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Some people genuinely annoy me on here, I'm ALL for furthering education but dreading those of us who choose to start with our ADN is complete disrespect.

Had my mother been healthier (she has RA and her pain is becoming unbearable.... she's a massage therapist ... her hands are her money makers) I would have gone the BSN route.

There's nothing more that I want than to retire my poor old mom.

Going the BSN route would have meant

a) A further drive... lets just say our vehicles SUCK! My community college is even walking distance .. need be!!!

b) I would have had to pay 25K for the BSN... my ADN costs 5K.

c) Graduating later...I need to retire my mom... NOW ... she's 57 ... has HTN ... she's already had 2 hypertensive crises. Her RA puts her in awful pain

I appreciate higher education. I know I will bridge for my BSN and I plan to obtain my MSN by age 24.

I'm currently 20 and in my second semester.

side note: I hope that after I obtain my BSN THEN I will be qualified worthy of obtaining a job in the ICU. I will apply everywhere either way....

what do I have to lose? My friend graduated with her ADN and received a position as a NICU nurse... as a new grad!

I'm glad to say that everywhere I go the nurses truly enjoy us... and tell as graduates from our college make some good nurses.

For a community college we've done pretty well. Recently spent millions on a simulation lab... new lecture rooms... ect. I personally am learning a lot here and he best part is that if I graduate with a 3.0 I AUTOMATICALLY am accepted into UTMB upon applying because my college has a deal with them.

My ADN program has students managing entire floors alongside the charge in the last quarter, "managment". This is in addition to their own patients and assignments.

Programs are all different.

Good & Bad everywhere!!! (:

Specializes in Adult Internal Medicine.
My ADN program has students managing entire floors alongside the charge in the last quarter, "managment". This is in addition to their own patients and assignments.

Programs are all different.

Good & Bad everywhere!!! (:

So how many clinical hours total for your program? How many semesters?

If one wasn't better than the other, then there would be no need to further your education from an ADN to a BSN; all programs would be called one or the other.

It is better but that doesn't mean people should boast about their 4-year degree to people with 3-year degree's just because it is. If you say you want to obtain your BSN, then you want to advance, or BETTER, your knowledge to have a more refined profession, which is you acknowledging that BSN degree holders have more knowledge and therefore have a better degree.

Specializes in Hospice + Palliative.
If you say you want to obtain your BSN, then you want to advance, or BETTER, your knowledge to have a more refined profession, which is you acknowledging that BSN degree holders have more knowledge and therefore have a better degree.

Or it means that you're a realist and acknowledge that a BSN is the only way to advance up the clinical ladder...

Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma.

Or it means that you're a realist and acknowledge that a BSN is the only way to advance up the clinical ladder...

^ This is absolutely true in my area, going forward for new grads for a while...

Ten years ago they moved towards the "5-10 for BSN" rule...and it has arrived. In my area, there's about a dozen facilities with Magnet Status and many of those facilities that are doing research by the bedside, as well as hiring a lot of BSN-prepared nurses to go into research...When I was actively looking for a job, there were hundreds of jobs available in my area looking for nurses to be a part of research teams. At least 5 jobs had 20 positions opening in many levels, from entry to senior level, and this was outside the hospital..,these were pharmaceutical, medical device, and universities looking for nurses.

I saw the writing on the wall when they phased out LPNs in the hospitals in my area in 2005. I would've gotten a job if I'd got my RN then, but I had to go the LPN route. And now, 8 years later, the ADN is now being "asked" to move up in my area.

Specializes in Nursing Education, CVICU, Float Pool.

Or it means that you're a realist and acknowledge that a BSN is the only way to advance up the clinical ladder...

Lol. I like that.

Specializes in Adult Internal Medicine.

Or it means that you're a realist and acknowledge that a BSN is the only way to advance up the clinical ladder...

And why do you suspect that is?

And why do you suspect that is?

Supply and demand may have a thing or two to do with it...

Specializes in Forensic Psych.
Just curious what program/school do you go to and how many semesters?[/quote']

I'm in a 4 semester ADN program, name withheld as a weak attempt to remain anonymous :)

So how many clinical hours total for your program? How many semesters?

I'm answering at an inadequate time haha...

Well I do not know the amount total. We have 13 hour clinical days weekly and simulations aren't counted on those days. I will get back to you on that.

Prereqs are 2.5 semesters.

nursing school is 5.5 semesters.

Specializes in Forensic Psych.

And why do you suspect that is?

It's no different than any other profession. As more people reach a certain educational level, the "value" goes down, and employers find new ways to be selective.

Once upon a time a high school diploma was the gold standard. Then any old college degree would set you up for a great career. Now you're nothing without a graduate degree or a foot in the door.

As BSNs become more and more of a dime a dozen, employers will find some other way to up the ante. Some new, scarily expensive way.

Why did you chose ADN over BSN? What do you tell people when they ask?

My employer sponsors my education. They have assigned me to the school I attend which is a community college. The choice was really above me. The reason they chose this school

is because of the reputation and "standard".

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