Rn-BSN/MSN...I have a couple questions

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I am graduating from an ADN program next week and I am wanting to look in to continuing my education within the next year, possibly two. I have heard that there are many different online programs. One of the main issues I have heard about are that some of them require tons of papers to be written. Some don't. I don't know about others but I HATE to write papers. I have difficulty writing a good paper and would hate to go back to school and be steady writing papers. My main question is, do you know of any of the online (reputable) colleges where they don't require a lot of papers to be written? I mean I know there will be paper requirements, but I just don't want to be writing a paper every single week, I'd rather be learning nursing curriculum. Writing is my weak point. Thanks for any info.

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I obtained my BSN from Indiana Wesleyan University online (very nice program and very reasonable IMO). Yes, I had papers due, but I think with any online program you'll find that. Good luck on your search!

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The general rule of thumb for education is that the higher you go, the more writing you have to do. Associate's degrees require more writing than high school. Baccalaureate degrees require more writing than high school or associate's degrees. Graduate programs require more writing than baccalaureate programs. That's the way the world works ... :)

Of course, there are variations among programs. But you're going to have to do a lot of writing in any MSN program.

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Specializes in Behavioral Health, Show Biz.

Just my :twocents:

Nursing requires DOCUMENTATION--by pen-and-paper or computer.

If you have weak writing skills that deter you from writing papers...

in my opinion, and I say this from my experience with reading nursing students' papers with grammatical/sentence structure/spelling errors...

take a writing course in order to hone your skills.

:up:THIS INVESTMENT IN YOURSELF WILL PAY-OFF LATER IN YOUR CAREER!!!

:typingPROFESSIONAL NURSING REQUIRES GOOD COMMUNICATION SKILLS---BOTH WRITTEN AND VERBAL.

Put your BEST foot forward:D

:nurse: The profession is dependng on you!

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Specializes in NPD; Administration; M/S; Critical Care.

Hi,

I did my BSN online at Regis University in Denver, CO. I'm doing my Master's there also. I found that, in my BSN program, that I was taught how to write papers in the format they wanted, and the more of them I did, the better I got at them. Just like anything else-practice makes perfect.

As a side note, papers are to online degree programs as assignments are to brick-n-mortar universities. Since they can't give hand-outs online, they assign papers to assess your understanding of the concepts being discussed. And, as a prior post stated, the higher in education you go, the more the expectation in professional writing.

Hope this helps,

UnitRN01

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Specializes in Nursing Ed, Ob/GYN, AD, LTC, Rehab.

I am currently in a RN to BSN program and all I do is write papers. I have heard this is pretty common every where. Lucky for me I am a good writer and the topics are very interesting and I enjoy most of the papers I write. I will say dont be too nervous, you get used to the format and it becomes second nature.

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Well, I usually make A's on my papers, I just REALLY hate them (in our ADN prg we write at least 4-5 papers a semester..is that common for other ADN prg?)...I have a hard time putting them together with research and stuff... Oh well, I was hoping. As for documentation, I always get really good compliments. I think I just hate to write b/c I hate to research and put it all together. I dunno. I guess everyone is different. Maybe I'm just lazy when it comes to that b/c I have never liked to write. The more I write I guess the more I will learn to enjoy it. Thanks for all your help.

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i finish the first half of my two-year asn program next week and we have not written any papers. our grades are all exams. we had to make a poster presentation for a community health fair, but not one paper yet. i personally love being paper free. i have a ba from before i started nursing school, and i remember many a late night of paper writing. not to mention the months of time i put into a 60 page thesis.

my current plan is to work on a rn to master's program after at least a year of working as an rn. i had not really thought about what the writing intensiveness of such a program would be like. i'll have to ask around at the hospital and see if anyone is in or has completed an rn to bsn or msn program.

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