[MASSRN2B]

Originally Posted by nursingyoursoul

Would someone tell me what ADN is?

Associate Degree-Nursing

[suzanne4]

ADN== Associate Degree of Nursing

Depends on what someone wnats to do later on. My take on it now, go to where ever you can get in the earliest and finish at the most reasonable time.

[suzanne4]

Being able to sit for the NCLEX-RN means that you have completed the appropriate required amount of courses to permit you to sit for the exam.
You can either have a Diploma, ADN, or BSN, and for the direct-entry MSN programs, an MSN. They are a means of getting your RN but they are not RN degrees. Yuo ge the title only after you pass the exam and become registered.

If people looked at it this way, then maybe there would not be so much written about the subject on a daily basis.

[nursingyoursoul]

Originally Posted by suzanne4

Being able to sit for the NCLEX-RN means that you have completed the appropriate required amount of courses to permit you to sit for the exam.
You can either have a Diploma, ADN, or BSN, and for the direct-entry MSN programs, an MSN. They are a means of getting your RN but they are not RN degrees. Yuo ge the title only after you pass the exam and become registered.

If people looked at it this way, then maybe there would not be so much written about the subject on a daily basis.

DUH, I don't know why but I hadn't seen it put that way before I came on this site. I had always seen BSN but not ADN, here it is ASN. Which is the program I am currently in.

[chattypattyCRNA2B]

Originally Posted by Marie_LPN

That old saying that opinions are like fecal evacuation orifices, everyone's got one.

I like the way you put that new spin on an old saying!

[ELKMNin06]

Originally Posted by z's playa

Everytime I read this RN and BSN stuff I laugh.

Isn't a BSN an RN degree. Isn't it the same thing? Then I think no..you can get your ASN (sp?) right? I can't wait until there's ONE freaking degree for nurses and that's all she wrote.

Honestly. Right now it's confusing.

Z

Back to topic....

I agree! i'll prob be retired before that happens though

[JenNJFLCA]

I would say do what's best for you. The pay is not much different in hospitals, but with your BSN you could do research (clinical trials, etc), and you said you wanted your Master's anyway. Why not do an RN-MSN program?

[sirI]

Originally Posted by nursingyoursoul

Would someone tell me what ADN is?

ASN = Associate Science Nursing
ADN = Associate Degree Nursing

Used interchangeably

[jerryh55]

Is an associates degree in nursing. Agree with Z, should be just one degree, but I can hear all the BSN people, and the ADN people now complaining why didnt you pick my degree as the main one. Each person decides his/her own path based on their current needs and resources. But no matter which way you go, there are many programs to move up RN/BSN LVN/RN LVN/BSN. So just do what you think is right for you. BTW I attent a local community college working on my ADN ( one year down, one to go) and in our first semester, reps from the local state college that has the BSN program came and talked with us. This fall, they are starting a program which is ADN/MSN, bypassing the BSN portion. But as you go through the course you will do all the BSN material, and it takes 18 months to complete. In theory ADN in 2 years, MSN in 18 months. So you have ur MSN in 3.5 years. Amazing isnt it, and your friends who said ADN stupid, still in school. Just my personal thoughts on this strange subject.

Have A Great day and Be Safe

Jerry

[Tweety]

Many debates have been about this.

When you come out of school and go to the bedside, indeed you will make the same, or just a little more than your ADN coworkers. So what they say is true about the money.

I look at the BSN as an investment in the future. It not only gets you positions in management, but other positions away from the bedside like in education, case management, public health, drug reps and other areas. Many jobs will take ADNs but advertise "BSN preferred", meaning the BSN nurse, all things being equal, gets the edge.

ADNs have a wide variety of very well paying jobs open to them too and it does indeed seem like a waste of time.

I'm going for the BSN for my future. I'm a bedside med-surg nurse and I'm not sure when I'm 60 and looking at 10 more years to work if I can do this. When I get my BSN, I'll get a 4 percent raise, which hardly seems worth it, until I go for another position that requires a BSN. I'm not interested in management whatsoever.

For many of us BSN is not an option, giving our location, our financial situation, etc. etc. I lived in a town that only offered an ADN program and there was no way for me to move to a city that offered a BSN. It was also within my financial means, and I paid as I went in cash.

It's a personal decision which degree to get and why. There are compelling reasons to get either, money not always being #1 on the list. The ever growing number of RN to BSN students and programs attests to this.

Good luck to you.