types of degree in the US

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Hi!

I recently moved over to the US after 2 years of the immigration roundabout.....What FUN!

Anyway, my question today is....I qualified as a registered general Nurse (RGN) in the UK in 1990 is this equivalent to an associates degree or a bachelors degree in the US?

People keep asking me and I can't seem to find the answer anywhere!

Thanks:idea:

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How long were you in school for your degree?

What was the title on your diploma? RGN is not what is listed on your diploma.

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Hi!

I recently moved over to the US after 2 years of the immigration roundabout.....What FUN!

Anyway, my question today is....I qualified as a registered general Nurse (RGN) in the UK in 1990 is this equivalent to an associates degree or a bachelors degree in the US?

People keep asking me and I can't seem to find the answer anywhere!

Thanks:idea:

It is more equiv to an associates degree not a bachelors. I dont really think the old RGN is equil to anything over here just RN. Where are you living overhere I am in AZ

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Hi,

my current registration in the UK is RN (it was called RGN when I qualified). The course was 3years long. We were the last group to take the traditional training before "project 2000" started which is when the students started doing adult branch/ peds etc.

I am in Houston TX, Kay. I have followed your roller coaster ride daily, and I think you have coped really well with everything. I hope that you can (financially) stay in Arizona untill you are well enough to work again. \by the way, my DH pinched your DH's business idea, and he seems to be enjoying himself and business is picking up............THANKYOU.

(I would enjoy chatting, PMing withyou if you like, or I can just keep peeking at your journal as usual!)

K

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The degree has nothing ot do with the license.

Even in the US, with the degrees, it can be an Associates Degree in Nursing, or the Bachelors of Science in Nursing, or the diploma in Nursing.

You are not granted an RN license when you graduate, you need to take exams for that.

It is simply a matter of semantics, but there is a difference. And also if your program was hospital based back then, then definitely equivalent to our Diploma programs. And definitely nothing wrong with that, I am a Diploma RN as well, and would not have traded it for anything.

Chances are that your Diploma listed Diploma in Nursing. And if son, then that is what it is.

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