Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

[szccdw]

An instructor of mine (I'm in another state) stated that she recently went to a national educators conference and that they were saying that within the next several years in NY it would be mandatory to have your BSN. Does anyone know anything about this? Thanks

[BabsRN64]

I am a nurse educator who has decided to forgo the MS in Nursing Ed for the NP. I have found myself becoming resentful of the massive uncompensated hours and can just see this snowballing. I will never recoup the money I am putting out there for my education if I continue in teaching, even though it is my love. This is sad, I know, but I have to make a living. Where I live, some schools are starting out MSN educators at 45K a year. I can make that PRN two days a week and take nothing home with me.

[island40]

nursing educators start out here at $42K, I can earn more than that as an ADN working the med-surg floor of a hospital! And they wonder why faculty (don't even think about adding the caviate "good") are hard to find! Pay me for my MSN!

[flmiata]

:typing so- i am still hunting for the outcome of all this legislation- however here is the official run down of the bills in ny per the new york organization of nurse executives. it sure is tough to find the specifics on this for other states...

these bills legislate the acquisition of a bs as a prerequisite for renewal of registration to practice as an rn in nys ten years after initial licensure.

no associate degree or diploma program would be closed as a result of this bill and would apply only to future educated graduates of associate and diploma nursing programs. all currently licensed registered nurses and current nursing students would be grandparented and never need to meet the baccalaureate requirement.

the bills will not intensify the shortage because of the grandparenting clause. given the number of students being turned away from educational programs, there is a ready supply of qualified applicants to replace anyone who is diverted because of the new requirement. however, we believe that the improved image would result in additional recruits to the profession.

future rns prepared at the associate degree and diploma level would be given 10 years from initial licensure to complete a baccalaureate degree in nursing. no licenses would be "removed". new rns not meeting the requirement would have a "hold" placed on their license similar to the action taken when a licensee fails to meet continuing education requirements. there is provision for extenuating circumstances.

if this proposal were passed by the legislature and signed by the governor in 2008, the earliest that a licensee would be placed on "hold" would be in 2020.

[Tweety, BSN, RN]

Going to merge this with the ongoing "BSN in Ten" thread in the forum that's dedicated to these kinds of discussions. Carry on. :)