"Don't waste your time getting your BSN..."

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)

[Altra, BSN, RN]

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. :)

[Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN]

For every 10 people that say getting you BSN is a waste of time, there will be 10 more that would ask "why didn't you just get your bachelor's" if you got your ADN.

That old saying that opinions are like fecal evacuation orifices, everyone's got one.

(Or something along those lines.....)

[traumaRUs, MSN, APRN]

As Marie stated - everyone has their own opinions. You know the career course you want, so go for it.

[Chicklet2]

I'm about to graduate as an LPN. I have considered taking my BSN, but was wondering if I should just get my RN or go for the BSN. Any thoughts?

[lucky4timesover]

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

[z's playa]

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.... :)

[nursingyoursoul]

Would someone tell me what ADN is?

[MASSRN2B]

Would someone tell me what ADN is?

Associate Degree-Nursing

[suzanne4, RN]

ADN== Associate Degree of Nursing

Depends on what someone wnats to do later on. My take on it now, go to where ever you can get in the earliest and finish at the most reasonable time.

[suzanne4, RN]

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.

[nursingyoursoul]

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.