BSN the only "professional"??

[karenp2358]

Hi everyone!! I have a question. I have a AS in nursing (for the last 2 months, yeah!) and I took my son to an urgent care center for a sinus infection yesterday. I was talking with the intake nurse and she came across the point on my sons intake form that I am a RN. We spoke for a while, and she told my son that I am not a "professional" nurse, because a "professional" nurse has a BSN. She, of course, has a BSN. She said the ANA supports that the lowest level of education to be considered a professional is a BS in nursing. I brought up the fact that we all pass the same NCLEX, but I didn't say to much because I wasn't sure if ANA really says this. Is this true??

[liason]

Seems it would be like telling a woman that she "really isn't a mother" if the journey that got her to parenthood was adoption instead of personally giving birth. Many times people take different paths but end up at the same place.

[Dubgail]

I aggree with you. The sad thing is that the patients are the ones who suffer in all of this.

[cardiacRN2006, ADN, RN]

I aggree with you. The sad thing is that the patients are the ones who suffer in all of this.

How are they suffering???

[Dubgail]

They suffer due to the nursing shortage and also the confusion provided by many health professionals. My 93 year old mother was in the hospital recently and had the usual complaint of not knowing an aide from a lab tech from a nurse!! When she finally managed to figure out the name tags she couldn't understand why the physicians had MD on their name tags, the social workers had MSW, the LPNs had LPN on their name tag but RNs had many different credentials e.g. (RN), (RNC), (RN,BSN), (RN,MSN), (RN,CS,BSN), (RN,BSN,MS) and the most ridulous one of all had the name of the nurse followed by..... BSN,MS,MA,CPHQ,RNC,MSN. All of these RNs worked in the same ICU on varying shifts and all did charge duties but none of them were managers.

My mother assumed the multi credentialed nurse must have something wrong with her because "she has all those qualifications but she does the same as the other nurses only she is not as nice nor as efficient."

My mother had good reason to feel this way but I won't bore everyone with the story.

[CyndieRN2007]

i just checked my license and here is what it says:

board of nurse examiners for the state of texas

a certificate of registration to practice professional nursing issued by the board of nurse examiners for the state of texas.

the texas bone nurse practice act also considers all rns as professional nurses.

[Praise,RN]

Hi everyone!! I have a question. I have a AS in nursing (for the last 2 months, yeah!) and I took my son to an urgent care center for a sinus infection yesterday. I was talking with the intake nurse and she came across the point on my sons intake form that I am a RN. We spoke for a while, and she told my son that I am not a "professional" nurse, because a "professional" nurse has a BSN. She, of course, has a BSN. She said the ANA supports that the lowest level of education to be considered a professional is a BS in nursing. I brought up the fact that we all pass the same NCLEX, but I didn't say to much because I wasn't sure if ANA really says this. Is this true??

see below the AACN position statement regarding BSN prepared nurses.

http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Publications/positions/baccmin.htm

All the best in your endeavors,

Priase, RN,BSN

[CyndieRN2007]

see below the AACN position statement regarding BSN prepared nurses.

http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Publications/positions/baccmin.htm

All the best in your endeavors,

Priase, RN,BSN

WOW. They really are serious about "supporting the BSN as the entry level to professional nursing" arent they? As an RN with my ADN, reading that made me feel like my degree wasn't worth a crap! Im glad Im doing my prereqs for RN to BSN!

[CyndieRN2007]

But now that I think about it, ADN and BSN still have to pass the same NCLEX exam........

[Chscruggs]

My cardiologist actually told me that he preferred hiring and working with nurses with an ADN than a BSN. He said that a nurse with an ADN was more experienced because they worked more clinical hours than the nurse with a BSN.

I currently have a BS in Psychology with a minor in Criminal Justice and Sociology. Because I am a single mother I plan on getting my ADN so I can take the NCLEX to get my RN so I can begin working, and then finish up my BSN.

I’ve been searching different programs and there are some universities like Vanderbilt that have a RN-MSN Bridge Program. You get to skip the BSN altogether.

[Beggar♂]

I've been searching different programs and there are some universities like Vanderbilt that have a RN-MSN Bridge Program. You get to skip the BSN altogether.

Since you already have a degree, you could also look at a direct-entry MSN program instead of the ADN-MSN route.

[CRNA2BKY]

But now that I think about it, ADN and BSN still have to pass the same NCLEX exam........

The AACN is just "tooting their own horn" and spreading their own propaganda. They are just an organization like so many others that serve their own interests. You can see examples of this in many organizations where they tell you "we are the best because of x,y, & z." Then you go to an organization next door, and they say "no, we are the best because of p,q, & r." So, don't believe a word of anything they say...they are just trying to serve their own interest, and get people to give them money. And rest assured, the nurse with an ADN IS a professional nurse, as they do most of the same jobs as nurse with a BSN. The AACN is just blowing a bunch of smoke around, and unfortunately, many people don't see the propaganda they are spreading. People get brainwashed by these organizations, and I feel sad for them, and feel mad at the AACN.

[CyndieRN2007]

Well, why doesnt the AACN "support pay raises for the bachelor's prepared nurse"? LOL! I don't see anything like that in their "position statement on the BSN as the entry level to professional nursing."