Associates Degree?

Do you mean an ADN, which would make you an RN with an associate's degree? If so, yes, as long as you're an RN, there's always going to be a hospital out there that will take you!

just get those RN initals after your name and you can work anywhere !!

Seriously?

Of course! I've never once had my degree questioned and I have never had restrictions placed on my career advancement due to my ADN.

And I know for a fact that my BSN co-workers and I make the same salary.

yes i am a BSN and make the same as my coworkers.. a RN is a RN,,,,

heck, my Director of Nursing is ADN :)

When I graduated from nursing school (yes, it was the dark ages 1982) not one employer asked me where I had gone to school and what degree I had. I did have a patient my first week on a med surg floor call all the nurses into his room. He was a doctor and had worked for years at the hospital. He pointed at the first nurse and asked "Where did you go to nursing school?" "I have a BSN from BU" she announced loudly. "In the corner!" he shouted and she went to the corner of the room. He pointed at the next nurse and asked what education she had. "I have an associates degree from the community college" she told him. "In the corner" he yelled and off she went. Then he glared at me, the nurse who had had a license for less than a week. "And YOU??? Where did you get your education????" "Somerville Hospital School of Nursing", I replied. For the first time he smiled. He said "You will be my only nurse on this shift. I will call the supervisor. You have been trained the right way."

My co-workers were not happy to say the least. You think they would have been glad not to have to deal with this doctor.

It really doesn't matter what initials are after your name as long as the first two are R N.

These responses are totally contrary to what I just heard from the director of admissions at Stony Brook on Long Island. I am currently vetting nursing schools and figuring out my options/paths. She specifically told me that a BSN would mean a starting salary in the 60s and an associates degree would mean starting in the low 40s. Is she completely inaccurate? I have a BS in Biology and was hoping to just go to nursing school to get the RN education and skip the extra time to earn a second undergraduate degree (BSN). It is my understanding that getting an RN would be a two year program leading to an associates degree. Can someone clarify what the significance and DIFFERENCE of ADN, BSN, nursing school itself (does completing nursing school give you a degree) and the RN title??? THANKS!

Obtaining a nursing degree (ASN or BSN) entitles you to sit for the NCEX state licensure exam. If you pass that exam, you are a Registered Nurse.

Matters not which school you graduated from or which degree you hold, you pass the exam, you are an RN. In terms of a $20,000 starting pay difference, I would truly like to see documentation to support that befoe I believed it

And yes, assuming your prerequisites are covered, an Associates Degree in Nursing should take roughly 2 years with nursing classes, clinicals and co-requisites.

As I have mentioned previously, I have never once been stymied in obtaining a position due to my ASN. I am currently in management and my Director is also an ASN.

These responses are totally contrary to what I just heard from the director of admissions at Stony Brook on Long Island. I am currently vetting nursing schools and figuring out my options/paths. She specifically told me that a BSN would mean a starting salary in the 60s and an associates degree would mean starting in the low 40s. Is she completely inaccurate? I have a BS in Biology and was hoping to just go to nursing school to get the RN education and skip the extra time to earn a second undergraduate degree (BSN). It is my understanding that getting an RN would be a two year program leading to an associates degree. Can someone clarify what the significance and DIFFERENCE of ADN, BSN, nursing school itself (does completing nursing school give you a degree) and the RN title??? THANKS!

I dont know where she got this information but certainly this is not true!!!!!! I have friends who graduated with their associates and they started of in mid-twenties per hour salaries!!!

BSN makes 30 cents per hour more than ADN at my hospital (in southeastern US)

A BSN is worth 50 cents and hour where I work. Experience is where your extra pay comes in. I am in the midwest and new grads start at $17.80/hr,...the cap for a staff RN is $28.80. I've been working for the same hospital for 11 yrs,...will match my cap next year and then they give you a one time bonus at evaluation time.

I have a BA in English and went to a hospital based program. I am certified in gerontological nursing and am certified as a DNS . My years of experience ans NOT my degree are what got me where I am. We need to concentrate less on the initials and more on the skills.