Straight to the MSN, skip the BSN postlicensure?

[777RN]

Hello everyone!

I posted a similar question a few years ago when I was a prelicensure nursing student. Now that I'm a licensed RN, I'm seeking some additional insight.

I have an ADN, a non-nursing bachelor's, and am 1.5 trimesters away from a master's in a health-related field. I would like to pursue additional credentials in nursing and am considering ADN-MSN programs that do not award the BSN along the way.

Specifically, I'd like to teach RN-BSN students online in the future. Would the lack of a BSN be a detriment to such career goals? Can anyone share reasons why skipping the BSN would be a bad idea, given my previous bachelor's and impending master's?

Eventually, I plan to pursue a PhD in nursing or public health.

Thanks in advance!

[keftirific]

On 5/17/2015 at 6:48 AM, mmc51264 said:

I just finished my BSN. I have a BS in another field (and a masters in another field), so all I had to take were the nursing classes-took me a calender year.

Hello,

All you had to take were the nursing courses for your BSN? What program were you in??!

I am in enrolled in an RN to BSN to MSN program at the U. Texas at Arlington online. I have two non-nursing bachelor's and I frustrated by the fact that Arlington and just about every other program that I've look at requires that I complete MORE general education classes on top of the nursing classes. Arlington requires that I take 5 GE courses--a lit, government, 2 political science, and something else... I've completed one nursing class at Arlington and I considering jumping ship to a direct RN to MSN program in research nursing. I think that I might also want to be an NP. I have no desire to go backwards for the BSN should I make that decision in the future! Based on the comments in this feed, I'm not sure if the direct MSN is the way to go in the long run.

I appreciate your thoughts!

[mmc51264, BSN, MSN, RN]

On 2/20/2020 at 6:50 PM, keftirific said:

Hello,

All you had to take were the nursing courses for your BSN? What program were you in??!

I am in enrolled in an RN to BSN to MSN program at the U. Texas at Arlington online. I have two non-nursing bachelor's and I frustrated by the fact that Arlington and just about every other program that I've look at requires that I complete MORE general education classes on top of the nursing classes. Arlington requires that I take 5 GE courses--a lit, government, 2 political science, and something else... I've completed one nursing class at Arlington and I considering jumping ship to a direct RN to MSN program in research nursing. I think that I might also want to be an NP. I have no desire to go backwards for the BSN should I make that decision in the future! Based on the comments in this feed, I'm not sure if the direct MSN is the way to go in the long run.

I appreciate your thoughts!

I have a BS in Biology so I had all the non-nursing classes for a 4 year degree and the sciences required. I also have a MA in Teaching and a associates in Criminal Justice so I had all the education and social sciences covered.

[keftirific]

13 hours ago, mmc51264 said:

I have a BS in Biology so I had all the non-nursing classes for a 4 year degree and the sciences required. I also have a MA in Teaching and a associates in Criminal Justice so I had all the education and social sciences covered.

What school did you go to? So the school did require GEs? You just had them covered?

[mmc51264, BSN, MSN, RN]

I got my BSN at UNC-Wilmington. I was required to take a minimum of 31 hours at their school to finish my BSN. The GE reqs were basically the same as my Biology degree. A bachelors is a bachelors. Western Carolina wanted me to take a minimum of 44 hours, which would mean electives. I already had 4 degrees at that point. Why would I need to take any electives LOL.

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