Local hospital now says "BSN or MSN preferred" for all bedside positions?!

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My goodness, I was just getting used to seeing "BSN preferred" at many a big-city hospital in my region. It's not such a thing at the smaller community hospitals in my area as of now, though. Being that it is my Sunday off, I thought I'd look at the nearest big city hospitals' job postings and one in the area has the gumption to request not only BSN-holding, but *MSN* -holding nurses for all bedside positions. Not management. Bedside, direct patient care nurses. Do my eyes deceive me? Has anyone else seen or heard of this going on in their area too??

I'm sure more education is always a good thing, but COME ON! Do you think this hospital is asking too much?

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Specializes in Gerontology RN-BC and FNP MSN student.

No not really. They are going towards all BSN prepared and MSN is desirable as well.

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

I think a MSN at bedside is pushing it too far. What now doctorate for Clinical Specialist? shaking my head....again.

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This doesnt surprise me....

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Specializes in ICU.

Yes, yes, yes! Just within the past month or two, I have noticed several hospitals in my area have updated their websites, and they now state "BSN required, MSN preferred." These too, are bedside positions.

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Specializes in MICU - CCRN, IR, Vascular Surgery.

When I have my MSN I will definitely not be a bedside nurse anymore, no matter how much I love the ICU! This is crazy!

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Specializes in ER.

Well if you have a MSN they don't need to pay for you to get one.

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Specializes in Critical Care, Education.

I am noticing this change also. Hospitals are creating a new (higher paid) tier of staff nurse jobs in order to make room for MSNs at the bedside. It will be interesting to see what effect this has on clinical quality and safety.

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Specializes in ICU.

I don't know of any hospitals around here that have tuition assistance anymore. My hospital will pay for an LPN to get an RN, but will not pay for an RN to get a BSN or further. No help whatsoever.

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Specializes in LTC, med/surg, hospice.

I would not think MSN nurses would want to be at the bedside. I want to know what they are willing to pay for an MSN vs BSN. 1 or 2 dollars doesn't cut it.

I'm not getting an advanced degree to deal with the shid at the bedside literally.

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Out of curiosity, does the hospital you saw the job posting for have an affiliated university? There is a hospital near me that has an entry-to-practice (i.e. Graduates are RNs, not APRNs) MSN and it advertises MSN preferred bedside positions because of their graduates.

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Libellule,

Yes, its partially owned by our city's largest university. If they give preference to their own graduates, well thats great for their grads. Im all for continuing education, but I was hoping to gain employment as a nurse at one of my area's hospitals and hopefully get some employer-provided tuition assistance!

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