Mr._Bill

Thanks for the info! Your explanation makes much more sense as I just couldn't figure out how they could "skip" the Bachelor's degree core academically. I wonder if they have such a program for individuals with no RN but with an A.S. and a B.S. already in another field of science? If anyone has any links to any of these RN-to-MSN programs and are willing to share them, please do! Mr._Bill

Could you provide some links to these programs so that I can check into them?For the life of me I can't see how the general studies core of a Bachelor's degree can be "ignored" for lack of a better word. An ADN program is an Associate of Applied Science degree and as such ignores much of the core requirements of a Bachelor's degree. For example, government, history, philosphy, sociology, arts, p.e.'s etc. The courses in the degree are MOSTLY nursing specific with the appropriate sciences and maths. I am very interested to see how a university can bypass those requirements and jump straight to a MSN program. If they aren't bypassing them, but instead requiring you to complete them before being admitted, and then requiring you to complete the BSN theory courses as you state before the MSN courses start, then effectively you HAVE completed a BSN it just wasn't awarded. Thanks in advance for the links. Mr._Bill

To my knowledge, there is no such thing as an ADN to MSN program that eliminates the need for a BSN first. There may be some that include the BSN in the course of the program but you can't get a Master's in anything without having a Bachelor's first. That is just how the world of education works. Mr._Bill