Educated nurses

[curlygirlrn]

I am curious to know what anyone out there thinks about this...

This hospital I work at (a large corporation) has a policy of not offering extra pay for nurses who have higher degrees (BSN vs ADN/ASN). When asked why this is the case, the DON informed me that there is absolutely no literature showing that a BSN is any better or more skilled as a nurse than an ASN/ADN. They do, however, give a $3/hr raise to nurses certified in their area.

CurlygirlRN

[NurseDennie, BSN, RN]

Renee, that was the Queen (I was going to say our Queen, but she's not, really, is she? She's not even REALLY "my" Queen because I'm really quite American.) In fact it is Queen Elizabeth II.

I really don't think that Queen Elizabeth the Queen mother would have picked her nose in public. I really don't.

I thought it was a funny picture.

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Dennie

[susanmary]

No extra pay where I work for a BSN. I started out as an ADN, then ended up earning both a BS & a BSN. No raise -- nada. But I earned my BSN for ME -- I'm glad I did. Although I have chosen to stay at the same position up until this point, I absolutely have had solid job offers & believe that my BSN has opened up more doors. If I were to earn a MSN or become certified in my specialty, I would not get a raise.

[NurseDennie, BSN, RN]

Good point, susanmary - I have a friend who went from ADN to BSN to MSN and has kept exactly the same job. No more money, as far as I know. But she did it for her. She was a bit offended to be told that she wasn't using critical thinking as an ADN. Heh heh.

If you belong to this BB and see this thread, you're still my hero!!

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Dennie

[fedupnurse]

My facility doesn't pay squat for a BSN or national Certs. The only thing I want in a bedside nurse, be it if I am God forbid the patient, or as a colleague, is someone who is clinically competent. I couldn't care less about what initials people have after their names. I have a BSN and CCRN and the BSN didn't do anything to enhance my career as a bedside clinician. The CCRN really doesn't mean anythign anymore because the AACN took away the clinical requirement a couple of years ago, so we have suits that haven't touch patients and couldn't find their way around a suction catheter with CCRN after their names. Give me someone who can think fast on their feet and pull the patients butt out of the fire without being held by the hand, and I will work with that nurse any day of the week.