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  1. Diploma and Associate Degree in Nursing

    avengingspirit1 replied to LasercopyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I had a Bachelor's Degree in Business, did some graduate work in education, completed a year of Physical Therapist Assistant School before switching to nursing. I chose a three year hospital based...

  2. Diploma and Associate Degree in Nursing

    avengingspirit1 replied to LasercopyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    May it has something to do with nurses making more working on units. I know my program lost instructors who said that. Not 100%

  3. Diploma and Associate Degree in Nursing

    avengingspirit1 replied to LasercopyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Agree. One also used to be able to teach in nursing programs with an MSN. Not sure if they want a Doctorate

  4. Diploma and Associate Degree in Nursing

    avengingspirit1 replied to LasercopyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    To PMFB-RN; Great point. I still believe a lot of it has do with many of those driving the BSN push being employed as program directors and professors at Colleges and Universities that have four...

  5. Diploma and Associate Degree in Nursing

    avengingspirit1 replied to LasercopyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Well

  6. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    avengingspirit1 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    "If a hospital can treat a patient while spending less money than the DRG payment for that illness, the hospital makes a profit. If, while treating the hospitalized patient, the hospital spends more...

  7. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    avengingspirit1 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    The order of priorities of a majority of healthcare facilities: 1. Increase revenue 2. Cut costs 3. Patient care What's really disturbing is that all those nurses who have posted here with stories of...

  8. Education Conspiracy

    avengingspirit1 replied to Avid reader's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    You're right, let me change the phrase "the type of nursing school" to what I meant "the type of nursing program". There are great ADN, 3 Year Diploma, and BSN RN Nursing Schools and then there are...

  9. Education Conspiracy

    avengingspirit1 replied to Avid reader's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    You're exactly right. Three big reasons for pushing four year school are below: "200 college and university campuses have closed during the last 10 years due to decreasing enrollments as baby boomers...

  10. Do I REALLY need a BSN?

    avengingspirit1 replied to myschuler's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    The facts are in the study itself; but you have to know have to sift through all the corporate-speak. Something you don't seem to be able to do. It requires thinking outside the box, which is how...

  11. Do I REALLY need a BSN?

    avengingspirit1 replied to myschuler's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I agree with you. And employers have the right to choose whatever candidates they want. There is no shortage of nurses right now. That may change as more baby-boomer nurses retire. I just don't...

  12. Do I REALLY need a BSN?

    avengingspirit1 replied to myschuler's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    That means a lot to me coming from someone who a few years ago, in their usual smug way, bragged about whether they were going for a doctorate in Psychology or Nurse Practitioner because they knew...

  13. Do I REALLY need a BSN?

    avengingspirit1 replied to myschuler's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    My vehemence is the Aiken study being promulgated as Gospel truth by organizations such as the AACN. Nothing wrong is someone chooses to get a BSN, Associates, or Diploma. As long as they provide...

  14. Do I REALLY need a BSN?

    avengingspirit1 replied to myschuler's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I can't not publish their name for the same reason you won't reveal your real name. I have published links to the research rebutting Aiken's study on other threads concerning this topic. I work for...

  15. Do I REALLY need a BSN?

    avengingspirit1 replied to myschuler's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    The head of certain state nurse's association said nurses weren't professionals unless they had at least a BSN. That was in no uncertain terms saying that their work, value and contributions are not...

  16. Do I REALLY need a BSN?

    avengingspirit1 replied to myschuler's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Do you get paid by this site to troll for comments that don't fit into the university academic mindset; cause you're always on it. For the heck of it, I checked into many of these so-called programs...

  17. Do I REALLY need a BSN?

    avengingspirit1 replied to myschuler's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I have a math and business background in addition to nursing. I know what mutually exclusive means better than most and am adept with statistics. Too many unnamed variables in Aiken's study with the...

  18. Do I REALLY need a BSN?

    avengingspirit1 replied to myschuler's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I completely agree about nurse staffing levels being a factor in mortality rates. But the topics of staffing levels and nurse education and their effect on mortality rates are mutually exclusive and...

  19. Do I REALLY need a BSN?

    avengingspirit1 replied to myschuler's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    The information about using gross estimations and then and then making an estimation about what MIGHT happen if there was a 10% increase in BSN nurses are buried in the body of the study. I posted...

  20. Do I REALLY need a BSN?

    avengingspirit1 replied to myschuler's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I know you are afraid. It's why you crawl out of your little cubby-hole, along with the other one from Boston to try to refute it when I write about it. Everything I said about the Aiken study was...

  21. Do I REALLY need a BSN?

    avengingspirit1 replied to myschuler's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Just telling the truth. And you and those who think like you have every right to be afraid. As opposed to a few years ago, many nurses have or will be retiring soon; and will not be afraid to talk...

  22. Do I REALLY need a BSN?

    avengingspirit1 replied to myschuler's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    The IOM based its recommendation of 80% BSN nurses by 2020 on the highly flawed 2003 Aiken study which used gross estimations, incomplete data, and much self-affirming validity to only IMPLY the more...

  23. RN-BSN SCAM

    avengingspirit1 replied to elpnla's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    The statements from the study as well as the study itself are below. ADMIN EDIT: Read in its entirety:

  24. RN-BSN SCAM

    avengingspirit1 replied to elpnla's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Thank you once again for two things, confirming what I already knew; that that the majority of you circling the wagons in defense of this "study" work for academia. Also for allowing me once again to...

  25. RN-BSN SCAM

    avengingspirit1 replied to elpnla's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    The disclaimers are in the 2003 original study; they opted (wonder why) not to include them in the abstracts. The 2011 release was nothing more than a rehash of the 2003 release with nothing new. I...