What good does a BA in anything do for nursing

[Big_Mike]

I met this girl in my anatomy class and she said she was happy to get a C in her anatomy course because she has a college degree. She graduated with a Bachelors. Is this true?

[guest517]

Have a BA Degree does absolutely nothing for her in going for a nursing degree. No competitive edge or anything of the sorts. Nursing is a unique program that has specific requirements, and no matter what degree you have, if you don't meet the requirements for the program, you simply don't.

[imhorsemackerel, LPN]

Well, I don't have to worry about taking certain classes because I already took them when I got my BA in Psych. So I guess less stress. I also found life span development and the psych rotation easy because of classes I took. Potential employers make inquire about it if it's on your resume. I guess you can also brag about the accomplishment there

[Birdbr]

My guess is this person possibly meant that the C grade would not affect their GPA as the student already has a large sum of credits and if they did well, the one C will not completely destroy their GPA. The nursing school will likely look more into the entire academic record and GPA rather than just the anatomy & physiology. As far as A&P, it's a more challenging class for many and I've worked with many nurses who struggled through A&P, but did extremely well in their nursing classes. It's definitely a lot to conceptualize as the A&P course(s) are typically fast paced and so once they have time to bond with the material, it's easier to understand-- I always seemed to comprehend the information a lot better a week or two after the unit exam.

[misspy]

I think what she meant was it doesn't matter if she gets a C because she basically already has her degree so if the C isn't good enough to get in the nursing program, she always has a backup degree/career.👍🏾

[akulahawkRN, ADN, RN, EMT-P]

My prior Bachelors did exactly two things for me. First, because of it, I understand or have an easier time understanding pathophysiology better than some of my classmate (and by extension, some working nurses) and I understand certain pathophysiologies better than almost everyone that's NOT a physician (or particularly an orthopedic surgeon). Second, because I hold a Bachelors degree, all public colleges recognize that I have completed all of my lower division GE coursework so aside from ensuring my prerequisite courses were completed and recognized as such, I only was required to take the core nursing courses for my ADN and as soon as that was completed, I graduated.

In short, if all options were available to me at the time, I could have attended an ADN program or a traditional BSN program and the course length would have been identical, with a slightly heavier load during 2 of the semesters in the BSN program. I could have also attended an ABSN program OR a DEMSN program, as long as my prerequisites were sufficiently high of GPA...

I think I may have had a few extra points added for having the Bachelors... but it wouldn't have made any significant difference in actually being admitted to the program I attended.

Incidentally, because of the prior Bachelors, I also learned to translate between several groups: parents, athletes, nurses, coaches/athletic directors, equipment managers/groundskeepers, physical therapists, and orthopedic surgeons.