Ok so this comment came up in one of the nursing communities I'm in, and it kind of irked me. Actually it more than 'kind of' irked me, it bothered me. A LOT
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From the perspective of somebody who only deals with nurses when she visits the doctor's office... I just want to see the RN next to your name. It's pretty easy to see the difference between a competent worker and an incompetent worker - it doesn't take a degree in the subject to see that one way or the other.
From the perspective of somebody who went to college in Canada and works in the US... I can't believe some of what they pass for a degree around here. Some of it is absolutely ridiculous. We had an intern apply a few months ago who was getting a degree in business and administration; when I asked him what sort of classes he took that were relevant to such a degree the most he could tell me was "communications" and a class in interpersonal behaviour. That's IT. Yet, his degree will say business and administration on it.
Ditto. As long as you're not like the last lab nurse I had that had to jab my arm four times to draw blood, it doesn't really matter to me.
I think the differences between the two programs around here is that if you have a BSN you've taken not only basic general eds (english comp, sociology, etc) but probably some management courses and some health administration/policy type stuff. So to the general public, probably doesn't matter much... but to an administrator looking to hire someone to move up in the ranks, I could see it possibly being a nudge in the positive direction....
tyskkvinna - I'm going to guess that your applicant was either a). an underclassman or b). just really sucked at interviewing. I have a BS in Business Administration as well... and I spent the first year taking communications and behavior type stuff before I got into general accounting, finance and management in my sophomore year... didn't even touch anything related to my major (international business) until the second half of my junior year.
I think that diploma nurses are better trained clinically and have better critical thinking skills. The BSN seems to focus more on research and community health. I don't think it makes a better nurse at all.
I was a CNA, and then a LPN before I went back and got my ASN. I would not trade those clinical experiences for anything. I understand why they phased out diploma nurses but I think that a key element of bedside nursing has been lost.
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From the perspective of somebody who went to college in Canada and works in the US... I can't believe some of what they pass for a degree around here. Some of it is absolutely ridiculous. We had an intern apply a few months ago who was getting a degree in business and administration; when I asked him what sort of classes he took that were relevant to such a degree the most he could tell me was "communications" and a class in interpersonal behaviour. That's IT. Yet, his degree will say business and administration on it.
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I think the differences between the two programs around here is that if you have a BSN you've taken not only basic general eds (english comp, sociology, etc) but probably some management courses and some health administration/policy type stuff. So to the general public, probably doesn't matter much... but to an administrator looking to hire someone to move up in the ranks, I could see it possibly being a nudge in the positive direction....
tyskkvinna - I'm going to guess that your applicant was either a). an underclassman or b). just really sucked at interviewing. I have a BS in Business Administration as well... and I spent the first year taking communications and behavior type stuff before I got into general accounting, finance and management in my sophomore year... didn't even touch anything related to my major (international business) until the second half of my junior year.
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I was a CNA, and then a LPN before I went back and got my ASN. I would not trade those clinical experiences for anything.
I understand why they phased out diploma nurses but I think that a key element of bedside nursing has been lost.
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