Does Obamacare 2014 allow only BSRN to sit for NCLEX-RN?

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Does Obamacare 2014 allow only BSRN degrees to sit for NCLEX-RN? Not diploma or associate degree RN? A student I talked to yesterday said that SNAP (Student Nurses' Association of PA) was saying that is true for Pennsylvania, at the most recent convention.

Is anyone else hearing similar warnings or rumors?

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Well, the President himself has said that he likes the expression...

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Specializes in PICU, NICU, L&D, Public Health, Hospice.

Mostly because he doesn't want it to JUST be a bad word....and the way it was being used prior to his embracing it, "Obamacare" was pretty much a derogatory word used in a critical way by his political opponents.

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A lot of names in history which have since stood the test of time began as insults. Good examples are "Methodist" and "Wobbly", both of which began as derogatory terms.

That said, I think he accepts the expression because he sees it as a large part of his legacy and doesn't mind at all for his name to be associated with it directly.

Anyhow, whatever you call it, making the BSN normative isn't part of it.

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They've been pushing for all nurses to have BSNs since before my mother became a nurse in 1980. They told her that by 1990 all nurses would have to have a BSN to work in a hospital. They keep pushing back the date in which it is "going into effect" the last year I heard was 2020 but something tells me (based on the trend) that when that year rolls around the date will probably be pushed back to 2030.

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American Association of Colleges of Nursing | The Impact of Education on Nursing Practice

Here is a good website describing the changes that organizations are making. Just FYI. I am not completely inaccurate.

Nowhere in this link does it say ANYTHING about The Affordable Care Act changing the educational requirements for nurses. The year 2014 is not mentioned ONCE in that entire article. There has been a drive for all RNs to be BSN educated since the 1980s. The Affordable Care Act itself says nothing about the entry level degree requirement for RNs. Sorry, you're wrong and your statement, indeed, is completely inaccurate.

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This is going to encourage those with ADNs and diplomas to go back and achieve higher education. I personally think it is a good idea because you need the critical thinking skills to achieve the best possible outcomes for patients.

And, of course, the way to get "the critical thinking skills" is to be BSN educated?

Stunning, never knew that. Too bad so many ADN and diploma nurses don't, either.

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It's a couple weeks before election day; Prime time for political trolls.

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American Association of Colleges of Nursing | The Impact of Education on Nursing Practice

Here is a good website describing the changes that organizations are making. Just FYI. I am not completely inaccurate.

I presume you are currently a BSN student? If so....time to learn those critical thinking skills. The article you cite as support for your statements does nothing to support them.

This story is not new, although I suppose it is news to you. If you do, indeed, become a licensed nurse some years from now, don't be surprised if you find this discussion cropping up in 2022. And some shiny new student will likely declare it to be just-breaking news.

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I dont know about y'all, but when the S*&% hits the fan on the floor, and you need your best, I usually look to that old school diploma RN and follow her lead WAYYYY before I even consider the one with all those fancy letters behind her name....

Just my observation....

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[Just clarifying: I am the one who started the thread, and originally, it was in the General Student section but the mods moved it here. I am considering diploma and associate degree schools. I hadn't heard anything about this change, so I Googled it, figuring that if it were true, it would send some huge shockwaves through the student community. I didn't see anything here, and didn't see any notice on PA BON, so I started the thread. Politics played no part in my posting here.]

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Just a side note, but I am so sick of seeing the term "Obamacare." It is derogatory. I believe it's called the Affordable Care Act??

But that's not important right now... (as they said on the Airplane movie) >;-D

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I dont know about y'all, but when the S*&% hits the fan on the floor, and you need your best, I usually look to that old school diploma RN and follow her lead WAYYYY before I even consider the one with all those fancy letters behind her name....

Just my observation....

Because they're always better?

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