BSN/MSN in Nursing for non-nursing students

Hi All-

Can anyone recommend a Bachelors degree or Masters degree in Nursing at DL or traditional school? I have a master's in management and would like to transition into nursing.

Thanks, Herman

 

Excelsior College

http://www.excelsior.edu/


Degree by examination but I believe they require a medical background such as LPN or EMT. I could be wrong.

 

Having no knowledge on this subject other than having worked with nurses for over 20 years, I'd say that you will need to start from scratch. A management degree means nothing in this field without the RN behind it.
Jack

 

Actually I'm sitting here in Portland doing just such a search with my daughter, with a comparable need. It surelooks as if the Excelsior program is only for people who already have experience in the field.

 

Liberty University RN to BSN

Just FYI. This probably does not meet the needs of Herman or John's daughter.

"The nursing department is pleased to announce the creation of a new and innovative distance-learning format for its Bachelors of Science in Nursing Degree, allowing a registered nurse to obtain a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing in a non-traditional delivery format without leaving their family, career, and home."


"Prerequisites: In Order to Qualify for the Program a Student Must:


Be a licensed Registered Nurse.
Be a Graduate of an NLN accredited program leading to an Associate Degree or Hospital Diploma.
Complete the following courses:

+ENGL 101 Grammar and Composition
+ENGL 102 Composition and Literature
COMS 101 Speech and Communication
+MATH 201 Intro to Statistics
BIOL 211 Human Anatomy and Physiology
BIOL 212 Human Anatomy and Physiology II
CHEM 107 Essentials of General & Organic Chemistry
BIOL 203 Introduction to Microbiology
+PSYC 200/GOVT 200/SOCIO 200 Introductory Level
+PSYC 210 Developmental Psychology
+Humanities 101 Humanities in Western Culture
+Any History
**students may be admitted with six credit hours of prerequisites outstanding
+ offered via distance learning format through Liberty University


Once verification of students’ license is complete, thirty-one credit hours of advanced credit will automatically be applied toward students’ Bachelor of Science in Nursing when accepted into the program.


NURS 105 Terminology 1 credit
NURS 201 Fundamentals of Nursing 4 credits
NURS 305 Pharmacology 2 credits
NURS 301 Principles of Adult Nursing I 6 credits
NURS302 Principles of Adult Nursing II 6 credits
NURS 352 Obstetrical Nursing 4 credits
NURS 353 Pediatric Nursing 4 credits
NURS 460 Critical Care 4 credits
Total: 30


RN to BSN Course Offerings
Required Nursing Courses (must be taken through Liberty University except for NURS 210):


*NURS 210 Health Assessment 2 credits
NURS 215 Sciences in Nursing 3 credits
*NURS 325 Nursing Concepts 1 credits
NURS 350 Advanced Nursing Communication 3 credits
NURS 417 Crisis Nursing 3 credits
NURS 440 Strategies for Community Health Care 5 credits
NURS 475 Research in Nursing 3 credits
NURS 490 Leadership/Management in Nursing 3 credits
*NURS 495 Registered Nurse Seminar 3 credits
Total: 26 credits

Investigative Studies (all offered through DLP):

+BIBL 105 Old Testament Survey 3 credits
+BIBL 110 New Testament Survey 3 credits
+THEO 201 Theology Survey I 3 credits
+THEO 202 Theology Survey II 3 credits
+PHIL 201 Philosophy and Contemporary Ideas 3 credits
+APOL 290 History of Life 3 credits
+CHMN 101 Evangelism and the Christian Life 3 credits
FACS 330 Human Nutrition 3 credits
Total: 24 credits
+ Offered in distance learning format
* Intensives


Information
If you are interested in any of our programs and would like to find out more, please click the link below and/or contact Deaven McGuire at 1-800-424-9595 or via email at [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you!"


http://www.liberty.edu/DistanceLearning/index.cfm?PID=4454

 

Excelsior is by far the biggest player out there, but they do have a minimal experience requirement; namely, you have to be certified/licensed in _some_ healthcare field in order to enroll. Traditionally a lot of people took an EMT-Basic certification course (typically 6 months, part-time at a community college) and used that to satisfy Excelsior's entrance requirements; however, as of 1 Jan 2003 Excelsior started requiring 1000 hours of documented experience from EMT-Basics.

There is another school, at www.deaconess.edu that allegedly permits 0-hour students to enroll in their RN program; I can't find any info on their site regarding it, but they do have a lot of information on their standard LPN-to-RN and RN-to-BSN programs. May be worth checking out, nevertheless.

You mentioned you were interested in traditional options as well; there are quite a few entry level masters programs in nursing, where a student with a non-nursing related bachelor's degree can get their RN and MSN concurrently. Expect to fulfill the basic science requirements before applying, though. UCSF is the one (around here anyway) that I think of first; but there are quite a few of them out there. Strictly B&M though.

DJ (EMT-B, currently in Excelsior's BSN program)

 

All-

I figured the best way is enroll in a local community college to take the prerequisite science courses needed for nursing, and then apply to an accelerated BSN or MSN degree for non-nusring students at any traditional nursing school in Jan 2004. This seems to be only option to transition into nursing.

Thank you all for your feedback !