BSNursing Degree

[germ]

Hi all! What is the best advice or school for pursuing a BSNursing degree? I have 2 people interested in obtaining this degree. One person has a elementary education degree and another person has a marketing degree. Any and all help is welcome please!

[rachel83az]

When you say they have degrees, you mean prior Bachelor's degrees or Associate degrees? Do they already have their nursing licenses?

[germ]

Yes, they have bachelor degrees. No nursing experience or classes.
Thank you for responding!

[rachel83az]

AFAIK, the first step then would be for them to get their RN licenses. Their prior Bachelor's degrees aren't BSNs, but they should give them a bit of an edge over other nursing applicants. There are a number of RN-to-BSN programs out there, such as this competency-based degree from UMHB: https://go.umhb.edu/myway/rn-to-bsn

I think WGU has the only affordable pre-licensure BSN I've seen: https://www.wgu.edu/online-nursing-healt...grams.html

[germ]

Thank you for the great advice. How would they and how long to obtain an RN license?

---

Got it. WGU will give them the RN license.
Thank you again

[rachel83az]

I don't know where you are, but look for a local school that has accreditation sufficient to allow students to sit the nursing exam. The cheapest option may or may not be a fully accredited school. As an example, PMI is Nationally Accredited (not Regionally Accredited) but this still allows students to sit the nursing exam where it operates: https://pmi.edu/about-pmi/accreditation

Excelsior has a couple of Associates in Nursing, but I thought I remember that there was some issue about licensing and they weren't doing that anymore? https://www.excelsior.edu/programs/nursing/ If Excelsior is an option, this could possibly be the fastest way. I think Excelsior would waive gen eds and UExcels could be used for some of the courses.

[ss20ts]

Their best bet might be to check locally with community colleges and hospitals. Many hospitals have nursing schools in them.

[dfrecore]

There is no one way to get this degree, it really depends on your local area.

I would say that they should look for what's generally called an accelerated (ABSN) degree or a Post-Bacc BSN - a BSN after having already gotten the bachelor's degree.

You will be required to get some or all of the pre-reqs done before applying (there's a general list of courses you need to complete, which is similar at all schools). They want those science courses to be less than 5 years old, generally speaking.

This should not be a full 2-year program like an RN program - it will be shorter/faster because you'll have all GE's already done, and may just have a few courses to complete while waiting to hear if you've been accepted.

Start looking to see what's available locally, because you're going to need the clinicals which can't be done online (and most online schools can't coordinate this).
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Edit to add: You definitely don't want an RN - you want the BSN. 100% certain of this.

[nyvrem]

on the top of my head - there's 5 common ways to attain an RN license for someone with a prior bachelor's degree. but do remember you can't really complete a nursing program 100% online. there's many hybrid programs popping up everywhere. where you study online and meet for physical labs and hospital attachments.

1) go back CC and do an associates degree in nursing that allows you to take an RN license (prob the cheapest option if you get in state)

2) do a bachelor's degree in nursing completion program (you'll need X number of credits that fulfil general ED + pre-req) One example of a hybrid nursing program is UT Arlington's BSN program.

https://academicpartnerships.uta.edu/pro...rsing.aspx

3) enter an accelerated BSN program. (this is costly but the quickest. some take as fast as 11 months) example is Utica College's hybrid program

https://www.utica.edu/academics/programs/nursing-hybrid

4) enter a MENP program. Masters in Nursing. (this is the most costly) example is Elmhurst's MENP program

https://onlinedegrees.elmhurst.edu/progr...am-nursing

5) there's also part time nursing programs for working adults. You will need to check what the universities in your area provides. 1 example is Texas Womens U's BSN part time program.

https://twu.edu/nursing/undergraduate-programs/

Do note that for all the programs, they would expect you to complete your nursing science pre-req. Those can be done online from quite a few universities / online sites. Example is Doane University.

https://www.doane.edu/open-learning#find-a-course

that's all i remembered from my rusty research into nursing some years ago ~

[dfrecore]

I would not go back for an RN - the push at this point from employers is for a BSN, and you will need the same pre-req courses, and you'll be doing the same clinicals, so you're much better off doing a BSN.