RN and BSN??

meyun06 · Sep 2, 2008

I just want to clarify 2 statements...1) The LPN program is NOT necessarily accomplished in 1 year. It depends on your status in the program meaning whether you are attending as a full-time student or part-time. The program I completed was an accelerated 10 month (1 year, essentially) program. Some community colleges offer a part time option which would make the program 2 years. It all depends on the individual's responsibilities (ie. work, kids, spouse etc.) 2) It is completely erroneous to define a LPN as a "nurse without a college degree." There are plenty of LPN's who have degrees in other majors although the degree is not in nursing. It is the same w/RN's. There are RN's who do not have a college degree at all. Many aspire and do attain their BSN. In either case b4 you are licensed, you have to sit for the NCLEX. Once you are licensed you can go on to study for any other degrees in nursing.

Hey like I said, Im kind of new To THis nursing THing. I didn'T mean TO offend any LPNs and if I did, IM sorry. I HAVE Heard oTHer nurses say LPNs are nurses wiTHouT College degrees. I know THAT THey CAN HAVE degrees in oTHER areas.

Bortaz, MSN, RN · Sep 2, 2008

What's up with all that random capitalization? Makes your posts hard as hell to read.

RNsRWe, ASN, RN · Sep 2, 2008

I just want to clarify 2 statements...1) The LPN program is NOT necessarily accomplished in 1 year. It depends on your status in the program meaning whether you are attending as a full-time student or part-time. The program I completed was an accelerated 10 month (1 year, essentially) program. Some community colleges offer a part time option which would make the program 2 years.

I think the person you're responding to was still correct, in that it's considered a one-year program. Yes, you can do it in 10 months in an accelerated option (but some programs are only 10 months to start with). Yes, you can take two years to complete it part-time, but it doesn't make it a 2-year education: it's still a one-year program that has been stretched to be completed in two years.

Same as an Associate's in nursing (2 year degree) that takes some people four or five years (part time) to do. Doesn't mean it's a four or five year education, just that it took that long--part time.

I wouldn't get insulted that someone classifies an LPN program as a year-long education. It pretty much is, regardless of how long it takes you to finish it.

Drama · Nov 20, 2008

Am am working toward becoming an RN. I am currently taking prerequisite courses. The total amount of prereq hours are 62. Then the validation of previously earned credit hours are 30. Then the hours in RN-BSN program are 36. Is an RN and BSN the same thing? I've been confused about that. Please help.

curlilockz · Nov 21, 2008

A BSN is a bachelor's degree in nursing. A RN is a registered nurse. A person with an ADN (Associates Degree in Nursing) takes the same NCLEX as someone with the BSN. I have no clue if there are pay differences between the BSN and ADN. If there are, they are not much.

The ADN has fewer prerequisites, but that does not mean it is easier. In fact, at my school, many people going for a BSN go to the local community college for prereqs.

ADN and BSN have 2 years of nursing school. There are very few differences in the nursing program once someone enters.

There are many ADN to BSN programs that can be taken online.

Most (if not all) Master's programs only take BSN nurses. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

If you are looking to apply for CRNA school, go ahead and get your BSN. It will save you time. ADN is not an easier degree than the BSN.

And this is coming from someone in a BSN program.

I don't know much about LPNs. The hospital I work for phased them all out. There are only RNs and PCA (Patient care assistants). Many of the LPNs went to a nursing home, let the hospital pay for the schooling to get their ADN or BSN, or found another profession.

Hope this helps.