I'm not trying to open up the old ADN-vs-BSN can of worms, but I'm just curious.
I've decided to apply to a BSN program since I only recently decided to change my major to nursing and I already had most all the pre-reqs required. If I went the ADN route and then eventually decided to upgrade, it'd end up taking me a year longer than if I went for the BSN the first go around.
However, I've been getting lots of flack from friends/family who all think that I should go for the ADN. They say that nurses out there in the real world working will look down on, even dislike me for having done my BSN first. I personally think that sounds ridiculous, but what do I know?
So this isn't a down-with-BSNs or down-with-ADNs thread, I'm just wondering if anyone else has experienced this sort of input from those around you about your education choice(s)?
Actually the department I am in right now has prevented me from advancement because I don't work with all nurses, and my boss is an x-ray technician with no more than a high school education. I am now perceivd as a threat!!!!
cathlab nurse
I'm curious as to how a radiologic technologist could be working with only a high school education. In most states, technologists have to certified by the ARRT, which means they have to have some post-secondary education, I had assumed that Ohio was one of those states.
Actually the department I am in right now has prevented me from advancement because I don't work with all nurses, and my boss is an x-ray technician with no more than a high school education. I am now perceivd as a threat!!!!
cathlab nurse
I'm wondering about that as well. I know here the radiology tech school is 2 years (and they also have the 4 year program), same as nursing....
My husband is taking pre-reqs for Radiology Tech right now actually.
Radiology techs DO have to have education beyond high school in Ohio, and become licensed by the department of health. I even found some info on continuing eduation requirements.
My boss went through an on the job training program at a local hospital that no longer exists. The new x-ray students all have associate degrees now. I work with several x-ray techs that are certified, yes through the state, but there is no degree involved. My boss was told that if she wanted to keep her job she was to obtain a higher education beyond x-ray certification..... she has not done so! I am not the only one who has brought this up at my facility, the x-ray dept. ,that my boss also runs has complained, CT and MRI. Most of the employees under my boss have higher degrees.
She has been in the right place at the right time.
Plus... I realize Ohio has specific requirment to be lisenced as an x-ray tech., she still is not qualified to be a director over several departments without some type of management degree certification or continuing education..... {especially over nursing}
One of the non-degree tech's was quoted, "where else could we work and make this much money without a degree"?
I see that alot around here, too, where experience is accepted in place of educational requirements, so long as the employee was already there working in that capacity. Kind of a "grandfathering in" type of thing, right? It's a temporary solution to a current delemma. I think it is a fair way to accomodate those managers in such situations, but I am sure many may disagree. If they start screwing up, then it means they aren't qualified for the job and that is a whole different scenario.
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Originally posted by manna
I'm not trying to open up the old ADN-vs-BSN can of worms, but I'm just curious.
I've decided to apply to a BSN program since I only recently decided to change my major to nursing and I already had most all the pre-reqs required. If I went the ADN route and then eventually decided to upgrade, it'd end up taking me a year longer than if I went for the BSN the first go around.
However, I've been getting lots of flack from friends/family who all think that I should go for the ADN. They say that nurses out there in the real world working will look down on, even dislike me for having done my BSN first. I personally think that sounds ridiculous, but what do I know?
So this isn't a down-with-BSNs or down-with-ADNs thread, I'm just wondering if anyone else has experienced this sort of input from those around you about your education choice(s)?
Stupid question:
Why do you care what they think?
Believe me, you can't go thru your nursing career obsessing what others think. You will burn out fast. Do what works for you and to heck with what others think or say. It's YOUR career and life, right????
Believe me, you can't go thru your nursing career obsessing what others think. You will burn out fast. Do what works for you and to heck with what others think or say. It's YOUR career and life, right????
I guess I'm something of a people pleaser (I have pretty fragile self-esteem, but I blame part of that on being in a crappy marriage for so long). I really need to get over it. I'm also a bit of a control freak, so I'm thinking these two character flaws probably aren't going to make me very good nursing material! LOL
I am also wondering if it is the right way to go or not. I will be recieving my ASN in april and I am not sure if I should just continue with my BSN or take a year off and go back to it later. But then who is to say that I will go back if I get a job that I like and it doesn't matter if I have a BSN or not?
angelac1978
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I'm curious as to how a radiologic technologist could be working with only a high school education. In most states, technologists have to certified by the ARRT, which means they have to have some post-secondary education, I had assumed that Ohio was one of those states.
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