sowelu88

You can just walk away, learn, be aware and find a better place and job. It's good you went back and held them accountable for what they said (which was untrue!) and then they gave you proof. I would write a letter to the head of the HRD and just be honest as you were from the start. I would let them know what transpired, how you feel and that you will continue to be honest to people seeking employment who ask you about their institution. Put a copy of the "bogus letter" you got and then send a cc (carbon copy) of all of it to the director of the hospital or someone who has decsion power higher up that HR answers to. It's good that they were indirectly honest... or is that dishonest(?)huh. It's also good to let them know you know so you can stay honest and have closure. This could take an hour or so of your time and give you peace of mind and let the institution know where you stand. Find a better place. That's my vote! Good luck to you.

oooops .. sorry for the duplicate - good luck -

In my area of upstate NY you have to be an RN and I had a clinical instructor who ran as charge nurse for over 15 years the ED for a 40 bed ED with the average of approximate 275 pt. per day through the department (= relatively busy for our area) - she told me the best thing you can do is as your peers have said here, be a tech and follow that route... or go to the cardiac unit as a new grad. You must know cardiac well, and respiratory/neuro too. The tech route is a great idea but there was a waiting list for that here too! So I am heading into cardiac to really learn this and possibly look at ICU nursing which makes you are very attractive to the ED - you can get there in a year or less depending on your hospital and how well you work/study your first year out... Good Luck![

In my area of upstate NY you have to be an RN and I had a clinical instructor who ran as charge nurse for over 15 years the ED for a 40 bed ED with the average of approximate 275 pt. per day through the department (= relatively busy for our area) - she told me the best thing you can do is as your peers have said here, be a tech and follow that route... or go to the cardiac unit as a new grad. You must know cardiac well, and respiratory/neuro too. The tech route is a great idea but there was a waiting list for that here too! So I am heading into cardiac to really learn this and possibly look at ICU nursing which makes you are very attractive to the ED - you can get there in a year or less depending on your hospital and how well you work/study your first year out... Good Luck!

The economics of the situation is part of the ethical dilemma... definitely; and true maybe it is very astute of you to notice that it is just economics and the feeding of a system that is driven by the desire to "degree-up". The fact that this is presented to students at the ADN level as an ethical issue to be debated (I am preparing for a debate soon on this topic) is more due to nursing has been outstanding in its delivery over time to changing how the art of medicine is practiced and how nursing has contributed to better medicine practices all through the test of time. Why NOW do we need to degree up? ... because a study says so...the answer is not so clear to everyone and that is why it is presented as an ethical issue.

This debate is decades old and unresolved still. I would love any perspectives voiced as to why you are FOR or AGAINST having a BSN required in order to enter practice as an RN. For the record I am against it.... feeling that we should be granted a grace period of ten years to aquire a BSN if we want to with some sort of reasonable incentive to do so. The wage increase is not enough to make the cost of schooling make sense for at least 10-15 years and we are in a country where grants and scholarships are hard work too. The lag time of implementing this would worsen the nursing shortages too and some of the best nurses I know are not highly "degreed"... What are your feelings on this?