What did you take away from your ADN to BSN program

[jennifers]

Going back to school in the Fall (Lord willing). I already have a BS in another field and my ADN. My question is for those of you that have went this route. What did you take away from the BSN program? Did you feel your knowledge greatly changed? Your attitude toward the profession? What was the one greatest thing you learned from your program? Are you glad you did it?

Thanks for the answers.

[RN4U2NV]

The BSN is about more knowledge. More knowledge about Professional nursing. The broader view as a Professional nurse. Also there is focus on nursing accountability and responsibility. The BSN nurse learns managing skills, communication, problem solving and conflict resolution. It expands on the MANY nursing roles and not just as the clinical nurse performing bedside care. THE BSN nurse learns how to be a leader and is overall "better rounded". The BSN nurse is also prepped for graduate level nursing education and advanced nursing practice...I feel I have achieved a higher level of learning by earning my BSN after obtaining my ADN. It was worth it. My thinking as a nurse has changed also. Through the BSN education I learned current trends in nursing and how nurse/patient diversity and Universal Protocols affect the care we give. Theres more than I could explain that I learned. It is WELL WORTH IT!!!

[Deepinthegame]

What I took away from my RN to BSN program at Chamberlain "2013" is how to write papers ,and nothing else changed in my life . On that note , I found out that a person can find an APA citation to fit just about anything . Look , I have been a nurse since "93" ,and have worked everything except L & D , and Surgery ,and I only say that I completed the challenge.

[applewhitern, BSN, RN]

It really depends on what school you go to; who your instructors are, what the curriculum is. They are all different. The classes I was required to take were completely different than the classes at other institutions. Lots of nurses already have a previous degree. I wrote in the APA format in other classes already, that had nothing to do with nursing. I had to take 3 research classes; most BSN programs do not require that many. (Basically, all we did was research stuff somebody else had already researched/written about, and write a paper on it, so what was the point?) My ADN program was far superior to the BSN program that I took. Apparently there isn't much standardization among ADN programs, either. Some of the nurses I work with were not required to take chemistry, of all things!

[adnrnstudent, ASN, RN]

(Basically, all we did was research stuff somebody else had already researched/written about, and write a paper on it, so what was the point?)

THIS! THIS!