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Agree that some get upset if called by their name. To my best knowledge, some areas tend to address nurses as Nurse. XXX rather than brother/sister in my area, most likely we call each other by brother/sister except the seniors when I asked them why they tend to call by that title brother/sister. They answered how they used to address each other, and we are following the same. I opened the discussion point that a professional title is more appealing than a common title in the workplace. Some agreed, and some disagreed. Do you agree that better to call our colleagues by Nurse.XXX or simply a first name?

Greetings to all I am establishing this topic to discuss how nurses are addressed in hospitals with different cultures and locations. In Kuwait, we tend to call colleagues nurses sisters/brothers and our direct supervisors by the same pronouns Sister/Brothers unless that supervisor tells us to address them by Mr./Mrs./Ms or our nurse manager. We address them by official pronouns like Mr./Mrs./Ms. How do you address your colleagues and supervisors? I believe that Nursing is an independent profession, and our terms should be the same. Physicians are called Doctors regardless of registered level Physicians or senior Physicians. They are addressed as doctors, and their emails are titled Dr. I am implying why not as a nurse we be addressed as Nurse. In the emails, we can address others as Nr. as Nurse. I am doing that for personal and discussing such matters, nothing else. What is your opinion on such a concept?

It seems I am late for the party I need to enhance my writing skills ?

I am a nurse indeed due to the absence of a diploma program in my country, I am curious about the opinion of nurses about such programs as reading articles only I believe will not suffice more than reading theoretical and reading others share of experiences on such matter. I assumed that the BSN program was different from ours thus I asked.

Well, that is an interesting fact you shared about the diploma program mind if I ask a little more? If the diploma course is three years, how long does it take to finish BSN? Does the diploma get intensive care preparation, leadership and management, and Informatics, or are those exclusive to the BSN?

My point of view is not BSN superior to others but rather than in the domain of hierarchy BSN climb higher than the ADN, but that does not mean all BSN better than ADN it matters to the individual level and from what I came to know from what you said the College programs also play a role in that phenomena. maybe the programs being provided by our college made such a difference due to having ADN = 2.5 years ( 5 semesters ) 77 credit hours BSN = 4 years ( 8 semesters ) 121 credit hours so in that scenario, BSN get more preparation compared to ADN

Our college received accreditation from ACEN for ADN and BSN programs. Interesting that the program of anatomy/physiology was credited for ADN and BSN programs and taught to Diploma. Did you experience stress handling those courses within the time of DIploma courses? Because when I asked my friends studying ADN, they were stressed about the time limit of the semester and expected them to know anatomy/physiology. Some struggled with knowing that the objectives were adjusted to be finished with a given time of the semester. They used to tell us as BSN students; we are lucky to have separate subjects and focus on each subject by itself, knowing that the required objectives of the course increased given more time. ADN program for college two years and BSN 4 years, so for BSN, we have more comprehensive education about Anatomy/Physiology as well management/leadership and other courses. The difference would be higher positions they get the BSN and restricted for the ADN and the comprehensive knowledge of the nurse. I think our college program led to such phenomena about higher education equal to more competent nurses, but if the courses were standardized and only adding Management/ leadership courses would result in equal patient care quality among ADN/BSN, but that is not the case in our college two extra years for BSN which get nurses more preparation in knowledge. From what you said about having a good background as you read peer-reviewed articles, I think you can be way better than you are now as potential is there but need the utilization of such potential. Have you checked about the Tempo learning method? I saw Walden university offering BSN programs with tempo learning, and they have CCNE accredtation. check this link it might help you https://www.waldenu.edu/online-bachelors-programs/bachelor-of-science-in-nursing I copied the statement from their website about tempo learning brief description "Walden's Tempo Learning® is an alternative way to earn your Walden degree. It's different from our standard course-based learning because you can work at a pace that makes sense for you and progress once you've shown you understand a subject. With Tempo Learning®, you have the flexibility of online learning, plus the ability to personalize and control the length, cost, and pacing of your program." even the course based method, the price is not exceeding $20,000, which is way cheaper than $50,000 All the best in your studies you will pass. I was told from senior engineering," read and keep reading even if you do not notice the results as it will bloom later." I believe that the nurses who keep reading and improve themselves better than degree-holder nurses, but that does not mean we should stop pursuing higher education programs. all that matters is willing to be better.

I am not bothered with diploma programs more than the accessibility of higher education programs for the intelligent nurses to utilize their intelligence in nursing care with better education preparation. Like you will find many brilliant nurses who are diploma holders but with good potential, why not encourage them to utilize such potential.

An example will be in" high-quality care knowledge base patient care." would be a better understanding of the patient's condition and formulate recommendations when the attending doctor discusses the patient condition. In our college BSN program, we study anatomy and physiology more than the ADN program. Thus, students who graduate with BSN would have more knowledge in such conditions than ADN. If you are a nurse willing to self-improvement, why not seek higher education? This is my point of having nurses interested in reading articles; the question would be, why not?

How about the individual's intelligence when he was, let say, with a Bachelor then getting an MSN? Does that make the person smarter? When he was on BSN level not compared to others. Because I believe some people are intelligent by nature and others invest in such traits. So investing in intelligence by getting exposed to articulate people ( professors ) might help one's get smarter. Not necessarily those who have Ph.D. smartest one but the person who receives education and gets better than himself without having such education was my point, but now I made it more detailed.

Well, Data and evidence I am lacking. Thus opinionated claim stated to discuss such matter not only from theoretical only but including other's experiences as well.

I picked the wrong words to present my aim in the initial post. It was a mistake. All nurses indeed change lives for the better regardless of the degree or position. I tried to hear others' opinions about such matters. Some said they worked with nurses with a diploma, and they are smart. Some explained with data from their study that education preparation was not a primary factor influencing the completion of the residency program rather than age as the primary factor influencing such a program. if I may ask you what if the ADN program offered as a replacement to Diploma and having ADN with feasible tuition as if it was the same price as a diploma. do you think there will be a positive outcome of doing such a thing? or having a diploma and ADN coexist with the different program price as our current situation considering that the current situation less diploma program being offered.

100% most of my College instructors started as diplomas then proceeded to BSN. Some pursued MSN or Ph.D. and influenced changes in our society to elevate the nursing images and establish a College of Nursing. All hard-working nurses should be respected no matter their degree or position. What I believe ambitious nurses should seek higher education if feasible to get more prepared for their goals not if they are non-degree holders they are inferior but as an encouragement to let them seek and pursue their goal with better preparations like my instructor she pursued higher education and made researchers with that accomplishment and contribution the goal of having dedicated college of nursing became a reality.

in others perspectives, indeed we will be regular nurses, but the question will be among nurses for those who had higher education since you have experience in that due to being as Diploma and got BSN after some time Did BSN education make a difference in your patient care quality or the knowledge base?

Or maybe nursing schools have more communication training than physicians? Because most of our practice as nurses is based on communication compared to physicians, they focus on the data gathered from nurses ( Nursing Assessment ) to diagnose patients within their knowledge of comprehensive education on pathology and pharmacology. Do you think that impacts communication? the education preparation or it come as naturally the communication skills Indeed A good point to be honest.