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Online Accelerated BSN?

I'm in my late 20s, planning to make career change to nursing.

I have my BA in Psychology and will be entering nearby community college this fall to take some pre-req like A&P, microbiology, chemistry, etc.

Althouh jumping into the new field sounds fascinating, it seemed a waste of time to spend 2 years to just to get ADN and maybe additional 1+ year to earn BSN again. I still have to work to afford living, so I thought online Accelerated BSN sounds much more doable and affordable. (Of course, I didn't mean it'd be easier)

I did some research but I don't know which online programs are good, since the overflowing information talks about different things. Anyone has some experience/opinion/info regarding online ABSN? Any school that I should look into or avoid?

Fyi, I live in MA.

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    First, there are two types of BSNs.

    One is for persons who are already RNs. These would be termed RN-to-BSN programs. You obviously do not qualify for these types of programs. Many of these are online.

    The second type is called a pre-licensure BSN: in other words, this program leads to becoming an RN/ qualifying you to sit for the NCLEX exam. While SOME of these programs offer coursework online, there is always a clinical component of hundreds of hours spent in a hospital or other facility in the presence of an instructor or preceptor delivering care to patients. There are NO 100% online pre-licensure BSN programs- accelerated or otherwise.

    Two programs have all didactic (classroom) portions delivered online- Excelsior (Albany, NY) and WGU (Indiana, California, Florida, Texas and Utah only). But each has a clinical component- and I believe Excelsior requires you to have a healthcare background.

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    I'm starting an online accelerated BSN program this may at Northeastern University. It is in MA and mostly online. You need to go to Northeasterns satellite campus once or twice a week for labs and tests and you have around one clinical a week that can be anywhere in the area. :)

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    I believe Excelsior requires you to have a healthcare background.

    This is correct — only LPNs, paramedics, and certain classes of military medical personnel may apply, and there are certain minimums in hours of patient contact per year that must be verified.

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