[Miss Mab]

Originally Posted by lindarn

Why don't other health care professionals so the same thing? They all require at least a Bachelors Degree in the career field, and then a Masters or a Doctorate as entry into practice. They do not allow second career Bachelors prepared individuals to jump ahead of other stiudents in the program.

Hi Linda,

I'm confident our views are alligned on many of our professsion's issues, as usual the above post was spot on!

However, the above underlined confused me a bit. Can you clarify what you mean by 'jumping ahead of other studenst'?

Thanks.

[jjjoy]

Originally Posted by lindarn

Why don't other health care professionals so the same thing? They all require at least a Bachelors Degree in the career field, and then a Masters or a Doctorate as entry into practice. They do not allow second career Bachelors prepared individuals to jump ahead of other stiudents in the program. Physician Assistants who want to become MDs have to start as Freshman in Medical School, they do not have "accelerated MD programs", to allow a student to graduate "faster from Medical School".

From http://www.allalliedhealthschools.co..._assistant.php
Physician Assistant Degrees
Until recently, PA programs awarded certificates and associate degrees in addition to master's and bachelor's degrees. Now the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) requires that all programs offer graduate level degrees.

Physician Assistant Bachelor's Degree (BA-PA)
This accelerated 4-year program allows you to earn your bachelor's degree in conjunction with your graduate level PA certificate. The first two years usually involve courses in basic sciences, mathematics and liberal arts. The third and fourth years include nine months of clinical course work and 12 months of clinical rotations. Most BA-PA programs admit students into the program on a conditional pre-professional status, until the first two years are complete.

Physician Assistant Master's Degree (MA-PA)
Schools that confer the master's degree require you to have earned a bachelor's prior to entering the program. The first year emphasizes coursework in anatomy and physiology, pharmacology, microbiology, internal medicine, pediatrics, emergency medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, geriatrics, surgery and psychology. The second year emphasizes clinical experience in primary care and medical specialties.

[Ginger45]

I am an Associate Degree Nurse and proud of it. I received more hands on nurses training. I am however now in the process of furthering my education because I want too. I love to learn. I am doing it online and not going for a Bachelors in Nursing but a Bachelors in Human services/management. I plan to then go further and get my masters degree.

We need all nurses, whatever their degree. I have worked with some great nurses in my career. It takes a village. I think the worst part is that we don't always work together and support each other. There seems to be some kind of competition as to who is the better nurse. We need to band together and only then can we make changes. I got off topic, sorry.