ADN=RN

[Birdbr]

So, earlier today, a friend and I got into an argument. I will be starting a 2 year nursing program after my pre-reqs this fall and am thinking of just getting the BSN because of all talk about it. She is going to school for her BSN. She thinks that if you go to a tech school, you can only get your LPN and not your RN. Then, she said that even if you can get a 2 year degree, why should 2 year nurses make the same as 4 year nurses... which kind of makes me mad. Because 2 or 4, as long as your not in management pretty much do the same thing. So, now I'm thinking of just doing the liberal arts classes and then transferring to a 4 year college, because I'm sick of the whole debate. What do you think?

[applewhitern, BSN, RN]

The ADN programs were designed to get the RN's in the workforce faster back when there was a severe shortage of registered nurses. My ADN program required a much higher ACT score just to get in. The objective was for the student to be able to learn a lot of information in a shorter length of time. Our grading scale was much tougher, too. We couldn't make less than an 84 in anything. When I went back for the BSN, you could have a 16 ACT score, and a 70 was passing. You had to be an excellent student in the ADN program; the standards were much higher. I don't know why any BSN would think it was an easier program~ quite the opposite.