RN to BSN when I already have a BS?

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I want to do an ABSN program following my graduation from OhioSU but will probably have to settle for an RN program at the local community college instead due to a low GPA. I will be graduating in June 2012 with a BS in Human Nutrition and Community Health. I was just wondering if anyone had ever completed an RN to BSN program after already having a BS? If I did the RN to BSN program at OSU most of my credits would already be accepted for the GEC's, so wouldn't I just have to take the nursing classes (there's only a few each semester)? Please let me know if you were considering this option or you have actually done/are doing this yourself!

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That's exactly what I am thinking of doing. I've applied to a community college RN program and will hopefully start that in the fall. I've gotten all A's in the pre-req's for nursing but my GPA from my business degree from 15 years ago was not so good and kept me from getting into a BSN program now. In Florida where I live some of the public universities have online RN to BSN programs. I'm hoping if I keep my grades up in community college I will be able to get accepted into one of those programs.

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I have a BA and am trying to decide between an ADN and an ABSN program. If I end up doing the ADN program I would probably not do an RN to BSN program in the future, but would most likely do a RN to MSN program. Since you already have a BS you may find a MSN program isn't much more time (at least at the schools I'm looking at). Just something to consider.

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I wish I could start taking my pre-reqs now rather than my freshman year of college when I was not sure of how to study/manage my time and got some pretty sorry grades (mainly B's and C's)!

I hadn't thought of doing an RN to MSN but that sounds more like what I want to do because I was planning on getting my masters eventually anyway!

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I'm in the same boat. Just got excepted into the local CC ADN program and would like to ultimately go the Nurse Anesthetist route, so I need the BSN. The MSN idea posted above seems like a good idea, I'm not so sure those programs are near as easy/abundant to get into though.

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