To ADN nurses who later went back to get BSN..

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To the ADN nurses who went back to complete school to get your BSN did you have difficulty studying and focusing on your studies because you were now working full-time? are there programs out there where you can get your BSN in a year?

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Specializes in ED, ICU, MS/MT, PCU, CM, House Sup, Frontline mgr.

i am graduating in two weeks. i worked full-time while obtaining my degree pt for the past two years. i did not find it difficult to study or focus. i give much of the credit to working nights (family is asleep), working full-time in nursing (rn-bsn is very focused on our work), and attending school part-time. i know of others who went to school ft and completed the program in 1 year, but they either did poorly gpa-wise or had to work less hours. gl!

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Specializes in Home Health Care.

I am currently in school for dual BSN/MSN , work full time and have 3 kids and a hubby. Getting the ADN was far more difficult for studying / focusing and that was without being employed! All my community college credits transfered to Graceland University, Lamoni Iowa, so yes, I could complete BSN in a year however I am taking 1 class every 8 weeks and going straight to MSN.

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Specializes in ER/ICU/STICU.

I didn't have any trouble. I worked full-time and went to school full-time. I did the University of Wyoming online RN-BSN program, started in Summer 09 and finished Summer 10. Most RN-BSN programs are work at your own pace. If you want to finish faster you will need to do more and it is a lot on your plate. I think it depends on the individual. I would suggest doing 1 or 2 classes online and see how you can manage them.

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Can you complete all of your classes online??

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Specializes in Pediatric/Adolescent, Med-Surg.

I am a diploma RN grad that worked full-time and attended an on-line RN-BSN program full-time. I was able to complete my program in only 9 months, and did not have any difficulty juggling both. The school I chose was Chatham University Chatham University

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Specializes in Home Health Care.
Can you complete all of your classes online??

For me.......Yes, with the exception of clinicals.

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Specializes in NICU.

My school had some clinicals, but they arranged them a close geographical distance from each of us. Otherwise, everything else was online. I worked full-time, even took a few vacations with the fam :). It was very doable. I'm glad I did it! To qualify, you already had to be working and continue to work throughout the program. The premise was that our work and schooling had a synergistic effect and it really kind of did :D.

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Specializes in ICU-Step Down, Cardiac/CHF, Telemetry, L&D.

I Chamberlain College of Nursing and didn't have a problem at all. It is kind of expensive but can be done in less than a year if you have some of the general courses already. Other than that it will take a year.

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Specializes in M/S; LTAC.

I worked full-time and went to school part-time on-line through Oklahoma Wesleyan. I have family, but found it to be generally doable. They do not have a traditional "clinical", but you have some significant projects in the final classes that require community interviews, etc. that make for the clinical component.

It takes 18 months if your prerequisites are done prior to the start.

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Specializes in medical.

I'm attending classes part time (2-3 classes per semester) which works fine for me. I don't work full-time. Most of the nursing classes ( actually now all of them) are online and no clinicals in my local public college. I'm very pleased with courses and they are not that hard. I still had to drive to school for other classes ( general requirements like history, arts etc.) that I was missing as part of the general requirement of the bachelor degree. I really don't regret going back to school and wish I had done it sooner.

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Specializes in M/S, ICU, ICP.

i am 3 courses from completing my bachelor of science in health sciences. i am an rn already, associates degree. i was injured by a patient doing floor work so after 23 years had to change my field of practice and ic was what fasinated and challenged me. i am the infection control nurse now and believe that the bshs will be a better fit for me than the bsn i started to take. the bsn was more theory and management basics and i have been in management way to many years already.

it is physically hard to return to school. i am in my fifties and the age makes it all the more difficult, but i make enough overtime to combine with the tuition reimbursement and can pay the courses as i go. it is hard. i am almost done. if your heart is in it and you truly want it, you will overcome any obstical. just do not let the school run ramppant over you and load you with more courses than you can finacially or physiclly afford. i did mine one at a time online. but 3 more courses is all. woohoo. was it hard. heck ya. but you can do it!

go 4 it :o)

pm me if you need some encouragement.

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