Not sure what to do bsn or adn..

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I am currently taking prereqs at a local community college. But I have maybe another 2 years until I can finally apply to the nursing program there. However, they only offer adn. So I'm starting to wonder if it would be a better idea to get into a bsn program instead.

Is there really a huge difference between the two? Is obtaining a bachelors degree a better idea?

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Specializes in Hospice.

I also have an associate degree and was told by my NCM that eventually I will have to have a BS in nursing if I want to keep my position as Asst NCM. The hospital I work in is around 70% ADN and 30% BSN and administration wants eventually to reverse those numbers. They have given an estimated date of 2020 to get this done. If I would have known then what I know now I would have done BSN.

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well at the rate that I am at. I won't be gradating until around 2018 or 2019. so that's a scary thing to hear.

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BSN! Here in Houston you can't even get hired to work in any hospital without a BSN. With an ADN you're working in a nursing home.

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Specializes in Outpatient/Clinic, ClinDoc.

Get a BSN if you can. I waited 20 years to get mine, and although I don't NEED it yet, the writing is on the wall in this area. The major hospital is saying 'must get bsn within four years' to anyone hired without one.

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I think I will try to get my bsn instead then. I just hope I can find a school that will transfer my credits, with out being a student first. At first, I felt that a rn will be better because it's cheaper, and I could at least work as a rn. Then get my bsn later. But from what I keep hearing it doesn't sound like a good idea. Is there a difference with classes in a bsn program? Like are the classes a harder level.

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Get the BSN. The writing is on the wall in many areas of the country. I've decided to go back and get mine...:)

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I think I will try to get my bsn instead then. I just hope I can find a school that will transfer my credits with out being a student first. At first, I felt that a rn will be better because it's cheaper, and I could at least work as a rn. Then get my bsn later. But from what I keep hearing it doesn't sound like a good idea. Is there a difference with classes in a bsn program? Like are the classes a harder level.[/quote']

We talked about the differences when I was doing my BSN and the only classes I could see that we're different were theory and research courses. Other than that the local ADN pretty much mirrored ours.

A lot of people in my cohort looked down on ADNs but the truth is it doesn't matter much. Some of the strongest and best RNs I know have ADNs.

If you could get into an ADN program while applying I'd go for it and do a bridge later.

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