I am a student NP. Should I put RN-BSN on my resume?

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Hi. I am a student NP, who graduate in August. I am not a FNP yet but I am looking for FNP job.

I put RN-BSN next to my name? Do you think I should put RN-BSN or should I delete that?

Most of these certifications are crap anyways.. I have brand new ICU trainees taking the CCRN exam and turn around and ask you : how fast can I push Metoprolol������

You teem 'em "slam that sh@t in!" LOL

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On a resume list every dang certification and education you have or could think of. It is when you sign your name keep it simple. A. Nurse, RN or A. Nurse, APRN..... However to sign A. Nurse, RN, BSN is silly as as and RN you should be expected to hold a BSN at the minimum. Sort of like A. Worker, High School Graduate - that would be silly.

Really? Expected to hold a BSN minimum?

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Specializes in Outpatient Psychiatry.
Really? Expected to hold a BSN minimum?

I think so. Maybe that'll give nursing the courage to go beyond physician lapdog, buttwipe.

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I think so. Maybe that'll give nursing the courage to go beyond physician lapdog, buttwipe.

Meh. Only butt I wipe is my own.

No alphabet soup has ever been a factor.

Who are these doctors? Or did I time warp back into the 1950s?

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Specializes in ED, psych.
On a resume list every dang certification and education you have or could think of. It is when you sign your name keep it simple. A. Nurse, RN or A. Nurse, APRN..... However to sign A. Nurse, RN, BSN is silly as as and RN you should be expected to hold a BSN at the minimum. Sort of like A. Worker, High School Graduate - that would be silly.

BSN at the minimum? Some of the best nurses that I have been lucky enough to work with have ADN follow their name.

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BSN at the minimum? Some of the best nurses that I have been lucky enough to work with have ADN follow their name.

A BSN for me now is redundant unless I wanted to get my Masters, which I do not.

In OP's case, she is almost an NP, so totally different thing going on. A BSN for her is not assumed, it is a given.

I do believe that the path to nursing in the future should be BSN. I have my BA in psych and the only classes I need to take to get a BSN are theory. Which is ca ca, and would not result in increase in pay or job opportunities.

Many of the alphabet soupers don't want to work traditional beside.

In any case, no BSN on OP's résumé, excepting the Education section.

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Specializes in ED, psych.
A BSN for me now is redundant unless I wanted to get my Masters, which I do not.

In OP's case, she is almost an NP, so totally different thing going on. A BSN for her is not assumed, it is a given.

I do believe that the path to nursing in the future should be BSN. I have my BA in psych and the only classes I need to take to get a BSN are theory. Which is ca ca, and would not result in increase in pay or job opportunities.

Many of the alphabet soupers don't want to work traditional beside.

In any case, no BSN on OP's résumé, excepting the Education section.

Gotcha.

Signed,

Pixierose, (future) BSN, RN ... uh, insert the MSEd occasionally when I feel like it, Esquire.

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Specializes in Outpatient Psychiatry.
Meh. Only butt I wipe is my own.

No alphabet soup has ever been a factor.

Who are these doctors? Or did I time warp back into the 1950s?

It's nursing as a body not the individual. I still sense there's too much expectation for nurses to do anything beyond assess patients, write reports, and give meds. Those three. That's it. Nothing extra. You don't need a bachelor's or anything above OJT for any of that, but how can you really expect a university graduate to give bed baths and clean genitals for a living.

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On a resume list every dang certification and education you have or could think of. It is when you sign your name keep it simple. A. Nurse, RN or A. Nurse, APRN..... However to sign A. Nurse, RN, BSN is silly as as and RN you should be expected to hold a BSN at the minimum. Sort of like A. Worker, High School Graduate - that would be silly.

Are you somewhere other than in the US? Are you aware that the majority of US RNs have an ADN?

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It's nursing as a body not the individual. I still sense there's too much expectation for nurses to do anything beyond assess patients, write reports, and give meds. Those three. That's it. Nothing extra.

Follow up? Evaluation? Collaboration?

I worked in a teaching hospital, we were all more of a team.

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The last job I worked in the clinic was BSN required, MS preferred and I was an ADN, maybe thinking of the bridge. No butt wiping.

ETA: I really do love bedside nursing, though, and I miss so much about it.

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I started as an ADN and never thought I would spend another day in school, but over time I had the desire to lead instead of follow and even teach. Twenty years later and many years in school I can say I will be a lifelong learner and hopefully there will always be something new to learn and someone new to teach

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