BSN only in CT...

[WCSU1987]

Talking with my nurse manager at work was explaining 2020 that nurse's with associates will no longer be allowed to work in CT. Freaked me out a bit and a lot of co workers are saying wait to get into a BSN program.

I am able to apply to an associates program by the end of the year, but will have 4 more prerequisites till I can apply to a bachelor's program in 2017. My goal is to get into a RN program by the time I am 30 and be out around my 32nd birthday.

I will jump in to a RN to BSN or RN to MSN program after I can complete my associates degree.

[CT Pixie, BSN, RN]

You're NM is mistaken. There is nothing in place that states diploma or ADN nurses can't work in CT. If that were the case the ADN programs in the state (the vast majority are State schools) would not be accepting students and would begin shutting down or beginning the transition from ADN to BSN school. And its not as easy as just deciding 'we are going to be a BSN program now'. The CT BON has to approve the program and there are tons of hoops to jump. Take a look through the CT BON minutes of meetings where schools have wanted to add a BSN program. There has been nothing said in the media, nothing from the CT BON nor from the CT chapter of the ANA.

Do I see a trend in hospitals job posting stating, 'requiring' BSN or 'BSN highly preferred', 'proof of enrollment in BSN program at time of applications required'...absolutely. But as of late, there is nothing staying no ADN nurses can work in CT after 2020.

[xenogenetic]

It was professed that LPNs would be extinct by now and they are still around so go figure.