RN Program or BSN Program

In CO, there is very little money difference between a graduate RN with an associates or another with a BSN. You could always get the ASN that is cheaper, and maybe look for an online or weekend bridge program for your BSN.

I decided to go the BSN route because there is a 3 year waitlist for CC programs here. I could actually be graduated and working before I even got into one! Personally, I would take the ASN route, it makes better financial sense. If there is a wait though... I'd do the BSN through a public school, not private (again, cost!).

Good luck!!

I would recommend the ADN route. Where I work it is about 0.50 difference per hour between the two year nurses and the four year nurses. The two year nurses are able to hold charge nurse positions and orient new employees. I own my RN outright and it is a huge weight off my shoulders not to make a payment to a bank. After you have a few years of experience people don't look where you graduated from they look at where you have worked and what experience you have. Save for your kids to go to college, go the ADN route. When you complete your ADN you may find your employer will pay for your BSN if you give them a certain number of years of service. I am going through an online RN to BSN program which my employer will reimberse for.

Before I advise you of the ADN route, your profile says you live in Pennsylvania. You should see what most of the requirements for nurses are there. Up in the northeast things can sometimes work differently. Most of the hospitals in New York that I really have my eye on for potential jobs (also the ones we have clinicals at) want a BSN or for you to be enrolled in a BSN program and halfway through it when you are hired so I say before you make the decision, make sure you can get a job with an ADN.

If which kind of degree doesn't matter in your area, go for the ADN. It's cheaper and there are options if you want to further yourself which include accelerated RN-BSN and RN-MSN direct entry programs.