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If you know that your long-term goals require an MSN, then obviously you're going to have to get your BSN, and it won't be a waste. Education is never "wasted", BTW. :)
It is true, however, that an entry-level RN is an entry-level RN, no matter whether their nursing education was a BSN, ADN, or diploma program. Some hospitals pay a nominal amount more to staff RNs who have a BSN, many do not. Many nurse managers do not have BSNs.
Good luck to you as you work toward your long-term goals. :)
I am only a student, but to me the only thing that should matter is what you want to get. To be completely honest it doesn't matter what other people think about your degree choice. Ultimately it is your path in life and they don't get to live it. So, in short, go for what you want and let the opinions of others roll off your back like water off a duck, lol. Good luck in your educational endeavors.:)
Sunny
Everytime I read this RN and BSN stuff I laugh.
Isn't a BSN an RN degree. Isn't it the same thing? Then I think no..you can get your ASN (sp?) right? I can't wait until there's ONE freaking degree for nurses and that's all she wrote.
Honestly. Right now it's confusing. :chuckle
Z
Back to topic.... :)
Being able to sit for the NCLEX-RN means that you have completed the appropriate required amount of courses to permit you to sit for the exam.
You can either have a Diploma, ADN, or BSN, and for the direct-entry MSN programs, an MSN. They are a means of getting your RN but they are not RN degrees. Yuo ge the title only after you pass the exam and become registered.
If people looked at it this way, then maybe there would not be so much written about the subject on a daily basis.
Being able to sit for the NCLEX-RN means that you have completed the appropriate required amount of courses to permit you to sit for the exam.You can either have a Diploma, ADN, or BSN, and for the direct-entry MSN programs, an MSN. They are a means of getting your RN but they are not RN degrees. Yuo ge the title only after you pass the exam and become registered.
If people looked at it this way, then maybe there would not be so much written about the subject on a daily basis.
DUH, I don't know why but I hadn't seen it put that way before I came on this site. I had always seen BSN but not ADN, here it is ASN. Which is the program I am currently in.
HeartsOpenWide, RN
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People are always trying to tell me that I am going to waste my time by not stopping after getting my ASN. They say that getting your BSN just gets you management positions and that it does not pay more. I am going for my masters so I can be a CNM, so I have to have my BSN anyway but, how could it be true that a person with a BSN gets the same as a person with a ASN? (Aside from the fact that working in different dept can make a difference)