While I have been a Registered Nurse since 2007 and have a great deal of experience in both psych and med surge, will I be disqualified because I do not have my BSN. I received my RN Diploma in Pennsylvania in 2007. I was a single Mother of two daughters and really just wanted to start to work. To stay in section 8 housing and on welfare for 2 more years would have crushed me. So am I missing out? I want to get my BSN I just haven't had the opportunity.