sweetbaboo

As a prospective nurse I'm getting the willies. All this fighting! It isn't bad enough that there are doctors out there that are willing to tell you what you lack (i.e. med degree) you all are throwing insults at each other. I have been in the medical field as an RT (wow talk about no respect) We are to follow orders and dare not deduce what a patient may or may not have wrong---we look at this stuff all day long, you can't tell me we wouldn't know something abnornal before a fresh med school graduate would--there is something to be said for experience. I naively thought getting MY bachelor's degree would open doors and create career paths that were NOT available to me with just my little ol' diploma---WRONGO REINDEER! In Radiology at least, experience is 90% of promotion consideration. Granted, faced with a non-degree vs a degreed person for Chief, one might pick the degree, but if it was also a factor of time put in--guess what, I sure hope they would pick the vetern and encourage further education---I know this was a long round about, but what I was trying to say, is that I'm getting a picture that if I have a BSN behind my RN--being a fresh degree--I am no better, nor any worse than a recently graduated RN from an acredited nursing program--I would be better rounded (oooh I could quote Shakespear to the patient, or I would be multiculturally aware of my patient) and apparently a lot less rich due to the hefty tag behind my RN---Am I understanding the crux of this discussion correctly?

As a prospective nurse I'm getting the willies. All this fighting! It isn't bad enough that there are doctors out there that are willing to tell you what you lack (i.e. med degree) you all are throwing insults at each other. I have been in the medical field as an RT (wow talk about no respect) We are to follow orders and dare not deduce what a patient may or may not have wrong---we look at this stuff all day long, you can't tell me we wouldn't know something abnornal before a fresh med school graduate would--there is something to be said for experience. I naively thought getting MY bachelor's degree would open doors and create career paths that were NOT available to me with just my little ol' diploma---WRONGO REINDEER! In Radiology at least, experience is 90% of promotion consideration. Granted, faced with a non-degree vs a degreed person for Chief, one might pick the degree, but if it was also a factor of time put in--guess what, I sure hope they would pick the vetern and encourage further education---I know this was a long round about, but what I was trying to say, is that I'm getting a picture that if I have a BSN behind my RN--being a fresh degree--I am no better, nor any worse than a recently graduated RN from an acredited nursing program--I would be better rounded (oooh I could quote Shakespear to the patient, or I would be multiculturally aware of my patient) and apparently a lot less rich due to the hefty tag behind my RN---Am I understanding the crux of this discussion correctly?

I'm confused. I have read all of the replies to the subject of 14 month accelerated BSN programs--I don't get it. I looked at one today--it is for people with bachelors already and guess what, having just any old degree isn't a big help---I have a BART--bachelors in radiologic technology--and guess what, I still need 28! credits before I can even enter the program--it is VERY heavy on clinicals and from what I gather, this is just a short cut for the usual university 4-year program--a degree gets you in as a JUNIOR, and then you continue on with the rest of the buch that made it through the first three years--it is a tough schedule--I feel that anyone committed to doing this grueling academic program would be just fine on the job---but then again I've already had a taste of the medical world, and I'm in it for a bigger bite---I thought this was quite noble--yeesh, if someone could explain to me why it would be better to go through a two-year program and get either an associates degree RN or a diploma RN, let me know so I can save the money and the hassle