Get the Bsn or leave nursing?

[smartnurse1982]

Does it make sense to stay a nurse if there is a predicted glut in 2025?

We already know plenty of people are trying to become nurses.

I see on Allnurses where many do not think these people cannot handle the schoolwork,

but i know for a fact that many of them are actually succeeding.

I would say 90% of the people i know who wanted to become nurses in the last 5 years have succeeded.

I will only be 43 in 2025. I have been a nurse since 2004,and have never really worked outside of nursing(besides being a Cna)

I will also have 21 years in nursing if i stay in 2025.

Of course,i can get a Bsn to stay competitive,but i do wonder if that will be enough.

It might get so competitive that employers might ask for something else or they might have even more stringent requirements(such as 1 year med surg experience) that i do not have.

[klone, MSN, RN]

That is all the more why i thought long and hard about this.

Most non-acute care employers are not pressuring ADN's to have a Bsn.

At this point in time,most employers that are acute care are making Adn's go back for the Bsn.

As you probably know,Private Duty Nursing agencies are not pressuring Adn's to have a Bsn to stay employed.

I do not think they could afford to.

There also is no extra pay for having a Bsn in this field either.

I am not too sure if having a Bsn would make me more marketable in acute care.

Why?

All of my nursing experience is in non-acute care.

I'm confused, then. If your employer doesn't require it, and you have no interest in going into any other area of nursing, why are you doing it? I only ask because this seems to be something that you've struggled with for a few years.

FWIW, my husband is an ADN nurse, and has NEVER had a problem finding high responsibility, high paying jobs. He works in hospice. While I'm slaving away at my MSN, he has no intention on going back for his BSN, and he makes several thousand more than I.

[smartnurse1982]

I'm confused, then. If your employer doesn't require it, and you have no interest in going into any other area of nursing, why are you doing it? I only ask because this seems to be something that you've struggled with for a few years.

I can see at least 2 scenarios happening.

1. The nursing glut might get so bad that Pdn agencies and Long term Care facilities start preferring Bsn educated Rn's as field and staff nurses.

To date,I have not heard of LTC facilities preferring Bsn staff nurses.

2. The pay in Pdn drops so low that i will be forced to find something else.

[CaffeinePOQ4HPRN, BSN, MSN, LPN, RN]

Everyone cannot be a supervisor.

Everyone does not want to be a supervisor.

I do not have the personality for it.

I want to stay at the bedside for the rest of my nursing career.

Goodness, bless you! I mean that sincerely :). I am quite literally running away from the bedside.