2 year or 4 year for RN?

juillet
Mon, 23 May 2016 12:01:09 +0000

^She’s not asking whether or not she should get a BSN. She’s simply asking whether she should start with an associate’s degree in nursing and then transfer to a four-year school or whether she should go directly into a four year program. (Besides, you never hearing of an ADN isn’t a bad sign - most people may not know what it is but the vast majority of nurses are ADNs. I’d still recommend a BSN over an ADN in the long run, but an ADN is by no means “bad” because non-nurses don’t know what it stands for. You have probably never heard of FAAN either but it’s a good thing if your nurse has it!)

Frankly, either is a viable route. @SandyScrubs very neatly laid out the pros and cons. The ADN can take 3+ years because of a shortage of classes (because of a shortage of nursing faculty) and your prerequisites, but the upside is that afterwards you can do an RN-to-BSN program, so your total investment of time might be the same as if you went to a traditional four-year BSN program. There’s also the upside that you could work full- or part-time as an RN while you do the BSN part to help pay for living expenses and coursework. It’s a really cost-effective way to the degree.

How much would you have to borrow to go to UNC-Greensboro? That’s the linchpin. New nurses make decent money, but if you have to borrow more than around $40K (total) you’re probably borrowing too much and you’ll make it difficult to repay that money.