Psych BS and ADN need BSN

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So long story short i was two semesters away from finishing my bachelors in psychology as a science not a liberal arts (requires calculus, 2 quantitative sciences etc.) and i got accepted into an ADN program. So I decided to finish my BS in Psych and get my ADN at the same time, yes it was possible and yes it was worth it since i only had essentially 5 classes left to finish my bachelors. now I am wondering how to get my BSN, does it require that i go back to school and do a whole 2 years extra or what, i am at a loss. I know that there are transitional programs, but these assume that you do not have a RN license or a Bachelors already anyone else run into anything similar?

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Specializes in Psychiatry, Community, Nurse Manager, hospice.

RN to BSN program. Doesn't take 2 years. Covers the stuff you didn't get yet. You can get your license before you go into the program.

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We are nurses, not academic advisors. Talk to your school counselor.

Good luck.

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Welcome to allnurses! :balloons:

There are a kazillion BSN completion programs around the country for diploma and ADN grads. They require that you be a licensed RN, and some require that you be working. Many are entirely online. Your already having a BS in something else means you will have most, if not all, of the general education requirements already, and it won't take you as long as it would if you had just the ADN. Should be relatively painless. :) Shop around for a reasonably priced program. Best wishes.

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Specializes in mental health / psychiatic nursing.

RN to BSN program; it will likely take you less than a year to complete and most of these programs are set up for working RNs. Ask your community college where you got your ADN if they have a partner BSN completion program that accepts their students - otherwise just look around for RN-BSN programs and apply. You will need to take NCLEX and have a RN license for the RN-BSN completion programs.

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yeah that is where i am stuck because I already have my ADN and my Bachelors but i will definitely contact the my school and see what programs they are affiliated with.

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Specializes in Urgent Care, Oncology.

Depending on which RN to BSN program you pick you'll probably only have to do the core 11 to RN classes for your BSN. If you take 3-4 classes a semester you can easily knock that out in a year.

Just google RN to BSN programs and several affordable, all online options will come up.

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Specializes in Psychiatry.

WGU is about $3000+ a TERM. A term is about six months. I have heard of people who completed the degree in a term so they only paid the $3000. It's completely online and accredited. I suggest you call and when you do, ask about their grading system. I hear everyone graduates with a 3.0 regardless. That may be a problem if you want to continue your education and the program is competitive. (Although I know someone who teaches in a college who graduated from there and continued to get a Masters degree)

Ohio university is about $7000 and is completely online.

University of texas at arlington (UTA) costs about $9000 and is completely online. However you need to take political science (Texas government) and if you didn't go to school in Texas, you may have to take it with them. In reality, you may end up paying up to $10,000

Before you choose any of these schools, figure out if you have most of their general education requirements completed already. I would suggest you go with the one requiring less general eds. You always have the option of taking the class you need at a community college fi you need to. Make sure your classes transfer before you pay them anything. There are schools that will tell you that your classes match theirs but then you get in and it's a whole different story.

Here's something that may interest you, at UTA for example, you don't earn a public health nurse certificate with your BSN. If that's something you care for, then look elsewhere.

You have the option of graduating in less than a year if you take multiple classes at a time with all these schools.

You can always google RN-BSN programs and make your selection from there.

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Specializes in Case Manager/Administrator.

There are accelerated schools out there for bridge ADN to BSN, most take 18-24 months. So to answer your question yes if you want your BSN then you need to accept the fact of at least 18 more months of school.

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Specializes in mental health / psychiatic nursing.
yeah that is where i am stuck because I already have my ADN and my Bachelors but i will definitely contact the my school and see what programs they are affiliated with.

The RN-BSN bridge programs are specifically set up for RNs who already have an ADN degree and are working as nurses. Having a bachelors in another field already completed does NOT prevent you from attending a bridge program, and could likely shorten/lighten the process as your general education requirements will likely transfer, so all you will be taking is core nursing classes for BSN.

People with prior bachelor's degrees career change to nursing all the time and many get ADNs and then complete bridge programs for BSN - so your situation is not unusual for programs to accommodate.

I am some one with a BA who career changed to nursing. While I ultimately attended an ABSN program, I looked into the ADN to BSN route when applying for schools; in my case the RN-BSN program would have taken 10 months of part-time study to complete.

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