Is the Associates in Science in Nursing a 2 or 3 year program? ?

Question

Is the Associates in Science in Nursing a 2 or 3 year program? ?

Answer 1

Associates takes two years to complete, but you will have one year of pre-reqs to complete, usually before a program will accept you. Good Luck

Answer 2

Maven was right. Also, ASNs are still RNs if they pass the exam, BSNs just make more and can get the better jobs.

Answer 3

Well, first of all, it takes 2 years of going to school full-time to get your pre-reqs done, then another 2 years (full-time again) of the ADN/ASN program. People generally forget about the general courses and pre-reqs to get a degree.  

Answer 4

Usually a associates in nursing is a two year program but it does take about a year or so to get all the other classes out of the way, anatomy, chemistry, etc. Some programs have them listed in the two year program but really no one should take them all togather nursing classes are hard enough! GOOD LUCK

Answer 5

2 year but you might want to go for the bachelors. The associates are the ones that have to do the dirty work like clean p**p and bathe people.

Answer 6

I'm currently a nursing student. AFTER prerequisites, the RN/Associates in Science in Nursing program is 2 yrs. here.

I agree with Mavis. It's the LPN ("low paid nurse") and below that does the dirty work.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Associate degree programs are normally 2-year programs. However, the nursing program is very demanding, not just because there's a lot to learn, but because nursing clinicals take up a lot of time. So some schools may expect students to get most of their other classes out of the way before starting the nursing classes, meaning they use the first year (or extra semesters in the summer) to do that, then focus on nursing for the last two years.

By the way, the person who wrote that about 2-year nurses having to do the dirty work is mistaken. RNs with assocites degrees do full RN work. It's the LPNs and nursing assistants (CNAs)  who do more of the "dirty work," though all nurses do some of it. With a 2-year degree, you're working sooner. The 4-year BSN still only makes you an RN, though it sets you up for more specialized nursing or the MSN (grad school).

Answer 9

2 yrs

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