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I have a BA in psychology and I'm an RN. I'm told that this is not equivalent to a BSN. Does anyone know why they are not looked at as the same? I really don't want to return to school to get a BSN when I've already done all the general ed. courses and the associate level nursing courses. What addition courses would I be taking that I haven't already had?

Thanks for any information you can provide.

College degrees are not the rarity they once were, so they have lost some of the value they once carried.

The quick answer, "because they can" covers some political and turf issues.

About half of my ADN nursing school classmates had college degrees in things like biology, communications, sociology etc. We were well educated, but without the job skills needed to thrive.

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About half of my ADN nursing school classmates had college degrees in things like biology, communications, sociology etc. We were well educated, but without the job skills needed to thrive.

Yep, I'm right there with ya :)

Funny thing is, you'd think this most recent crop of college grads would have had the benefit of seeing the job trends, but I can point to several friends' kids who now hold degrees in philosophy, English lit, Latin (yep, LATIN), 'communications' (aka: "I had to choose a major so I could graduate with something and still party") and Western Religions. Now I'm sure there will be employers just banging down their doors to hire these folks... :sarcastic:

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Yeah, I'm having that conversation with my daughter right now. She's 14, and states that she wants to go to college and major in theater. I'm trying to explain to her that a degree in theater is not going to give her a job that will pay the rent.

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I'm sorry, but how did you conclude this? Someone with an ADN (nursing) is "more educated" than someone with a BSN (nursing)? While she may have a better 'general' education because of more 'gen ed' classes, she has fewer nursing courses under her belt than a BSN so.....again, how do you translate that she is more educated AS A NURSE than someone with a higher nursing degree?

And who is it that makes more money? Not the employers, but the schools....who do not require anyone to attend.

Because the bill of goods that's primarily sold is that the general ed. from a bachelor's degree and the critical thinking skills obtained therefrom are what give the BSN their advantage. An ADN with a bachelor's degree has about seven years of such knowledge vs. 4. I'd certainly rather have a nurse with an ADN, experience, and a bachelors in biology than a BSN-only.

Feel free to disagree, as I'm sure you will, but that's my belief and nothing you say will change my mind. Even if BSN does provide a better nursing education, from a cost perspective, it's a strain to the system, not a benefit.

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Because the bill of goods that's primarily sold is that the general ed. from a bachelor's degree and the critical thinking skills obtained therefrom are what give the BSN their advantage. An ADN with a bachelor's degree has about seven years of such knowledge vs. 4. I'd certainly rather have a nurse with an ADN, experience, and a bachelors in biology than a BSN-only.

Feel free to disagree, as I'm sure you will, but that's my belief and nothing you say will change my mind. Even if BSN does provide a better nursing education, from a cost perspective, it's a strain to the system, not a benefit.

Disagree? not necessary......Actually, you've just agreed to my point, thank you :)

All the rest isn't what I was commenting on. The POINT was the OP wondered why her BSN was not considered "the same as" her BA in Psych and an ADN.

And the answer is 'because it's not'.

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Yeah, I'm having that conversation with my daughter right now. She's 14, and states that she wants to go to college and major in theater. I'm trying to explain to her that a degree in theater is not going to give her a job that will pay the rent.

Yeah.....I spent some time in the theatre department during my first-time-through college years, had fun working on plays/musicals during free time from my major coursework. Had a friend who was a declared theatre major; she was quite certain that since she did so well in college theatre that she'd have a bright future on Broadway. No need for those boring academic classes.

She's now a cashier at Shop-Rite, and has been since we graduated in the 80's :(

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Disagree? not necessary......Actually, you've just agreed to my point, thank you :)

All the rest isn't what I was commenting on. The POINT was the OP wondered why her BSN was not considered "the same as" her BA in Psych and an ADN.

And the answer is 'because it's not'.

I don't agree that it provides a better nursing education.

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8:26am / Even if BSN does provide a better nursing education, from a cost perspective, it's a strain to the system, not a benefit.

8:40 am/ I don't agree that it provides a better nursing education.

Ok.....but that is exactly what you just wrote, so I quoted you. Whatever. Not going to continue this...

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Semantics do no matter...your BSN will open the door to APA format and do little else to help you as an "In the trenches-front lines-hands on" nurse...yay! Oh...I forgot to say...in the near future the piece of paper that says BSN on it may offer job security...have fun.

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Ok.....but that is exactly what you just wrote, so I quoted you. Whatever. Not going to continue this...

Um, no. You're confused, clearly.

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Um, no. You're confused, clearly.

YOU wrote two completely contradictory statements minutes apart (and I QUOTED you, you can't change that) yet, I'M confused? LOL....

Look, we're not going to debate the points, I just found this kinda silly that you're saying you DIDN'T say something...and there it is black and white! :sarcastic:

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YOU wrote two completely contradictory statements minutes apart (and I QUOTED you, you can't change that) yet, I'M confused? LOL....

Look, we're not going to debate the points, I just found this kinda silly that you're saying you DIDN'T say something...and there it is black and white! :sarcastic:

"even if" does not imply that I think that it does. I contradicted nothing. Get a grip.

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