What do you do in clincals when you are in a RN-BSN program?

[Dazglue, ADN, BSN, MSN, RN]

Got kind of a crazy question here. I'm in an ADN program and plan on getting my BSN after I start working some. So in a RN-BSN program what do you do in clincals? I thought it was the same as I was doing now in ADN but I noticed a RN-BSN student the other day while I was in clinical and she stated what program she was in and she was just observing for her clincals. So I guess what I'm asking is....are you not performing skills or performing patient care in these clinicals? I didn't have much time to go and talk to her about it.

[That Guy, BSN, RN, EMT-B]

Depends. Some days we would just observe other fields ( RT, PT/OT, etc ) but if we were on the floor we were doing direct pt care.

[anon695]

You mean the RN-BSN bridge programs for after the ADN? Most of those don't have much in the way of clinicals, they usually have a few days observing in management and then a 40-hour community health volunteer "clinical" experience. You've done your real clinicals in the ADN program already.

[~Mi Vida Loca~RN, ASN, RN]

Here they go and work in more clerical areas, management type stuff, shadowing and doing stuff there. They aren't on the floor doing direct patient care. I don't know what the standard is though.

[Moogie]

In my RN-BSN program, we only had two clinicals. The first was a one-on-one therapeutic communication course that was required for all students and the other was public health. We also did a few community-based projects. Everything was very flexible in terms of scheduling; we met with our clients individually and rarely met as a clinical group.

Our leadership course did not have a clinical component although we wrote several papers.

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

Some RN-to-BSN programs do not even have clinical rotations.

The ones that do have clinical rotations will usually have you attend a brief practicum in an area such as leadership, management, or community health, since these specialties are often not covered thoroughly in all associate degree programs.

[KeyMaster]

My RN-BSN program through South University was all online. I did not have any clinicals.

[Dazglue, ADN, BSN, MSN, RN]

Thanks everyone! I'm considering one program that does not have clinical and one that does and got to thinking what all it entails!

[futurenurse310]

Wait... Do generic BSN students also do clinicals?? If some RN- BSN bridge students don't ?

I thought the RN-BSN bridge students joined up with the generic BSN students later on.. no?

[Dazglue, ADN, BSN, MSN, RN]

Wait... Do generic BSN students also do clinicals?? If some RN- BSN bridge students don't ?

I thought the RN-BSN bridge students joined up with the generic BSN students later on.. no?

Not to my knowledge. The only bridge students we have in this area are LPN students bridging with ADN students later on but never RN-BSN. It is an different program than the traditional BSN.

[ckh23, BSN, RN]

When I did mine it was at the end of all the courses and I did 120hrs at the county health department and there was also a class that went with it. I also did an RN-BSN online.

[ImThatGuy, BSN, RN]

At my school there is a BSN program, an ADN program, and an online RN-BSN program. The only supplemental courses the RN-BSN lot takes are community health and management both of which have clinicals. I don't have a clue what they do in either course, but I'll be doing the exact same thing next year. They won't be joining us though. They're off on their own.

Interestingly, it takes less time to go straight to the BSN rather than the ADN then RN-BSN.