Guess what RN's, you didn't need that college degree!!

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Specializes in everything but OR.

This Sunday's Parade Magazine featured their annual report "What People Earn." Always very interesting but...if you look on page 4, there is a colorful box listing jobs that do not require a college degree. Here's the list: Sales Representatives, Translators, Dental Hygienists, Registered Nurses, Insurance Adjusters, Transportation Workers, Athletic Trainers, Auto Technicians, and Legal Secretaries. Shocking to say the least. I hope I won't be the only one writing to this magazine to correct this terrible misconception.:angryfire

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Dang.......all those wasted years in school..........

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Specializes in MICU, ER.

Diploma R.N. programs aren't COLLEGE degrees, right?

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right.. and the article said "do not REQUIRE" college degrees. LVN/LPNs are nurses without college degrees and diploma nurses also do not have college degrees. Granted, the majority of nurses DO.. the article says "require."

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Specializes in nursery, L and D.

A lot of people tell me that my ADN isn't a "college" degree.

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Diploma R.N. programs aren't COLLEGE degrees, right?

Yeah, I think they will be hearing from a few of us about that! ;)

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I would think that they are referring to a 4 year degree.

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Specializes in ICU, Surgery.
jobs that do not require a college degree.

I am a registered nurse without a college degree. I have a diploma. So the degree isn't required but probably preferred these days. There aren't many diploma schools left. The statement is actually true...

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I forgot about diploma programs. In that case, the article is right. The requirements for taking the board include graduation from a school of nursing, not necessarily a college.

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Specializes in Nursing Professional Development.

California doesn't even require that you actually graduate from an nursing program (RN) to take the NCLEX-RN and work as an RN. There was recently a thread from someone who is moving to Tennessee who is upset because they won't accept her California RN license as is. She has to go back and finish school first.

Though I agree that the article is a bit misleading unless they explain the situation a little more fully.

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how is it a misconception? an rn may practice with a diploma. when speaking of a degree, the article means bs or ba.

this sunday's parade magazine featured their annual report "what people earn." always very interesting but...if you look on page 4, there is a colorful box listing jobs that do not require a college degree. here's the list: sales representatives, translators, dental hygienists, registered nurses, insurance adjusters, transportation workers, athletic trainers, auto technicians, and legal secretaries. shocking to say the least. i hope i won't be the only one writing to this magazine to correct this terrible misconception.:angryfire
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Another graduate here from a diploma program in Canada before BSN became a requirement.

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