Angie, you cant be a degree. Not everyone who completes Rick And Morty Get Schwifty Shirt as a Nurse, direct patient care or otherwise. I have an Associates in Police Science, that doesnt make me a Constable. Education is great, however, a better nurse it doesn’t make. This “push ” for higher education will push great nurses out the door because of aging, child care problems, financial issues etc. you can not learn what you don’t have , i.e. compassion, empathy and work ethic !
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you’re so right! I loved nursing (34 years) but I hate what it’s become. I’m too old and too poor to go back to school, but if I did it would be something different. 18 months to go here. I treasure every minute of my almost 40 year career, but I’m grateful it’s coming to a close. Healthcare has changed too much. 40+ years as a diploma RN. Now I have 2 years to enroll in a BSN program and 5 years to complete it. My cost…. $30,000 not figuring in the time away from family to devote to school. This is forcing many experienced nurses into early retirement. Hardly seems fair.
I finished my BSN online. Total cost 9,000. All but 1000 paid by my employer. Maybe you need to look at a different school. If my employer pays and I don’t finish for any reason, I have to pay the money back. And I have no college credits, so starting from scratch. Try western governors competency based tuition based on 6 months of classes of which you can accelerate and totally on line. I am ready to for early retirement we know spend more time on computers not with the patients.
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Call me ignorant, but I could never understand getting rid of LPNs. I agree with the compassion, care and work ethic that don’t always come with initials after your name. I graduated from a diploma program in 1979. I did start a BSN program twice and determoned very quickly that much of it was BS, and frankly ridiculius. Taking anatomy after using it every day for over 20 years was insulting. I worked in a busy city ED for 34 years and never had a patient question my degree. They cared about me being an RN and giving the best care, and that meant keeping up with the most current evidence based practice!
There is no need for an advanced nursing degree until the financial return is worth it for bedside nurses. Why keep going into debt for your BSN and MSN when there is no financial return for your investment. The only thing you carry is new initials behind your name and a larger piece of debt. Yet you still make the same amount of money as the ADN or diploma prepared nurse working side by side with you. And BOTH provide the same type of care.
The key components to being a good nurse is not something that can be taught in school. Compassion, caring and work ethic are something that you need to be a nurse and the higher the degree does not mean the more compassion, caring and work ethic an individual will have. When the pay compensation meets the degree time and money spent then it should be required. I graduated in 1982 with an ADN. It was said by 1990, all RNs must have BSN. Then by the turn of the Rick And Morty Get Schwifty Shirt. Get the picture. As a single parent returning to school was impossible even with tuition reimbursement. When I could return all my credits were too old to transfer.