labor and delivery/ post partum

Code Red · Aug 17, 2014

Yes ma'am!

scrubnurselife · Aug 17, 2014

No you do not. It can depend on the job requirements of the individual hospital. Some may say BSN preferred. But I've known many L&D nurses in Alabama who did not have their BSN.

IrishIzCPNP, MSN, RN, APRN, NP · Aug 17, 2014

It depends on the area where you love and the particular hospital. Here...some hospitals require BSN for any position and some require you will get your BSN within a certain person of time for any position and some just want the RN.

It depends on the hospital.

Code Red · Aug 21, 2014

No you do not. It can depend on the job requirements of the individual hospital. Some may say BSN preferred. But I've known many L&D nurses in Alabama who did not have their BSN.

In OH you do!! #Fact

JustBeachyNurse, LPN · Aug 21, 2014

In OH you do!! #Fact

By employer preference? I seriously doubt the BoN dictates that hospitals must only hire BSN in a particular unit when scope of practice is based upon license level (LPN, RN, APN, CRNA, CNM, etc) not level of education. An RN might be ASN, BSN or MSN for entry to practice.

scrubnurselife · Aug 21, 2014

This is the Alabama board, therefore I was referencing Alabama. I know nothing about Ohio's requirements.

scrubnurselife · Aug 21, 2014

By employer preference? I seriously doubt the BoN dictates that hospitals must only hire BSN in a particular unit when scope of practice is based upon license level (LPN, RN, APN, CRNA, CNM, etc) not level of education. An RN might be ASN, BSN or MSN for entry to practice.

I'll admit, curiosity got the best of me and I looked up open positions for L&D RN's in Ohio. I did not see any that required a BSN. Some said BSN preferred, some just said graduate from an accredited school of nursing with an Ohio license, and there was one that said would hire ADN's if commit to get BSN within 5 years. So it must really depend on the area and hospital in Ohio as well.

scaredsilly, BSN, RN · Aug 21, 2014

Hospitals all over the country are trying to get "magnet" status. In order to qualify, all nurses have to be BSNs. So it is all up to the hospital and what they are trying to accomplish.

JustBeachyNurse, LPN · Aug 21, 2014

Hospitals all over the country are trying to get "magnet" status. In order to qualify, all nurses have to be BSNs. So it is all up to the hospital and what they are trying to accomplish.

100% BSN is not required for Magnet status.

JustBeachyNurse, LPN · Aug 22, 2014

Here's the magnet minimum requirements from ANCC

Exemplary professional practice and transformational leadership are two of the five "Magnet model components" that represent specific forces of Magnetism. To qualify for Magnet status, 75% of nurse managers in the organization must hold a bachelor's of science in nursing (BSN) or graduate degree in nursing. Hospitals seeking or renewing Magnet status after January 1, 2013, must meet the new requirement that 100% of nurse managers have a BSN or graduate degree in nursing.

For Magnet recognition, ANCC doesn't specifically mandate a BSN for direct care nurses. However, in a typical Magnet facility, 48.4% of direct care nurses hold a BSN.
Overall, prelicensure BSN programs graduate only one-third of the total RN workforce. As a result of a tighter job market and ever-increasing healthcare system requirements, many nurses are returning to school for their BSN degree.

- See more at: http://www.nursingcenter.com/lnc/journalarticle?Article_ID=1307122#sthash.RbvzQUcB.dpuf

scaredsilly, BSN, RN · Aug 22, 2014

Perhaps 100% BSN is not mandatory (yet), but hospitals have nurses who have been there for years or even decades without BSNs, they take up the remainder of nursing census. Perhaps it is different in different places, but where I am, no hospital will hire anything less than a BSN. Associate degree nurses can work in nursing homes or clinics, but not hospitals and diploma nurses cannot get any job at all.