BSN as entry level to nursing.

llg, PhD, RN · Feb 19, 2009

I see you are very new to this site. Welcome. If you do a search, you will find many threads on this topic -- and will have enough responses to keep you busy reading for a long, long time.

One note: No group has ever suggested that a BSN be the entry level for "nursing." What has been proposed is that a BSN be required for "professional nursing" -- making a distinction between the peformance of technical skills, completion of tasks, and following prescribed orders or plans and a higher level of nursing that includes the assessment and diagnosis of nursing problems, application of nursing theory, evaluation of nursing care, etc.

Even the ardent supporters of the "BSN-entry level" requirements agree that people with other types of nursing education should be called "nurses." They just propose that the distinction between the roles of people with different levels of education be clarified -- and that the BSN should be required for those functions that are based on the more theoretical aspects of the nursing knowledge base.

Many of the debates about the topic become crazy and bitter as people lose sight of the nuances in the proposals being made.

rn/writer, RN · Feb 19, 2009

I see you are a brand new member, so, welcome to allnurses.com.

As Ilg mentioned, this is a "hot button" topic that has been talked about at great length on AN. Here are a few links to some of the more involved discussions on this topic:

https://allnurses.com/registered-nurses-diploma/adn-vs-bsn-151423.html

https://allnurses.com/registered-nurses-diploma/dont-waste-your-111996.html

https://allnurses.com/registered-nurses-diploma/true-bsn-will-87404.html

With more than a thousand posts in these three threads, the topic has been covered and then some. In reading through them, you will get a wide range of opinions in a very short amount of time. You will also see why such threads tend to break down and cause problems.

I hope that you will find AN a fun and useful site and come here often.

Thread is now closed.