Hi everybody! I'm a new member, and would like some help with a debate project I am  working on. i am currently in my senior year for my BSN, (I went back to school) and one of the class projects is debating the pros and cons of ADN and BSN prepared nurses. My team is on the con side, in other words we "support" the notion that ADN prepared nurses are as well prepared as BSN nurses, and that there should not be any difference between ADN's and BSN's. Of course the other side is supporting BSN's as being the bare minimum requirement for employment among other reasons for having BSN nurses only caring for our patients. Any thoughts? All comments will be appriciated!!!!

ADN/BSN::::::::::   easy   dont put off getting your BSN.  I did, and now  that everybody in Northwest Georgia who knows my mother <she's a travel agent and her mouth travels faster than any jet I saw on TV.  As a disabled human who still has her nursing license active, I know I'll never be able to work where I was happiest <homehealth with my sweet elderly folk>.  Im a walking workers comp claim.  I plan on getting my BS but in Healthcare Administration, I think.  No hands on patient care but I would still be in health care.  I have MS, but MS doesnt have me...............Im blessed and know many have it much worse than I do.  My advice to those ADN'S who say they are "as good as the BSN"............yup........but when they realize the thing they want more requires the BSN, maybe they'll listen.  I wanted my WOCN more than anything.  I know its not as glamorous as nurse practitioner or other higher levels of education, but it truly made me happy.  Anyhow more doors open professionally for BSN's than ADN's.     Cheers, and toodles!