[morte]

i will bring the diploma # up to 20 also have an ALA

[mathilda843]

Yikes! Just graduated from degree completion program RN to BSN. This after many years - originally Diploma grad from a hospital school of nursing.

I too, find it surprising that there are so many BSNs.

[puggymae]

I went from ADN to BSN to MSN and will soon start on the DNP.

[ORSmurf]

I have an ASN. I was a CNA for 2 years, then LVN for 8 years, then RN for 2 years now. I can't decide about going on for the BSN. I was actually enrolled in a program, but decided to put it off... indefinately. I just can't decide if it will be worth the time, effort and expense. I'm making myself crazy about it, actually. One day I decide I'm definately going for it, then the next day, I think, why put myself through that and worry that I can't afford it anyway. Only time will tell.

[kathi yudin]

i started w/a adn.. in 1975.. got a bsn in 2004.. only because i wanted it.. am now going for an msn to obtain my gnp.. again because it is something i want.. has nothing to do w/better education or adn vs bsn..has to do with desire for self gratification..

[island40]

BOTH!! HA HA HA HA
I got my AAS in nursing 1994, my BS in nursing 1997 and my MS in nursing 2006. No plans for a PhD. The BS was a stepping stone, would not have gotten it if I had not needed it for the MS school to learn my specialty.

[Loca]

Personally, this RN has her ADN and enough experience working with BSN's and ADN's to realize stereotypes are no where to be found. Try telling nurses apart without prior knowledge of which program they went through and I assure you it isn't possible. I will tell you that we are all in the middle of a nursing shortage and poor conditions for nurses as well as those they care for affect ALL OF US equally. So as my father used to say--- for some people that diploma may just be another peice of paper to wipe your ____with--It all depends on each person individually. I have seen some ADN's who act professionally and have a knowledge base that outshines some BSN's and I have seen BSN's who have made me want to continue on.....
PEACE

[nursejcarrie]

I have my ADN but am currently working on my RN to BSN at Penn State University.

[Are_we_there_yet?]

Hi. Long time reader, first time poster. I love this web site! I have a BSN. . . and I'm a new grad (wish me luck!).

[Are_we_there_yet?]

Not sure if this is the best place to post this comment, but I just wanted to point out that, at least at my school, even though it's a BSN program, we only really do 2yrs of ACTUAL nursing classes. The other 2yrs are the pre-reqs and other classes you have to have to get a BS in the state of TX (gov, history, all that fun stuff). Aren't most ADN programs about two years as well? Perhaps we're all not that much different after all I guess maybe administratively speaking there are a few more opportunities for BSNs, so my school always says, but I mean really, isn't it the experience that should get you the job and not the degree you hold?

I mean, sure it would be "professionally" cool to require an advanced degree to enter nursing. Don't physical therapists have to have at least a master's? But practically speaking, I'm glad one can get into nursing with a diploma/ADN/BSN. I can tell you I would probably not have considered nursing if it had required a masters. And the main reason I got the BSN was because I had a previous degree and the ADN would have taken the same amount of time, if not longer due to a difference in pre-reqs between the schools. Go figure. I think an individual's personality, integretity, and experience is the important thing, not the degree they earned. Just my opinion.