RN TO BSN

What province are you in?

Just contact the nearest uni that offers a BScN and see what they have.

Are you working in a hospital? Very often they will help you achieve this.

Are you working in a hospital? Very often they will help you achieve this.

Not in the western provinces. All our educational upgrades are at our own expense.

Even though our contract allows a number of education days of paid leave each year, it's like pulling teeth to get the days authorized. It took six weeks to get approval to have a paid days leave to write a final exam. Would have been easier to call in sick.

Hi,

I am working in Texas, But planning to move to Toronto. I called Ryerson university it will take two and a half year to come the RN to BSN.

Thank you

Sweety

I have just finished my Rn to Bsc via Athabasca. You can do it as quickly as you like (or humanly can). My initial plan was to whip through it in a year, but with my tendency to procrastinate for 5 out of 6 contract months and then do all the work at the end - well it took about 2.5-3 years. That is not working fast and having long periods of doing nothing :-) I've found the marking very easy, and despite the "boring" course names and descriptions, I did manage to get into it - and enjoyed most of the assignments...

Good luck :-)

thanks, I am a canadian living in USA. I wanted a university that is not expensive.

Hi,

I'm currently doing my RN-BScN through British Columbia Institute of Technology via distance. BCIT is in Burnaby (or near there) BC, and you can do virtually the whole program via distance. The nice thing about BCIT is it is the only institute that offers a specialty certificate as part of your degree. So, for example, if you want to specialize in PICU, or ER or whatever, you do those courses first, receive your certificate (which most hospitals around here prize), and then you finish the second half of the program and get your BScN. My course entailed doing two-100 hour practicums in the PICU, which they were willing to set up in California, as I was living there. However, I ended up doing them in BC. So the faculty is very helpful and flexible. The courses are around $800 each and I think I had to take 20 courses. They will give you some credit for nursing experience. The courses are well done, and not easy, but having a degree from BCIT is great as they have such a great reputation. So, if you're looking for a practical, meaty course, with lots of practical content, I would highly recommend them! BCIT.ca

Take care,

Sue