2 year program vs 4 year ones

Many ADN/ASN have gone on to BSN. Some courses will transfer and some will not. If you want to be a nurse and can afford it, go for the BSN. Most ASN (2 year) take 4 years to finish anyway when you count pre-reqs and the general education classes required for graduation. Good luck!

I went to an ADN program at a community college. Thirteen years later I began a bridge to the BSN, and just completed my first year of that. I have a year and one semester to go. (It's part time, as I'm working full time.)

RN to BSN programs are springing up all over the place. Most courses from the ADN program readily transfer to BSN schools.

If I keep my same job, when I get my BSN they will give me a 4% raise. The BSN, I hope will open up non-floor nursing jobs to me as I age in nursing. Right now I'm happy with floor nursing, but want the BSN for options later.

here in florida, if you get your associate's degree at a community college, the courses you took have no problem transferring over credit to a public 4-year school. if you decide to go to a private university or one out of state, well, sometimes there might be a course or two that doesn't get credit. but for the most part, you shouldn't have too much trouble. you are smart to contact the colleges, though - good start. check their websites, too.

no difference in pay for bsn vs. adn-trained rns, at least not at the hospital i work at (and i'm in the recruitment dept where they set all these things). what daytonite said was right: it's the years of experience, not necessarily the degree, that earns more pay. some hospitals do offer a small difference in pay, but i do emphasize *small* here: usually somewhere between 50 cents to a dollar more per hour, if there's a difference at all. but, most every hospital will either help pay or completely pay for you to do an rn-bsn completion program if you want, as well as any advanced nursing degrees.

money was the big factor for me, not in what i would earn but how much the schooling would initially cost me. since i'm a 2nd-degree nurse wannabe, it actually turned out to be quicker and cheaper in the end for me to just get the accelerated bsn, but i would have been just as happy doing a 2-year program if it was the least expensive option (and if the waiting list wasn't so effing long, either).

i also recommend the bsn route, if you can do it: it opens up more doors for you in the end (leadership, advanced degrees, etc). but getting an adn first, then doing your bsn, is nothing to sneeze at and is a well-traveled route for many nurses.

good luck!

All good info. THe other problem I have is the addmission reguirements. The gpa on eis higher at the four year ones than the two year one. and im nto sure when i transfer how my grade will be efected but its not that great right now 2.42 or somethign with 63 credit hours, ya it sucks ;(

All good info. THe other problem I have is the addmission reguirements. The gpa on eis higher at the four year ones than the two year one. and im nto sure when i transfer how my grade will be efected but its not that great right now 2.42 or somethign with 63 credit hours, ya it sucks ;(

RN to BSN programs are much easier to get into and aren't competative at all. I would still strive to make the best of grades possible if you go the ADN route, but wouldn't worry they would hinder you getting into an RN to BSN program later.

BSN program are pretty competetive to get into due to waiting lists. ADN to BSN programs usually don't have waiting lists.

Good luck in whatever you do.