"Diploma Nurse preferable"

[lauralassie]

I've seen this is 2 adds in the newspaper, looking for nurses in management positions. "Diploma nurse preferabel". Any one else seen this?

[tanyalouiusep]

no havent seen it, is it a US paper?

[morte, LPN, LVN]

odd, if it were one ad i would think "error" and they meant "degree"

..other than that perhaps a means to save money, by not hiring a BSN?

[lauralassie]

odd, if it were one ad i would think "error" and they meant "degree"

..other than that perhaps a means to save money, by not hiring a BSN?

Or perhaps they feel they are better prepared.

[Lacie, BSN, RN]

Or they may mean no less than a diploma degree required. I have applied to one position that advertised as that and they meant they preferred a diploma or higher. Jmo.

[traumaRUs, MSN, APRN]

Hmm - very interesting. Do you have a link?

[SuesquatchRN, BSN, RN]

My new DON thinks that current programs don't offer enough clinical experience. Here in NY as a recent LPN grad I have to agree. And my friends who went on to the RN program are less than thrilled with what clinicals are teaching them. Lots of hours, lots of sitting around waiting for an instructor, not a lot of hands-on.

[Imafloat, BSN, RN]

My new DON thinks that current programs don't offer enough clinical experience. Here in NY as a recent LPN grad I have to agree. And my friends who went on to the RN program are less than thrilled with what clinicals are teaching them. Lots of hours, lots of sitting around waiting for an instructor, not a lot of hands-on.

That is one program, not all prorams are like that.

[SuesquatchRN, BSN, RN]

That is one program, not all prorams are like that.

Yes, which is why I stated clearly that it was HERE where we live to which I was referring.

Now, I don't know how it is THERE where the ad was posted but it might be the same situation.

[Jo Dirt]

My new DON thinks that current programs don't offer enough clinical experience. Here in NY as a recent LPN grad I have to agree. And my friends who went on to the RN program are less than thrilled with what clinicals are teaching them. Lots of hours, lots of sitting around waiting for an instructor, not a lot of hands-on.

Boy, that's the truth. Lots of wasted time in nursing school. The most skilled procedure I did in LPN school was give an insulin shot.

I was talking to a nurse who got her PN diploma in the 70's and she said they did just about everything in their program and when they got out, there wasn't a lot they hadn't done and gotten proficient at.

Some people argue that school is harder now than it used to be, but I don't see how this can be true, myself.

[morte, LPN, LVN]

but more "hands on" isnt segueing (sp) into the management issue.......perhaps the "---or higher" is the correct interpretation....

[jenrninmi, MSN, RN]

That is one program, not all prorams are like that.

And I would even say that MOST programs are not like that.