RN TO BSN

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Ok I am getting my RN. Going to take my NCLEX after associates . Do I have to take another test to get BSN? OR just Education. Kansas license here?

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No.....it's a whole extra degree. Not just one test. It will require applying and being admitted to a BSN program and then taking and passing several classes.

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I think you'd do well to do some reading around this website.....it seems you are unclear about what the various entries to nursing involve, and how that correlates to licensing.

In a nutshell, if you are in an Associate's degree program for nursing (and graduate that program) you will be eligible to take the NCLEX-RN. This is the national licensing exam anyone who is a Registered Nurse in the US is required to pass. Once you have a license to practice as an RN, you need no further licenses to continue to practice as an RN.

HOWEVER.....

There is a higher level of academic education that one must complete in order to receive a Bachelor's degree in nursing; while ADN is most typically a 2-year degree, a BSN is most typically a 4-year degree. Individual cases vary, of course, but that's the crux of it.

Many nurses who initially obtain an Associates degree (and subsequent licensing after NCLEX) continue on to earn an additional degree (BSN). Since they are already licensed RNs, there is no further licensing requirement to continue to practice; indeed, the Board of Nursing does not concern itself with what kind of degree you have when it's time to renew the license.

To make it a tad more complicated, there are schools of nursing in the US that do not culminate in ANY degree; they are diploma programs that offer the same clinical components of college degree programs, and offer the same core nursing coursework, but do not have the additional general education requirements to enable the student to achieve a degree at the end.

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ADN and BSN take the same NCLEX.(Only one test) Once you finish ADN you can sit for NCLEX start work as a RN and move on to RN to BSN degree.

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ADN and BSN take the same NCLEX.(Only one test) Once you finish ADN you can sit for NCLEX start work as a RN and move on to RN to BSN degree.

Thank God we only have to take it once!!!

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Thanks for the answer. I was just wondering what further NCLEX testing there would be after getting licensure as RN.

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Specializes in Med/ Surg/ Telemetry, Public Health.

None thank GOD.

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