Poll for RN's: Do you have an ADN or BSN?

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  1. Your current level of education is:

    • 40
      Diploma
    • 207
      ADN/ASN
    • 184
      BSN

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note: this thread is not intended for a discussion concerning the pros and cons of the 2 year degree vs. the 4 year degree. this has been/is being discussed at length in several other threads (and on several other websites).

i am simply curious to find out what per cent of registered nurses have obtained a diploma, an associates degree, or a bachelors in nursing.

heck, you don't even have to reply, just vote :)

thanks!!

What if you have both?

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Specializes in Acute rehab/geriatrics/cardiac rehab.

I have a BSN. I'm working (slowly....part-time) on a MSN.

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I have an ASN...so I can't vote!

Please forgive my ignorance on the matter, but does “ASN” stand for “Associate of Science in Nursing”?

And if so, I would like to point out that it would be okey-dokey to select the ADN option. :wink2:

Also, technically speaking, I can’t even vote in my own poll because I am currently a nursing student (working on my BSN).

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Correctamundo on the ASN. I thought an ADN was a diploma not a degree..

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

ADN - Associate Degree in Nursing

ASN - Associates in the Science of Nursing

For the record, I did the LPN, to ADN to BSN to MSN to post-MSN route....should have started sooner - lol.

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Specializes in ER.

I did my hospital diploma and then went back and did my BSN, so I have both. Unfortunately the BSN program never had me in contact with a patient since I already had the RN...

It would be helpful to have the option of RN and BSN.

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Specializes in Transplant, homecare, hospice.

ADN with high hopes of returning to get my BSN and then MSN.

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What if you have both?

An associates degree is usually non-terminal and is a minimum of 60 credit hours.

While a bachelors degree can fit nicely as a natural extension of an AD, especially in Nursing, and is somewhere between 120 and 150 credit hours. Said credit hours comprise of the ADN, and added classes. So by my reckoning, I would say that your current level of education is a BSN.

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Specializes in Med-Surg.
No Debate, just saying I'm surprised that the majority of voters are BSN. I would have thought the majority of grads are from ADN programs. Maybe it's just where I'm from.

I just tied it up at 50/50 ADNs to BSNs. I'm currently an ADN in an ADN to BSN program. That might have been an option too.

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Diploma Nurse, but (there is always a but) I have a B.S. in Biology that was awarded ten years ago.

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Specializes in Adult SICU; open heart recovery.
I have an ASN...so I can't vote!

Not that it's that big a deal, but I think about that sometimes -- how did an Associate's of Science in Nursing get abbreviated as ADN, but Bachelor's of Science in Nursing isn't BDN? As I recall, not all Bachelor's degrees in Nursing are BSNs; I believe there are also BS degrees and BSci (or something like that). Just like some Nursing Master's degrees are MS and some are MSN.

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Specializes in CCU,SICU,CVICU,Burn Unit.

I am LPN to ADN and attending online RN-BSN. I want to persue my CRNA, if I make it through this program. YIPEE SKIPEEE!

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