Kypovan

That’s wonderful! That will make it 6 months to completion, correct? Congratulations! (And only 2 paid 12 week terms, right?) did you say which MSN degree you’re getting?

That’s pretty amazing. But, I believe if you are comfortable writing papers, it would be pretty easy to write a paper a day/every other day. Thanks for replying back. I’ve been debating between WGU and Capella. The pass/fail of WGU is my biggest hurdle if I decide to go to a competitive school for my masters.

Can you speak more to this? You completed one class per week. And each class had 4-5 papers? So, for 9 weeks you were writing 4-5 papers per week?

Maybe you should consider a different type of nursing? Doctors office, WIC office, public health, legal nurse, nurse health coach, hospice care, etc? There are a number of non-bedside nursing options out there.

Thanks for your reply. I have been military, and a military spouse for 14 years, so I've gone to many, many different schools. Because I wasn't ever anywhere long enough, I've done all that transferring and loosing of credits, thing. So, I actually have a lot of science and math. Oh, and I'm also a certified massage therapist, so I've done A&P and all that already. My husband is pursuing a nursing degree through the Army right now, as well, so we will go wherever he gets accepted. I hope to help him find the school that will work out for both of us. He's planning on going on to pre-op, I'm going into Midwifery. So, now I'm off to try to find BSN schools that aren't too competitive, have a low tuition rate (the Army program only covers $9,000 per year), and has Army ROTC. Fun! Luckily, we can move anywhere in the US for it. (I'd love some recommendations!)

Right, I know all that. I've been to the website and it just states that the school needs to be accredited through NLN or CCNE (I think those were the right acronyms), and the the tuition can't be more that $9,000 per year. That seems like not very much $. One school I found locally with a BSN program, the tuition was $16,000 per year! It would be great if there have been others that have gone through AECP that can tell me what schools they went to! I was hoping there was some sort of AA-BSN program, so that he could go into a 4 year BSN program with the first two years done, and then take the nursing courses for the last 2 years. Rather than the other way around, like the RN-BSN works. So, let's look at it another way...Say he has completed the pre-req's for the BSN program. With that, and already having an AA, will it still take 4 years to complete?

I have a AA right now. Can I go to a community college to get my RN, and then somehow get my BSN from that? Or do I have to go to a 4 year college that offers a BSN and pay the more expensive tuition and try to get into a more competitive school? Do schools that offer the BSN have that option? Do the general studies first, and then do the nursing classes the last 2 years? Or does the nursing come first? I hope I didn't confuse you with my questions. Thanks for your replies!

Hello everyone, My husband is starting the application process for AECP to become an Army Nurse. He's over in Korea right now, so he's asked me to gather as much info as I can. So, for now, this is my question... What kind of school am I supposed to be looking for for him to apply to? He has his associates degree, but not in a medical field. He is currently enrolled in A&P and Chem w/lab, working on getting the pre-req's done. So, are we just looking for a community college that has the RN program? Do we need a 4 year BSN program? Accelerated or Secondary BSN program? Can he just attend a less expensive, easy to get into community college? But, if they only offer 2 year degrees, how does he get the BSN? I know that there are all kinds of LPN-RN, RN-BSN, LPN-BSN, etc programs...but what about AA-BSN? Thanks for the help!