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RN-BSN ?

Hey,

I graduated in June and just passed my NCLEX-RN last week! I'm ecstatic and am now looking at RN-BSN programs. I'm thinking Chamberlain, they give you 80 credits for having your license and it seems pretty flexible; they are expensive though. Do you guys have any advice or suggestions?

Much appreciated!!

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Congrats on the NCLEX success!! I'm a Chamberlain RN-BSN student, and yes, the tuition is the priciest one out there, as far as I've seen. However, it ended up being my top choice -- I have three Associates degrees already, so the amount of general ed classes I needed was pretty minimal. When I compared the cost of Chamberlain with other programs, all of the other programs I looked at required at least 10 more credits than Chamberlain, so the cost ended up being very similar, bottom line.

If you're looking for distance programs, I have a spreadsheet of programs I investigated that I'll attach to this post. It's a year old now, so the tuition info is a little out of date. Also, if I may make a suggestion, be sure you investigate RN-BSN programs in your state -- so many universities have them now, and you'd get in-state tuition on top of it.

If you'd like a point of contact at Chamberlain, let me know and I'll provide my admissions advisor's contact info to you -- she was great!

There are lots of threads in the Distance Learning forum about RN-BSN programs, too -- https://allnurses.com/distance-learning-nursing/

Good luck!! :)

RN-BSN_Programs.pdf

There's an ongoing post about this on the MI forum. There's alot of programs available and u need to consider how fast u want to finish. My job offers UD onsite and OU online at a discount. But I have to sign a contract for 3yrs post completion. I am looking @ EMU, they r reasonable $$ and have online program as well.

Take a look at some of the RN-BSN programs in your home state. It is not uncommon for the programs in my state to provide up to 90 credits in transfer credit/credentialling from ADN programs. This allows you to get the BSN in approximately 30 credits (1 year). Many state schools provide online/distance prorgams too. Here in my state, the tuition for these programs is usually about $200/credit or less

I graduated in May 2009 and just enrolled at Grand Canyon University for their RN-BSN in 16 months-- they give you credit for up to 84 hours and then you have to take 12 nursing courses that last 5 weeks each. I transfered in all of the 84 credits so all I will have to take is the 12 BSN classes- if you have over a 3.0 you can apply for a scholarship they offer which brings the cost down to $365 per credit hour or something like that. It is pricey , but I dont have to waste time taking a whole bunch of prereqs and the hospital I am at will reimburse some of it. I just want to be DONE once and for all!!!

I was deciding between Grand Canyon University or Chamberlain.. I chose GCU because overall it was cheaper, I didn't have to take additional courses, and they gear their classes towards nursing. For example, if you have to take statistics, they place an emphasis on how it relates to nursing.

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