar 10, 2012

I am in a state-approved program NOT accredited and a little upset that I did not know the difference when I started. I can practice in this state, but not all states will take my RN license when I finish. I CAN get into state schools as an RN-BSN bridge and they ARE accredited so the sooner I get that done, the better.

There should be SOME agreement with the state-run universities in your state if you are attending a state approved program, which it would have to be for you to be licensed in that state, you should be able to get into a state university. RN-MSN on the other hand, you would have to go to private, for-profit (Phoenix, Kaplan, Capella, etc). They will take just about anybody ($$$$$$$)

Meriwhen, ASN, BSN, MSN, RN · Mar 11, 2012

I'm not so much concerned about where you can get your BSN as I am about the fact that like the poster above me stated, you may not be able to practice nursing in every state. Each state's BON has their own criteria regarding schools and licensure, and the fact that you may get licensed in state A doesn't mean you can automatically endorse into state B if state B doesn't like where you went to school.

In addition, even if you were to bridge to your BSN, the BON will still look at the school you attended in order to get your original licensure, and the RN-BSN--even from a fully-accredited school--may not fix the problem of having attended a not-fully accredited ADN program.

I would check the licensure requirements of the state(s) you want to work in and if necessary, ask those BONs what you should do. You say it's too late to change programs...but you also have to consider your options for getting licensed--if your current program is going to limit what schools you can attend or worse, where you can be licensed.

mmc51264, BSN, MSN, RN · Mar 11, 2012

I would have to do some research, v I would think the BSN would trump the ADN regardless.

Meriwhen, ASN, BSN, MSN, RN · Mar 11, 2012

I would have to do some research, v I would think the BSN would trump the ADN regardless.

Let me know what you find out...I was curious about that myself when I was looking at RN-BSN programs: one of them was not fully accredited (yet) and I had wondered if it would affect me if I got my BSN from them, even though my ADN is from a fully-accredited school.

mmc51264, BSN, MSN, RN · Mar 11, 2012

What I really want to know is what is the better accreditation? Our school is trying to become NLN accredited, but the BSN programs I looked at were not NLN (I can't remember what they were). More things for me to look up :)

elkpark · Mar 12, 2012

I would have to do some research, v I would think the BSN would trump the ADN regardless.

For licensure purposes, state BONs look at the school at which you completed the nursing education which first made you eligible for licensure -- always, for the rest of your career. It doesn't matter how many additional degrees in nursing one may have completed, or who they were accredited by; if the original nursing program you attended doesn't meet a state's requirements for licensure, nothing else you ever do in nursing will "trump" that (for licensure).