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In my local hospitals they are giving the nurses a limited amount of time to start working on their BSN. They are paying a certain amount for their education per year. But the thing is there is a nurse for 15 years who is excellent and now she's going for her BSN and learning how to...be a better nurse? I think not! But for the magnet status, the hospitals want BSN's.
Edit: I do think that my bsn education has helped me somewhat I'm not saying it's worthless. It just seems that way when I look at the excellent nurses who per hospital demand need to go back for it 15, 20 years later.
In my local hospitals they are giving the nurses a limited amount of time to start working on their BSN. They are paying a certain amount for their education per year. But the thing is there is a nurse for 15 years who is excellent and now she's going for her BSN and learning how to...be a better nurse? I think not! But for the magnet status, the hospitals want BSN's.Edit: I do think that my bsn education has helped me somewhat I'm not saying it's worthless. It just seems that way when I look at the excellent nurses who per hospital demand need to go back for it 15, 20 years later.
I do a little teaching in an RN to BSN program and many of my students have years of bedside experience. If the experienced nurse goes into a program with a positive attitude and "looks to learn," he/she can learn a lot. I see it in my students every semester. They often come into my classes knowing very little about research and theory -- but graduate with far greater understanding of nursing knowledge and the ability to understand and evaluate what they read in journals. Many tell me they had no idea how much they didn't know before they took the program.
I do a little teaching in an RN to BSN program and many of my students have years of bedside experience. If the experienced nurse goes into a program with a positive attitude and "looks to learn," he/she can learn a lot. I see it in my students every semester. They often come into my classes knowing very little about research and theory -- but graduate with far greater understanding of nursing knowledge and the ability to understand and evaluate what they read in journals. Many tell me they had no idea how much they didn't know before they took the program.
Wow, that's really interesting to hear. I didn't know too much about the BSN program. I was told that it was more for like preparing you for management roles, and I never really looked into what it was about. That's exciting to hear!
EDIT: Of course the programs may differ depending on the school, but I'm sure it's the same idea, no?
matcha-cat
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I often hear about how important it is to get a BSN, and that a lot of hospitals are often looking for new grads who have a BSN degree, as that's something that they're trying to phase in.
I was wondering, how essential is it for new nurses to get a BSN over just a RN degree? I do plan on eventually getting a BSN, but I'm just curious.