Highly experienced V.S. A lot of certificates and degrees

[grantz]

If you are the employer and you must have to choose only one of the applicants you have. Which will it be? The highly experience one with only RN or the less than a year experience with RN, MSN, EMT and etc on its name?

[Mulan]

I'd take the one with the education, they can always obtain the experience.

[xtxrn, ASN, RN]

If you re-read the OPs post...

Actually read a lot of the OPs posts.... enlightening :)