For those of you who did a bridge from RN to BSN, did you work while in school?
Im super fortunate that I didn't really have to work during my ADN, (I am done in September) and Im wondering if completing the BSN is as challenging as the ADN program.
Have you seen many people struggle with working and in a BSN at the same time? Is it like the ADN, where everyone tells you NOT to work at all?
Input from other programs as well! Did you work during your MSN, or PA, or ARNP or CRNA program?
I worked on a oncology med-surg unit full-time while I went to GMU online. I would take either 2 or 3 classes and finished the program in 5 semesters (1.5 years total). My husband helped a lot of with the kids so I could study.
I'm in my RN-BSN program now taking 9 credits and working 36 hours a week. I also have a 4 year old and really supportive husband and am paying as I go. It is totally doable doing it the way I have been doing it. I'm taking 9 credits every summer too until I finish. I will admit it is difficult sometimes to balance everything, and paying as I go does make money tight sometimes but what I always tell myself is that for me, it's now or never. The bridge program, so far, is nowhere near as stressful as the ADN program. If I were you I would just jump in and do it. I don't think we will ever regret just jumping in and finishing it. I will have mine completely finished in just over a year. What's just a little more commitment? You can do it!
Workitinurfava, BSN, RN
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I worked on a oncology med-surg unit full-time while I went to GMU online. I would take either 2 or 3 classes and finished the program in 5 semesters (1.5 years total). My husband helped a lot of with the kids so I could study.