Will (ADN) RN-MSN programs be phased out?

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I don't remember where I'd read it, but sometime last year I read an article that mentioned that RN-MSN programs for diploma/adn RN's would be going away since the trend is supposedly toward mandating BSN degrees. In your opinion, is there any truth to this?

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Maybe in the future. Nothing on most individual states, although things are trending in that direction. At 22, please complete your BSN.

From a 42 year old ASN student.

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Specializes in Public Health.

I don't think that this will happen anytime soon. I forget the exact year, but I think this was supposed to happen back in the 1980s (I think), but obviously it hasn't.

That said, I am heading back to school to finish my BSN.

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Most of the ADN-MSN programs I have looked at are the same as ADN-BSN combined with BSN-MSN anyways. So, the only way that would work is to get rid of ADN-BSN programs and I don't foresee that happening. I heard they never got rid of the ADN programs; instead they raised the bar for them. That is what I heard though; not a factual statement.

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I heard during school a while ago that North or South Dakota passed a law only allowing BSN degrees for a RN license. It was dropped after 2 years due to the vast drop in available RN's. With the current shortage I don't see a way that will happen anytime soon. So I think it's safe to say that ADN schools and ADN RN will not have to worry about anything for some years to come.

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I appreciate having an ASN, but I'm booking it to finish a BSN program ASAP (I'm in my last two semesters.) I avoided the ASN-MSN route because most of them do not award a BSN and what if I got halfway through and could not finish? I'd be back where I was with my ASN.

As things change, it seems likely they could start phasing out ASN-MSN programs. I wouldn't expect it in the next couple of years, though.

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I appreciate having an ASN, but I'm booking it to finish a BSN program ASAP (I'm in my last two semesters.) I avoided the ASN-MSN route because most of them do not award a BSN and what if I got halfway through and could not finish? I'd be back where I was with my ASN.

As things change, it seems likely they could start phasing out ASN-MSN programs. I wouldn't expect it in the next couple of years, though.

The programs that I have looked into do award you a BSN, but do not allow you to do a graduation. You must walk the stage all at once. That allows you to work with your BSN while further working towards your MSN and cuts the cost of graduation. I am sure every school has their own ways though. Check and see if you can opt to only do the ADN-BSN and then once you do that, you can do the BSN-MSN. They would never know the difference.

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Specializes in SICU/CVICU.

I would say no, not in the near future. I wondered the same thing, but the school that I will be applying to (in Texas) for my masters is actually in the process of making an RN-MS program that will launch right after I graduate from my ADN program. I don't think they would start a new program if they thought it would only last for a very short period of time.

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