Competency Differences Between ADN And BSN Prepared Nurses
Competency Differences Between ADN and BSN Prepared Nurses
April 11, 2014
Competency Differences Between ADN and BSN Prepared Nurses
The difference in competencies between nurses prepared at an associate degree level versus a nurse prepared at the baccalaureate degree level has been a debated controversy since the 1960’s and steadily growing in the United States over the past decade. While both levels of degrees will permit a nursing student to take the NCLEX exam, there are differences in how these nurses were prepared to enter in to the field of nursing. Education seems to be more pronounced amongst nurses carrying a baccalaureate degree.
Nurses that acquire an associate degree do not have the extent of education in their 2 year course of study as opposed to the nurse holding a BSN with a 4 year course of study. The associate level degree nurse is trained as a more technical nurse as where the “baccalaureate prepared nurse is trained to incorporate roles of assessing, critical thinking, communication, providing care, teaching and leading” ("GCU college of Nursing Philosophy," 2011, p. 2). However, they both sit for the same licensing examination test, the NCLEX. “The NCLX test for minimum technical competency for safe entry into basic nursing practice. This exam does not test for …show more content…
In a policy statement issued in May 2010, the Tri-Council for Nursing finds that “without a more educated nursing workforce, the nation’s health will be further at risk” It is key to provide our nurses with the education and skills that both degrees entitle. By providing additional studies in humanities, the sciences and expanded course work, the merging field of nursing provides a broader scope of practice that can be applied to make the nurses of our nation to become the best they could ever
April 11, 2014
Competency Differences Between ADN and BSN Prepared Nurses
The difference in competencies between nurses prepared at an associate degree level versus a nurse prepared at the baccalaureate degree level has been a debated controversy since the 1960’s and steadily growing in the United States over the past decade. While both levels of degrees will permit a nursing student to take the NCLEX exam, there are differences in how these nurses were prepared to enter in to the field of nursing. Education seems to be more pronounced amongst nurses carrying a baccalaureate degree.
Nurses that acquire an associate degree do not have the extent of education in their 2 year course of study as opposed to the nurse holding a BSN with a 4 year course of study. The associate level degree nurse is trained as a more technical nurse as where the “baccalaureate prepared nurse is trained to incorporate roles of assessing, critical thinking, communication, providing care, teaching and leading” ("GCU college of Nursing Philosophy," 2011, p. 2). However, they both sit for the same licensing examination test, the NCLEX. “The NCLX test for minimum technical competency for safe entry into basic nursing practice. This exam does not test for …show more content…
In a policy statement issued in May 2010, the Tri-Council for Nursing finds that “without a more educated nursing workforce, the nation’s health will be further at risk” It is key to provide our nurses with the education and skills that both degrees entitle. By providing additional studies in humanities, the sciences and expanded course work, the merging field of nursing provides a broader scope of practice that can be applied to make the nurses of our nation to become the best they could ever