Title of "BSN" on badge?

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Does the hospital where you are employed print "BSN" on your name badge if you have a bachelors in nursing? The hospital I am employed at will only print RN and not BSN...I know it sounds petty...However, if I am working my tail off for the BSN..I want it printed bc I want to be darn proud of that! They say they don't want to offend the other nurses or belittle them??? I say "you want the BSN..go get it! They pay for it all anyways!"

I work at a local hospital as an intern while I am finishing my RN training. I am getting them to pay for the ADN classes and will have them pick up the tab for BSN as well. They pay 100% for both degrees as long as you sign a contract with them. If the BSN program is good enough for them to pay 100% tuition costs..why isn't it good enough to print it on your name badge? Do they not want to promote BSN? I think it is total crap!

I have BSN on my badge and when a patient asks me I tell them what it means. I see all the white coat nurses wearing their credentials on their lab coats. Why can't I.

My local hospital did not help me near as much as they did the LPN's who went to ADN programs and so while I was there I always signed BSN.

We had computer charting but when I wrote a doctor's order I always wrote RN BSN.. Just to pi** some people off.

I would have no quarrel with ADN's putting ADN on their badge.

And you can bet your sweet bippy when I get CNN I'll be putting that on my badge.

P.S. For those who want to put BSN on their badge I know of several good schools..LOLLL

i wear my cen and ccrn pin and have had pts ask what they were also, and i'm MORE than happy to tell them. i worked my butt off for them, and still do keeping up the ceus. i also paid out of my own pocket for them and when i write up a resume, am more than happy to place them after my name as well.

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If you put it on your badge it's to elevate yourself in the eyes of anyone who knows what it means, certainly not the patients. And I guess I'm old, but I don't care.

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it's NOT about the money. just like many lawsuit!:lol2:

it's about recognition and we should applaud those who pursue more education!

until nurses 'get it' we are our own worse enemies.

No, it isn't about the money, but hey it is a darn good incentive. I will just be honest...In my opinion BSN is a waste of time and yes money if you do not intend to go beyond this degree. (So let the feud begin now haha). I intend to get my master's of some sort in nursing....if I had no intention of getting MSN I would not get my BSN. This is just my personal opinion..may sound immature but that is just the 22 yr old coming out in me :)

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I forgot something....you said it was about "recognition"....as far as i am concerned (in my area anyways) BSN grads. are NOT recognized. Big problem haha. What kind of message is administration and the higher ups sending here?

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I forgot something....you said it was about "recognition"....as far as i am concerned (in my area anyways) BSN grads. are NOT recognized. Big problem haha. What kind of message is administration and the higher ups sending here?

exactly. and this goes back to what your mom said,

'don't worry about what others think. all that matters is what YOU think!'

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I'm not trying to start a flame war BUT....I really think BSN nurses who "gloat" about their degrees really need to get off of their high horses. Nursing is one the VERY FEW areas where a Bachelor's degree is even acknowledged. (As a matter of fact, I can't even think of another area right now.) For the vast majority of disciplines, it doesn't matter what your Bachelor's degree is in...what counts is Master's degree onward. I have an ADN. But I also have a BA and an MSPH. My hospital prints BSN, but won't print my MSPH. :smackingf I don't get that.

Anyway, be proud of your degree, but as a staff nurse, at the end of the day, no one really cares.

IMHO.

Dawn

if you don't care, why should they?

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Well can someone explain to me what the difference is in "NURSING" education is between a BSN and an ADN? Because the only difference that i could find is that you take more general education courses. Do BSN's take a different liscensure(sp) exam or something? If i earned a BSN degree i would want to flaunt it to because id be proud same with an ADN, LPN, Or Diploma, so i see what you saying about being proud of your earned degree.But When people go to the hospital i don't think they are thinking "gee i hope she/he has a BSN" Most people don't even ask, they just let the trained professional take care of them.Its not fair to say That people would pick a BSN over an ADN . If its because BSN have more education wouldnt it be better than to have a diploma nurse because from what i have seen and heard they are ones who get the most training clinical wise. Bottom line is if i was in the hospital i would not care what the nurses education backround was as long as they are properly trained to take care of me as a patient

do you take tha same attitude when you need a surgeon or a neurologist.... you would not care about their educational background??????????

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If you put it on your badge it's to elevate yourself in the eyes of anyone who knows what it means, certainly not the patients. And I guess I'm old, but I don't care.

sue, i've been around the block now for a long time as well. i have seen us trashed on as a profession for 20 years. i have been frustrated over the years seeing people run hospitals who are completely out of touch about excellent nursing care.

so, now i support ANY RN who pushes and gets as many degrees as they can. i would love to see rns ALL have bsns by the time i retire. i want to see the next generation put their feet down regarding good pt care, and i believe with 4 year degrees behind them, they are able to compete and articulate staffing needs at the administrative level.

some of those meetings have all mbas sitting there, and they do NOT take the needs of the staff seriously bc we can not qualify and quantify what we do in a way that they can grasp.

ideally, hospital administrators would all be rns with mbas, etc! but we have to get there. we have to encourage the newer nurses who WANT to do this, on.

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do you take tha same attitude when you need a surgeon or a neurologist.... you would not care about their educational background??????????

Perhaps they wouldn't mind having the Family Practice doctor performing their open heart surgery?

Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN

Spokane, Washington

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Well can someone explain to me what the difference is in "NURSING" education is between a BSN and an ADN? Because the only difference that i could find is that you take more general education courses. Do BSN's take a different liscensure(sp) exam or something?

No, they don't take a different exam. When I became a nurse 11 years ago, this debate wasn't heard of. The majority of the places where I was educated where ADN programs. From what I gathered AT THAT TIME, the curriculum for the BSN had more theory-based classes and more studies geared toward management. I don't know if that is still the case. I am so tired of this debate. Everyone thinks they are right. I don't care what level of education you have, the experience is what makes you good. You can learn everything you want from a book, but until you put it into practice, it ain't worth more than the paper it's printed on.

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do you take tha same attitude when you need a surgeon or a neurologist.... you would not care about their educational background??????????

Perhaps they wouldn't mind having the Family Practice doctor performing their open heart surgery?

Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN

Spokane, Washington

These would be valid questions, IF BSN's had more speciality oriented schooling than the ADN's. But, in terms of nursing hands-on practice, it's all the same.

Doctor's have the different specialty training as part of their education. Nurses can do the same and in that case, by all means, display it proudly. But, as a base-line RN they are all same.

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Name badges depend on the facility. At one facility, the RNs have their education level after RN. I personally like the idea.

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