Are 2 year nurses getting phased out?

BlueRidgeHomeRN · Apr 18, 2008

this rumor has been floating around since 1952. not gonna happen while any of us are

alive.... :no:

KaroSnowQueen, RN · Apr 18, 2008

This tired tale was going around when I started nursing school in 1983 >> they were going to do away with LPNs, and 2 and 3 year RNs. Didn't happen then. Ain't going to happen now.

HM2VikingRN, RN · Apr 18, 2008

ND tried to mandate only BSN. The law was repealed in very short order......

elkpark · Apr 18, 2008

Not gonna happen, not any time soon ...

PMHNP10 · Apr 18, 2008

wow...this BS rumor is like a roach...if there is 1, there are 100s and you just can't get rid of them

maybe the name of this website should be " allnurses.com: home of the everlasting CNA, LVN, ADN, BSN, MSN, and DSN" and put it in neon on the home page with flashing lights around it

I'm not criticizing the OP at all, because I understand the OP heard this and wanted to find out for him/herself, but would this be the most commonly posted theme on this message board? or perhaps 2nd to how we are mistreated and/or disrespected?

oramar · Apr 18, 2008

I swear it is the universities that perpetuate that rumor. They are the only ones that have an interest in spreading it. It causes so much fear and anquish to nursing students and ADN and Diploma grads. It is really cruel.

llg, PhD, RN · Apr 18, 2008

As others have said, it isn't going to happen any time soon -- and may not happen at all. However, some employers may limit some of the opportunities for ADN grads.

In some communities, there may be enough BSN's to fill the available positions and hospitals may give those nurses a preference in order to save on tuition reimbursement as so many ADN's request assistance to go back to school for their BSN's. It might be cheaper to hire BSN's because their salaries are the same and they are less likely to go back to school in the first couple of years of employment. (though of course, some will go to grad school, the percentage of those who return to school in the first year or two of employment may be less than the percentage of ADN's who go back to school for BSN's.)

Also, some individual units may limit their hiring of new grads to those who have done senior-year capstone experiences in similar units, etc. -- and most of the new grads who meet those requirements may be BSN's in their community. That's the way it is at my hospital. When hiring new grads, we prefer those with some relevant experience. That includes ADN grads who worked as nursing assistants or LPN's, so ADN's do get hired into those units as new grads -- but most of the new grad hires are BSN grads.

So ... just because the ADN's won't be eliminated, you may find a few cases where the career options are a little more limited as a new grad. ... And of course, the options for ADN's for career advancement are more limited.

RN1982 · Apr 18, 2008

I'm sick of this rumor...NO!!

aeauooo · Apr 18, 2008

Most nurses working today and, if I'm not mistaken, most nurses entering the profession are ADNs. With the perpetual nursing shortage there is no way 2 year nurses could be phased out.

Fagedabout it!

Besides, there's the grandfather clause.

nyapa, RN · Apr 18, 2008

A question from an Australian:

Do ADN and BSN nurses get paid the same wage? Have equal opportunities? No difference in their responsibilities or role?

I ask this because our system is a three year degree course. Our Enrolled Nurses (like LPNs) have gone from a one year course (called Certificate IV) to a 2 year course (Diploma of Nursing). It won't change the latter's wages or responsibilities.

txspadequeenRN, BSN, RN · Apr 18, 2008

:deadhorse