ADN vs BSN pay for RN

Nursing Students ADN/BSN

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I have always heard that no matter what level of education you have if you are working on the floor as an RN then you get paid the same if you have your ADN or your BSN, (not considering floors, locations, experience, ect. just education). Is this true?

The only thing I can say as a word of caution is to be careful if you plan to get any advanced education. Some programs only accept a "BSN" while others accept a combo of BS and RN. I do not know what educational theories are used to justify either or, but just keep in mind some programs do, indeed, require a BSN. Some schools offer an RN to MSN accelerated program. This is ok IF you are only interested in an MSN and not interested in NP or CRNA.

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It was the nurse...it was the versed and twilight sedation.... LOL

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where do you live? in florida they still hire adn nurses.

i understand what you are saying but just know any field just because you have your bachelor’s does not guarantee everything will be great.

like barefootlady said, being able to treat the patient with “respect” is what is more important. i am going into the field because i want to help people not because of the pay.

i am not bad mouthing bsn nurses because i myself eventually will do the time education-wise to become an np or even crna, it all depends on what god has for my calling. when i get to that point i would never say one nurse is less of a nurse because of the type of degree they have, i believe that is wrong!

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There is a time to believe and a time to think. Know when, where and how either are important. Is the answer in health care academic? Is the answer touchy touchy feely feely? Might we need a spectrum of both where we can slide more academic or compassion and a mixed % of each? Just keep in mind, while we are here gazing at our bellybuttons expression how we "believe" and feel on some sort of drum beating philosophical conquest, MDs, PharmDs are researching what it REALLY takes to keep people alive and save them. You can hold a person's hand and weep or you can run a code, understand the science behind what is going on and take initiative to save them. Of course there comes a time when science will not save them and only comfort is available; we all know that. But in the end it is what YOU DO that will help a person live. The last time I kept tabs, weeping never saved a life. Hard work in school always laid the foundation good strong clinicians need to give good outcomes. With all that said, I personally do not forget what is meant to be that organic humann who has the ability to build the confidence a family and client needs. I have never had a problem doing this in an ICU setting using my brains.

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PS: I live in Georgia where schools are quickly shedding ADN programs for BSN programs. Our vocational schools are picking up ADN programs now. How long that will last? I have no idea. But I do know the scope and practice of the RN could possibly change based on degree levels. With an increased demand on our health care system, what else can we expect? We can't pull aliens out of the sky to help staff our shortage and we can't bring back the 70 million aborted babies, say sorry and offer jobs to them. One of the only thing we can do is improve the education of folks and broaden their scope of practice right? In the "my sand box your sand box" mentality of health care, we might have to get use to it and accept others doing things that were not conceivable just a few decades ago. IE NPs and PAs taking over primary care, training BSN RNs to suture A-Lines. Who knows what we'll be doing in the next ten to fifteen years. RNs are already putting in PICCs and we couldn't do that just a few years ago and I can assure you if it were not for advanced education RNs wouldn't be doing it now!

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Obviously you are not reading correctly…I never said education wasn’t important, because if it wasn’t then I would not be getting mine to the point where I want to be a NP or a CRNA.

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Obviously you are not reading correctly…I never said education wasn’t important, because if it wasn’t then I would not be getting mine to the point where I want to be a NP or a CRNA.

"When I get to that point I would never say one nurse is less of a nurse because of the type of degree they have, I believe that is wrong! "

I never said you did...now did I?

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This single topic on this website should be required reading for every nursing student.

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BLOODSUCKER...

I believe you should take your comments in these paragraphs and create and compose something more, expanding on your thoughts. You have touched on a good number of key elements of what nurses actually do, and the barriers imposed on them by the institutionalization of this so-called "profession."

Nice work. Need to read more of your ideas.

(Where the hell did I come up with "institutionalization?" Oh well. Seems to fit.)

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