Traditional BSN Program

I'm currently in the nursing program at Barry. It is a excellent BSN program. Admissions is not to difficult if you have the needed pre-reqs and above 3.2 gpa. The only down side is the price but students being admitted in the fall have an opportunity to gain a scholarship threw Baptist which they pay for your tuition. Many hospital nowadays want students with their BSN.

What you mail fail to appreciate is that faster is not better with pre-licensure nursing education. The goal is to not only ensure that you are technically competent, but also socialized into the profession of nursing. Socialization is the result of experiential learning obtained through exposure to nursing practice and patient care along with mentoring and coaching from experienced colleagues. There's no way to rush this process. "FAST" programs just result in inadequate socialization - and much greater stress during the transitional period from student to practitioner.

The movement toward all-BSN staff in acute care (hospitals) is well underway and moving rapidly throughout the US. It is being driven by Federal recommendations arising from extensive quality & patient safety research. Hospitals who don't achieve this goal will be excluded from insurance networks. They will also have to pay exorbitant rates for liability insurance... essentially be driven out of business due to the impact on their financial bottom line. If you want to practice nursing in a hospital in the years to come, you will need at least a BSN. Hospitals in large cities are already beginning to list staff jobs as "BSN required, MSN preferred".

Thank you dream61792. I have applied to Barry and FIU and am awaiting to hear from admissions. They contacted me today to advise they are just awaiting receipt of my transcripts. I graduate with my AA in may. HouTx, I appreciate your response and apologize if I was not clear in my post. In no way am I attempting to get around or speed through any necessary training to become properly skilled and licensed. I am simply stating while working on my AA degree I have satisfied the pre-nursing requirements for the AS and BSN programs. There are schools that offer traditional BSN programs. However, my current school does not. I am simply stating if I have earned my way to enter directly into a full BSN program what sense does it make to enter into an AS program just because I am comfortable at my school?