strange curiosity regarding nursing titles/credentials

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Hi all, I have noticed lately that MSN and BSN RN's have that credentialed on there badges/coats/scrubs etc. I never see ADN RN. So if a Nurse is credentialed just RN is is just assumed that he/she is a ADN?

What if the Nurse has a BS and a ADN RN or a MS and a ADN RN? Do nurses tend to credential any academic acomplishment beyond the 2 year????

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Ask HR at your facility. There may be differences in pay or responsibility related to educational background that account for the different badges.

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I am not actually a RN yet. I start school in the fall. I have a BS, and have been working in pharmaceuticals for the past few years. I was just curious. I have talk to the nursing recruiter at one of the major hospitals in my area. She tells me there is no pay difference, a RN is an RN whether you have BSN or not. That the difference comes when you want to do things such as research jobs and different management jobs. However with my BS and my ADN RN together, I basically have the equivalent of a BSN. I was just wondering if anyone else has this similar education or know anyone who does..and if it has caused them any problems from there bachelors not actualy being in nursing ANY THOUGHTS??FROM working RN'S???

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I have a BSN and my facility pays no more for it. Every manager I can think of is an ADN nurse. My facility doesn't place any importance on higher educations whatsoever.

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Specializes in Trauma, Teaching.
However with my BS and my ADN RN together, I basically have the equivalent of a BSN. I was just wondering if anyone else has this similar education or know anyone who does..and if it has caused them any problems from there bachelors not actualy being in nursing ANY THOUGHTS??FROM working RN'S???

You don't really have the equivalent of a BSN, there are a fair number of nursing course, mostly leadership/management and research type classes that go into a BSN. That's why the title is not BS the way most bachelors are.

My hospital pays a differential for having a BSN or MSN, I think its around a dollar an hour. There is tuition assistance in getting your BSN. Our managers are mostly MSN.

I took a graduate class in developing curriculum for nursing schools, part of it was comparing ADN and BSN total requirements. There really is a difference in the two, not just in the liberal arts portion but in the prereqs and some of the nursing classes. The ADN nursing program is usually 4 semesters, BSN is 5-6 semesters (in general, no flames if yours is not exactly this :lol2:).

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Specializes in Cardiac, ER.
I am not actually a RN yet. I start school in the fall. I have a BS, and have been working in pharmaceuticals for the past few years. I was just curious. I have talk to the nursing recruiter at one of the major hospitals in my area. She tells me there is no pay difference, a RN is an RN whether you have BSN or not. That the difference comes when you want to do things such as research jobs and different management jobs. However with my BS and my ADN RN together, I basically have the equivalent of a BSN. I was just wondering if anyone else has this similar education or know anyone who does..and if it has caused them any problems from there bachelors not actualy being in nursing ANY THOUGHTS??FROM working RN'S???

I had my BS prior to nursing school,...my badge says RN-Cardiac BS, RN, BSN, S.A.N.E.....HR put it there I had no say in what they placed on my badge.

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Thanks all....I guess ultimately I am trying to convince myself that I am not making a bad decision to not do the 2nd degree program at the University and just get the BSN right now. Mostly I decided to do the ADN route because I can only afford to not work for a MINIMAL amount of time to do this. The Jr College ADN program is 5 semesters and only cost around $7000. I already have student loans for my BS and some time I went to grad school!!! So I wanted to avoid more if was not pursuing a Masters. Plus right now, my goal is to just get working as a RN and have a baby!

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oh, thanks for all your input!!!!

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When I graduated our 'group' got name badges that said our name, RN. But our manager said she thought it should say BSN on there, so she reordered them. No difference in pay or anything though.

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Specializes in NICU.

Kind of along the same lines, my question is... does anyone know the proper way to list the titles? For instance, I'll have a BS and MHR (Master of Human Relations) and then I'll be adding on my RN (via ADN). Do you put the RN first followed by everything else or would you list them in the order they were completed?

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I am not actually a RN yet. I start school in the fall. I have a BS, and have been working in pharmaceuticals for the past few years. I was just curious. I have talk to the nursing recruiter at one of the major hospitals in my area. She tells me there is no pay difference, a RN is an RN whether you have BSN or not. That the difference comes when you want to do things such as research jobs and different management jobs. However with my BS and my ADN RN together, I basically have the equivalent of a BSN. I was just wondering if anyone else has this similar education or know anyone who does..and if it has caused them any problems from there bachelors not actualy being in nursing ANY THOUGHTS??FROM working RN'S???

You WON"T have the equivalent of a BSN. I have a bachelor in another field and am getting a bachelor in nursing. I understand where you are coming from but they have programs specifically for people with bachelors to become BSN nurses because you can't 'place' them together to make a bsn. i went throught the same struggle deciding whether to go the bsn or adn route and ultimately chose the 2nd degree bsn route but im paying A LOT more to do it. being almost 30 and wanting to go on for my masters i chose to go this route but i think its completley valid to just do the adn route as well. i had planned on doing that if ididn't get into to my program this time (it took 2 tries) Good luck!

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Specializes in Emergency Dept.

I don't know that any place would put your other degrees on your name tag if they aren't nursing related. All those additional things on nurses name tags are nursing degrees and / or nursing certifications, like CEN is Certified Emergency Nurse, etc.

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