[HeartsOpenWide]

I have not heard of this and I doubt it is true. If they do this they will have to do away with the ASN degree...they can not let some one get a ASN degree and not take the NCLEX...what would be the point??? I have heard threats like this all the time...FNPs/CNMs will have to have PhDs....ect ect. If things like this happen people will be gradfathered in. I worked for two FNPs that only have their ASN...have been FNPs for 10+ and 26 years....they did not have to go back and get their BSN when they changed the requirements to get a FNP degree........

[flames9]

I have only been a member of this board for like a week,and this must be like the 10 post regarding the same topic,lol

[traumatyrant]

I am currently in the process of graduating-LPN to RN- and we have been told to go directly into a BSN program. As of 2010 all will be required-new hires- to have BSN. If you are already in a facility, you "should" be grandfathered in. It will be up to that facility. I really don't feel, that by that time, the USA could afford to force any medical people to do anything-they are already desperate!! hey-FL has a docotor shortage! We actually had to "close down" a level one trauma center-just recently-because we had no neuro one call! The malpractice and sueing issues aren't worth it- plus patients have "discovered" the internet and can find, afforable, adequate, care in other countries now. Don't worry- the world will always need a good nurse!

[RN1989]

Gotta love the stupid people over the years that perpetuate old rumors. Guess they like to torture people like the O.P.

[bill4745]

1. There aren't enough BSNs to staff hospitals now.
2. The need for all nurses is only going to get worse, as old guys like me start to deteriorate in a few years.
3. The colleges will probably not be able to develop BSN educatioal programs fast enough to keep up with the demand for nurses.

[CNAinNeb]

That rumor has been going on for forever, and many "deadlines" have been rumored, but never came true. The nursing shortage is too great to turn away qualified graduate RN's.

It's similar to the rumor that the world was supposed to end in 1984, and 2000, and 2012. In reality, it ain't happenin'.

[HM2Viking]

This is a variant on the phase LPN's out by ???? rumor. ND tried this and the law was repealed in pretty short order d/t the shortge of nurses it created......

[HM2Viking]

The growth of the accelerated BSN programs is only to help fill the gap in numbers for the pending nurse retirement boom...

[suzi-Q]

Twenty or so yrs. ago, and every so often now, they say they will do away with LPN's too. I never went way back when because of it. Now I'm 41 and just starting.

What would they do to LPN's if they got rid of ADN's?

When will this end?

[DutchgirlRN]

Originally Posted by multicollinearity

Silly rumor...not a chance.