Wouldn't it make more sense to have all nurses become Rn's first?

[smartnurse1982]

It's your favorite non troll back at it again.

Would't it make sense for the ANA to require all nurses have the same license first,then have all nurses get a Bsn??

I do not understand the ANA's position.

Like it or not,Lpn's are NURSES.(for the few that cannot understand that)

Why does not the ANA even acknowledge them?

I am ready to get cursed out btw.

[kaustin007, BSN, RN]

Nurses are not put into the same education category as teachers or other professions because of the high demand for nurses. This profession needed more ways to get people qualified quicker to do the different jobs that only a nurse can do. By breaking the education level and credential levels down it's much easier to get qualified people, that is why all nurses don't have to be RN's or have higher level of degrees first. It's about the demand. I'm assuming you're either a new nursing student or dont even working in nursing if you have to ask that kinda question.

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

I'm assuming you're either a new nursing student or dont even working in nursing if you have to ask that kinda question.

Actually, the person who originally posted this thread is a nurse with more than a decade of experience. She started as an LPN and is now an RN with an associate degree who is enrolled in an online RN-to-BSN completion program.

[RNsRWe, ASN, RN]

Nurses are not put into the same education category as teachers or other professions because of the high demand for nurses. This profession needed more ways to get people qualified quicker to do the different jobs that only a nurse can do. By breaking the education level and credential levels down it's much easier to get qualified people, that is why all nurses don't have to be RN's or have higher level of degrees first. It's about the demand. I'm assuming you're either a new nursing student or dont even working in nursing if you have to ask that kinda question.

What high demand for nurses? If you're referring to the reason the ADN came about at all (a 2-yr degree versus a 3-yr diploma or 4-yr degree for an RN), that shortage was identified during and after World War II. NOT a current problem at all.

So why continue to have LPNs, or ADNs? Simply put, not every nursing job requires the highest possible level of licensure, nor the highest possible level of education. "Practical" nursing is a viable way of having appropriate nursing care without incurring license/degree overkill.

[smartnurse1982]

What high demand for nurses? If you're referring to the reason the ADN came about at all (a 2-yr degree versus a 3-yr diploma or 4-yr degree for an RN), that shortage was identified during and after World War II. NOT a current problem at all.

So why continue to have LPNs, or ADNs? Simply put, not every nursing job requires the highest possible level of licensure, nor the highest possible level of education. "Practical" nursing is a viable way of having appropriate nursing care without incurring license/degree overkill.

I just know in some areas Lpn's and Bsn's are getting hired......and the ADN is left out.

That is probably the future of nursing.

The ADN will be the biggest loser.