SnowRox

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1. Nursing in the next 10 years

   SnowRox replied to linguine's topic in General Nursing

   As regards ADN/diploma RNs, I must concur completely. Vocational skills and professionalism should always be the sole criteria used to judge any nurse's competence, and the vast majority of ADN/diploma RNs amply demonstrate both of these criteria day...

2. Nursing in the next 10 years

   SnowRox replied to linguine's topic in General Nursing

   I'm sorry, but all this doom-saying strikes me as rather myopic, driven primarily by an excessive focus on a comparatively depressing near-term future at the expense of larger trends that loom in the longer term. Absent the technology to create truly...

3. ADN to BSN or Traditional BSN

   SnowRox replied to Kpompa238's topic in Student Assist

   Yeah, make no mistake about it -- the idea that the nursing profession will be "getting rid of ADN programs in the next 2 years" is nothing short of farcically absurd. Certain quarters of some nursing organizations and nursing academia have been push...

4. Why are so many Doctors hostile towards the DNP?

   SnowRox replied to Meesterjojo's topic in Doctoral

   I definitely don't consider it "argumentative" when all you're doing is passing along information, ElkPark. As my last post makes clear, I obviously had never heard of any such programs until now...but then, there are tons of things I don't know yet,...

5. Why are so many Doctors hostile towards the DNP?

   SnowRox replied to Meesterjojo's topic in Doctoral

   Oops! You are correct, ElkPark -- that's an oversight on my part, because there are indeed quite a few MSN programs that accept pre-licensure students. I misspoke in asserting that all grad nursing students have extensive prior training in nursing; i...

6. Why are so many Doctors hostile towards the DNP?

   SnowRox replied to Meesterjojo's topic in Doctoral

   Personally, I strongly doubt that "fear" is a significant motivator where "hostility" toward the DNP is concerned, at least among current and future nurses who don't like the idea. If you think about it, you can hardly blame master's-level NPs in par...