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I totally agree with you. :)

Excuse me...NEAR Done Nurse, but I believe I made my apologies about the information I had presented in my first posting. I admitted to being ignorant in what I had posted. I also stated that I was not intending to offend anyone. Oh but wait....I'm sure you probably read that.

Thank you! Now I don't feel so bad! Char Ann is my mother's name, by the way. Anyway, I realize I spoke without too much thought. I really didn't take into account the fact that, uh yeah, I am just a student, and you are all professionals. Happy Holidays to Everyone

Well, I do appologize for upsetting you all. I really do. I now realize that I was extremely ignorant for posting my original. I wasn't trying to offend anyone. Just got carried away. And maybe you're right about how colleges are using that BSNvs.ADN to draw more people into their programs. That seems pretty logical. Hope you accept my apologies.

I think you are all absolutely right! And maybe I will be working under an ADN prepared nurse. I don't really care, I'm just happy with the education I'm receiving right now. But, I really can't wait until I get out there and start working. I hope all of this school pays off in the end! GOD BLESS all of you nurses, you are doing wonderful things out there.

For all of you contemplating on whether you should get you BSN degree...DEFINITELY! Whether it's before you've started working or after you started working, DO IT! The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) says that surgical patients have a "substantial survival advantage" if treated in hospitals with higher proportions of nurses educated at the baccalaureate or higher degree level. GO to http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Media/NewsReleases/2003AikenStudy.htm FOR MOR INFO! Yeah, those ADN's may have some pretty good technical skills, but BSN prepared nurses will have the skills and the extensive knowledge background. GO NURSES!