Really, I don't know where they get their info from..

[RN1982]

So my sister today was telling me that some girls in her Chem class were talking about transferring to a university to complete their BSN instead of their ADN. Their reason was because BSN nurses make 10-15 dollars more than ADN nurses. Complete and utter b.s. I have never known BSN nurses who just graduated from school to make more than an ADN grad. They have always made the same from what I know. If there was a difference in pay, it wasn't that much. I have worked with a nurse who graduated from Perdue and we hired in at the same time and made the same amount of money. Honestly, where do these people get their info from?

[RNforLongTime]

There is no differential for BSN grads in my area and I have a BSN.

[mappers]

*** I hear this a lot about Magnet. I work at a Magnet hospital. One of three in the whole state. We do not have BSN preferred on our job listings. As far as I can tell there is no preference for BSN nurses outside our SICU. We have a four step clinical ladder and no BSN is required to achieve any step. We have a 7 month Nurse Residency for new grads going into SICU, CCU, PACU, ER, & PICU. Except for SICU I can't tell any preference for BSN grads. The SICU is the exception. We do not hire new grad BSN prepared RNs into the Nurse Residency for the SICU. It doesn't say that anywhere but they are not hired. ADN new grads only.

The only hospital in the state I have noticed "BSN prefered" on their job listings is the state university hospital and they are not Magnet. I have never heard of any hospital in this state (Wisconsin) paying BSN prepared RNs any more than non BSN RNs. Maybe there are some but I never heard of it.

Why do you not hire a BSN into the SICU??

At my hospital system, BSN prefered seems to be on every job posting, but ADNs are hired all the time. My sister's hospital is going for Magnet and she went to a conference for it. They said they were going to require all BSNs. She said the hospitals out in the state (rural) were really upset because there just aren't BSNs to be had out there. They said they'd have to shut down if that were really the requirement.

[PostOpPrincess, BSN, RN]

So not true. Maybe fifty cents more. The best is to go to work as an ADN and have the hospital pay for ALL future schooling.

Cheapest and NO STUDENT LOANS!!!

[PMFB-RN, RN]

Why do you not hire a BSN into the SICU??

*** They do hire experienced RNs with BSNs but not new grad BSNs. Too many have run off to CRNA school before their two year contracts (they signed in exchange for getting into the 7 month nurse residency program) where up. I don't agree with it and it's not official but true anyway.

At my hospital system, BSN prefered seems to be on every job posting, but ADNs are hired all the time. My sister's hospital is going for Magnet and she went to a conference for it. They said they were going to require all BSNs. She said the hospitals out in the state (rural) were really upset because there just aren't BSNs to be had out there. They said they'd have to shut down if that were really the requirement.

*** The only reason I can think of for the BSN only push is simple jealousy. I can certainly understand why a nurse who went to a traditional BSN program would be jealous of the ADN prepared nurse who does RN to BSN. My hospital pays for BSN degrees. Think about it:

After four years:

Traditional BSN-

BSN

New grad RN

Lots of student loans

No experience

Has made no money

ADN who does ADN to RN:

BSN

two years of real world nursing experience

Probably got their ADN for less than $5K

Free BSN (paid for by hospital)

Make around $100 - $120K over two years of work while getting BSN and working.

As far as I can see they are just jealous.

[diane227, LPN, RN]

Where are they planning to work?

[RN1982]

Where are they planning to work?

Beats me, but none of the hospitals in my area pay what those girls think they are gonna get paid, not even the hospitals in the more uppity areas(who are having financial problems)..

[aaspender]

I don't differentiate when I hire. New RN BSN nurses are terrifying at times and actually cost more in training on the job. Too much analyzing and not enough work. I have one of those simple 2 wrinkle ADN brains and maybe BSN nurses have more wrinkles in their brains requiring more pay up front. It is a puzzler.. just kidding people. Anyway I make enough money not to care anymore. Being an ADN has NEVER cost me a job I wanted.