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    If we make BSN the entry level degree, we should be paid more

    PMFB-RN replied to runningcrazy's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I think there is very little debate about BSN for nurses. Where the debate is for entry to
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    If we make BSN the entry level degree, we should be paid more

    PMFB-RN replied to runningcrazy's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    My employer discriminates aginst BSNs in some areas. While both ADN grads and BSN grads are hired interchangably into the Critical Care Nurse residency program for MICU, NICU, PICU, PACU, L&D and...
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    If we make BSN the entry level degree, we should be paid more

    PMFB-RN replied to runningcrazy's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    FWIW ADN RNs have no trouble getting into NP programs. They do so all the time. I can name 8 or 9 NPs who work in my hospital right now who were ADNs who went to NP school. I know several others in NP...
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    USA RN to Melbourne!!!

    PMFB-RN replied to neeke816's topic in Australia, New Zealand

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    USA RN to Melbourne!!!

    PMFB-RN replied to neeke816's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    Ah but I have of course lived in other countries, including several in Europe and Australia. In fact I am a citizen of New Zealand. I own a home in Queensland. Your assertion is absolutly incorrect....
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    USA RN to Melbourne!!!

    PMFB-RN replied to neeke816's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    LOL! Fear of lawsuits!? I don't think so. Nobody is going to sue me for expressing my true feelings. Do you actually believe what you wrote
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    If we make BSN the entry level degree, we should be paid more

    PMFB-RN replied to runningcrazy's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I don't know anything about administrative assistants or what kind of people would answer an add for one. If we are speaking of nursing then I do not agree with you. I have not observed a...
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    If we make BSN the entry level degree, we should be paid more

    PMFB-RN replied to runningcrazy's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    More years of education and higher degrees will do nothing to improve the grammar and spelling of the people you work with. This should become obvious when one reads doctors notes. Many I read seem to...
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    If we make BSN the entry level degree, we should be paid more

    PMFB-RN replied to runningcrazy's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Uh, I thought that was so obvious as to not need pointing out. Also try not to engage in wishful reading. That is reading what you wish I wrote, rather than what is ACTUALLY written. Had you done so...
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    If we make BSN the entry level degree, we should be paid more

    PMFB-RN replied to runningcrazy's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I am not sure if you read my message you quoted. I don't make any assumptions. I am sharing my experiences. As I already mentioned all the ADNs I have precepted in the last few years HAVE gotten...
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    If we make BSN the entry level degree, we should be paid more

    PMFB-RN replied to runningcrazy's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The 4 years I mentioned was for a part time program for a person who had never been to college and no health care experience. LPNs can become and RN in two, 4 month semesters full time, or four part...
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    If we make BSN the entry level degree, we should be paid more

    PMFB-RN replied to runningcrazy's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Another advantage to the RN of entering nursing with an ADN vs BSN that we often don't think about is career advancement. In our nurse residency program we have had several nurses who went to high...
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    If we make BSN the entry level degree, we should be paid more

    PMFB-RN replied to runningcrazy's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Regardless of the cost of the actual degree we have to consider the opportunity cost. In my area new grad starting pay is around $65K. If you earn an ADN in two years and then go to work the ADN is...
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    BA in Non-Nursing Field -->BSN or MSN after ADN?

    PMFB-RN replied to Julie_0507's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    What you are missing is that the AACN can endorse, recommend, hold their breath until they turn blue and pass out or whatever they want but they are NOT the ones who get to decide what the education...
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    BA in Non-Nursing Field -->BSN or MSN after ADN?

    PMFB-RN replied to Julie_0507's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Oooh I missed that part of the post. It's crazy how these myths get started and will NEVER die! A DNP will be required for NPs by 2015. Magnet Hospitals only hire BSN RNs. You can't get a masters...
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    If we make BSN the entry level degree, we should be paid more

    PMFB-RN replied to runningcrazy's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Any I have told you in the past that it's not about me. I only serve as an example and there are many, many more like me in similar positions. Uh, no wonder you haven't received an answer before....
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    BA in Non-Nursing Field -->BSN or MSN after ADN?

    PMFB-RN replied to Julie_0507's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Actually you don't a bachelors degree in anything to earn an masters in nursing. Think about it, they don't make everybody who want to earn a bachelors degree first earn an associates degree do they?...
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    BA in Non-Nursing Field -->BSN or MSN after ADN?

    PMFB-RN replied to Julie_0507's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It's actually very common with many programs offering RN to MSN. Most require some bridge courses. This varies between school between 10-30 units. There is however no requirement to have a BSN, or...
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    If we make BSN the entry level degree, we should be paid more

    PMFB-RN replied to runningcrazy's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I have a dog in the fight. I am already in the 90th percentile for nurses pay according to the BLS: Registered Nurses I did it without a BSN as I didn't obtain a BSN until after I got my current...
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    If we make BSN the entry level degree, we should be paid more

    PMFB-RN replied to runningcrazy's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    That is actually pretty common among countries who require a BSN. New Zealand requires a BSN. They have a 3 year BSN program. US nursing education is considered on a case by case basis. I was able to...
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    If we make BSN the entry level degree, we should be paid more

    PMFB-RN replied to runningcrazy's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I know it does. I just have never seen it and don't personally know any nurses who get paid more for their degree. I get paid more for having
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    If we make BSN the entry level degree, we should be paid more

    PMFB-RN replied to runningcrazy's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I am of two minds on the subject of nurses getting paid more for a BSN vs a nurse doing the same job with an ADN. At first it seems like a pay raise would be a good motivator for ADN nurses to go...
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    If we make BSN the entry level degree, we should be paid more

    PMFB-RN replied to runningcrazy's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    If only it worked that way. Despite having practiced as a nurse in two countries, four states as a staff nurses, and 3 or 4 others as a traveler, the ONLY place I have heard of a nurse with a BSN...
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    Nursing and then some to MD?

    PMFB-RN replied to medicaljohnny's topic in Nursing Career

    Your ideas are not very good I am afraid to tell you. You won't need to save money, though it would not hurt. You do not need health care experience to be a doctor. You can not get credit for past...
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    BA in Non-Nursing Field -->BSN or MSN after ADN?

    PMFB-RN replied to Julie_0507's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I would guess that isn't really true. I would be willing to bet that all those employers who are misguidedly requiring a BSN would be just fine with an MSN