FAQ: Diploma vs ADN
Typically, there are different course loads for nurses who graduated from a diploma school and nurses who graduated from an associate degree program. For the nurses who went to an associate degree program, credits earned from the specific classes will transfer into RN to BSN programs. Unfortunately, some of the classes that nurses have taken in a diploma program did not award college credits and therefore these classes will not transfer into the RN to BSN program. This typically means that the nurse who went to the diploma program will have to take more classes than the associate degree nurse. To find out exactly what your course load will be, your adviser to review your transcript and create an anticipated course load. Knowing this information will allow you to prepare for how many classes you need to take to earn your BSN degree.
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Meredith Scannell CNM, MSN, MPH, PhD-student has extensive experience in critical care nursing and women’s health. She is a certified nurse-midwife, earned a diploma in nursing in 1995 received a Master’s Degree in Public Health and became a Certified Nurse Midwife in 2006, earned a Master’s Degree in Nursing in 2008 and currently perusing a PhD. She has extensive background working in critical care areas internationally in Boston, London, UK and Melbourne, AU. As a certified nurse midwife she has worked and the North Shore birth center delivering babies in a home like setting and at Beverly hospital. She has extensive educational background including specialized legal training and preparation to prepare as expert testimony. She holds two Masters degrees: a Masters degree in Nursing from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and a Masters degree in Public Health from Boston University School of Public Health. She has presented as an expert panelist at the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare.
