To BSN nurses, do you find your job easier with a Bachelors?

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Are you doing bedside or do you work in an office?

If you work in an office, what specifically do you do in there? Do you find the office side more or less stressful than the bedside aspect of nursing?

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The job is still the same..ADN or BSN. When I first started I felt at a disadvantage skills wise. I think we had a heavy load of book learning instead of skills.

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Specializes in CRNA, Finally retired.
Are you doing bedside or do you work in an office?

If you work in an office, what specifically do you do in there? Do you find the office side more or less stressful than the bedside aspect of nursing?

Much easier to eventually work on a master's then to have to start working on a bachelor's first. Go for the BEST education you can afford. Having a liberal education will only enhance every sphere of your life - not just your job.

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I have a BSN and work on a telemetry unit for 7 months. I can't really say whether it's any different for ADN or BSN, but I suspect not. It has been a long, hard road with a steep learning curve. Most of the ADNs I work with report the same feeling. Either route, nursing school is just the beginning. The real learning is done on the job. (It does get better by the way.)

Good luck!

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Specializes in LTC,Med surg-Telemetry,alzheimers,home h.
Are you doing bedside or do you work in an office?

If you work in an office, what specifically do you do in there? Do you find the office side more or less stressful than the bedside aspect of nursing?

Working at the bedside on a telemetry floor.I don't see any difference.Gets better with experience,but i do remember my research based theory from my RN-BSN now.Didn't get it during LPN/LVN or ADN program.

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Specializes in ER.

As a new grad you need the education that gives you as much experience on the floor as possible. Learning from the books is important, but real life is what you have to deal with. I did my RN first and went back for the BSN, but would have been better off spending the same time on work hours and some independent research. The letters behind your name definitely help, but my BSN program didn't change how I practice.

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Specializes in LTC, geriatric, psych, rehab.

In my job, I am a director of nursing in a long term care facility. I have a BSN, but could do this job with an ADN and would make no difference. Being the DON is far more stressful than being a floor nurse b/c I am ultimately responsible for everything. I don't prefer the paperwork, and almost every day I go out on the floor to help or to visit with my staff and nurses. I cannot begin to describe the mounds of paperwork I have to do. But I do the job b/c I feel like I make a difference.

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Specializes in Emergency, Trauma, Flight.

i don't really think i ever noticed a difference...im the same nurse w/a bsn as i was with an associates.... oh.. i make more money... pfftt....

wait a bit.... then i will have my fnp... THEN there will be a difference!...

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