BSN bigotry

[Delilahdj]

D.Nurse, BA, RN-BC

This should be the credentials behind many of our nurse's names but it seems this new push for "magnet" would have our accomplishments squelched and ignored completely. Indeed, Bachelor's educated women were sought out as nurses and even fast tracked through nursing schools, they were deemed so valuable. According to the nurses credentialing site, the highest EDUCATIONAL degree is listed FIRST as it cannot be taken away from you. These degrees are usually on campus not online. Many of us have twice over the number of hours a nurse has with an ADN plus online RN to BSN program. When I started working I was rewarded for my bachelors on the career ladder. Now it's for BSN only. How fair is it to change the rules in the middle or end of someone's game? Career nurses with years of experience being forced back in the classroom or early retirement?. Where is our grandfather clause? When did job and military experience stop being valued and acknowledged in the workplace?

[Guest957596]

Sorry, but what is OP?

Delilahdj, There are no titles after your name and nothing on your profile except for D.Nurse, BA, RN-BC in your post. I too found it hard to understand your post. What are you trying to say?

[JustMeRN]

I think based on the title of the thread the op feels as though s/he is being discrimated against in jobs because s/he had a bachelors degree in something else.

Maybe be my shiny new BSN can get me a job as a first grade teacher. You know, because they are all interchangeable and everything

Seriously though. If you have a BA you have more transfer credits to a BSN. You won't have to repeat things like English, communications, history. You will have to do advanced sciences if they weren't part of your BA, and you will have to advanced bsn level nursing classes. I think it's silly to expect that a BA would net you the same career opportunities as a BSN. Degrees are specialized, they are not interchangeable.

[windsurfer8, BSN, RN]

OP are you implying that if a hospital requires a BSN they are bigots?