Nursing care of ADN vs BSN

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Hi everyone! This is my first post and I have question I need help with. I am currently obtaining my BSN, however, have been working as a home care nurse and don't have a lot of experience with the following scenario. Your experiences are greatly appreciated!

Identify a patient care situation in which you describe how nursing care or approaches to decision-making may differ based upon the educational preparation of the nurse (BSN versus a diploma or ADN degree).

Thanks much!

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Hi everyone! This is my first post and I have question I need help with. I am currently obtaining my BSN, however, have been working as a home care nurse and don't have a lot of experience with the following scenario. Your experiences are greatly appreciated!

Identify a patient care situation in which you describe how nursing care or approaches to decision-making may differ based upon the educational preparation of the nurse (BSN versus a diploma or ADN degree).

Thanks much!

Well, this should be interesting... (You seem to be new on AN so you may not know, but this is an oft-debated topic).

OP, I don't know if this is a homework assignment, if so I find the question a bit odd/vague. "Nursing care" is such a broad subject. I find it difficult to answer.

I tend to believe that many factors other than the specific educational route a nurse has chosen will affect a specific individual's nursing care. It's hard to isolate what differences (if any) are caused solely by education level.

Have you checked what the available research on the subject suggests?

The answers you can get here will likely be the experiences/opinions of n=1.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho, ASC.

Do you have any initial thoughts/assumptions/potential answers?

Please remember that this is your homework, not ours. We have already done our homework. We are happy to help you, but most of us will not be willing to feed you answers.

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Do your own homework, especially if it involves something as divisive and controversial as this.

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Specializes in Geriatrics, Home Health.

The ADN works in a nursing home, and the BSN works in acute care.

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The ADN works in a nursing home, and the BSN works in acute care.

Not really sure on what planet that is, but mmkay!

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The ADN works in a nursing home, and the BSN works in acute care.

HUH?? That'd be news to all the ADNs who work in acute care, and all the BSNs who work in nursing homes. :confused:

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Thank you for your response. I appreciate it!

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Thank you for your response. I appreciate it!

Might I suggest you take a look at the Student forum? If you look at the top of the page, there is a yellow banner with various headings. Click "Students" and you will find lots of topics of interest.

Welcome to AN :)

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Thank you for responding. I am not looking for anyone to "do" my homework. I just have no personal experience with this. Being a home care nurse, I work alone and have to make my own decisions most of the time. I was just hoping to get some insight from those of you who know more than I do and work with a range of educated nurses on a daily basis. I've done my research on this topic, but we all know real life is different than what the books and articles say. :) It would seem to me that most of the difference comes from experience and having a deeper understanding of theory. Time will tell. Again, thank you for your response.

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That was really helpful. Thank you.

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Hi everyone! This is my first post and I have question I need help with. I am currently obtaining my BSN, however, have been working as a home care nurse ....

Just curious, are you a LPN or LVN and in an RN program now?

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