In article <YoydnWkk_pc2YmbanZ2dnUVZ_oimnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
Norminn <norminn@earthlink.net> wrote:


Would it be fair to ask whether students aiming for nursing
management
take business, management
and econ? The degree should be fashioned for the career objective.
I
wish I could have taken
piano in place of organic chem )
Maybe not. I was turned down for an administrative nursing job
once because I did not have a BSN. I guess my BS in Public
Administration and my Masters in Health Administration were just
pieces
of paper. The job description said I had to have a BSN and by God
nothin' was getting in their way ....

Oh well now that would bother me as well. "To, Two, and Too" were
covered in first grade, there is no reason for any adult in the English
speaking world to confuse the three.

Have never understood this recent trend on insisting on nursing service
administrators have BSN degrees. But guess the days when "Head Nurses",
"Nursing Supervisors", and "Directors of Nursing" were chosen from ranks
of nurses (two and four year versions) based upon job skills and
performance has long since passed.

Sorry about that, my spell check insists on making that correction, and
do not always prevent the substitution.

I turn off all spell checks. I do a better job.

I find this trend disheartening, as a soon to be ADN graduate. I have
a 4 year degree in business administration and I would hope that the
combinations of my degrees would make me as qualified if not more than
a fellow nurse with a BSN. This has brought an interesting situation
to light for me, as I intend to go into management. I don't intend to
go into management in the traditional nursing sense as a final goal,
but that was one of the rungs of the ladder that I was planning to be
on.

It is unfortunate that nursing is an area where more help is needed
and less resources and in this case opportunities are being provided.


___
Camilla Ringler LPN-soon to be RN

I find this trend disheartening, as a soon to be ADN graduate. I have
a 4 year degree in business administration and I would hope that the
combinations of my degrees would make me as qualified if not more than
a fellow nurse with a BSN. This has brought an interesting situation
to light for me, as I intend to go into management. I don't intend to
go into management in the traditional nursing sense as a final goal,
but that was one of the rungs of the ladder that I was planning to be
on.

It is unfortunate that nursing is an area where more help is needed
and less resources and in this case opportunities are being provided.


___
Camilla Ringler LPN-soon to be RN


Desperation will prompt more incentives for nurses one of these days -

camilla_ringler@mywitcc.com wrote:

I find this trend disheartening, as a soon to be ADN graduate. I
have
a 4 year degree in business administration and I would hope that the
combinations of my degrees would make me as qualified if not more
than
a fellow nurse with a BSN. This has brought an interesting situation
to light for me, as I intend to go into management. I don't intend
to
go into management in the traditional nursing sense as a final goal,
but that was one of the rungs of the ladder that I was planning to
be
on.

It is unfortunate that nursing is an area where more help is needed
and less resources and in this case opportunities are being provided.


___
Camilla Ringler LPN-soon to be RN


Desperation will prompt more incentives for nurses one of these days -
it won't be long. I sent
my favorite canditate an email today with some thoughts about nursing.

In the meantime, don't be discouraged. You have a great plus and
there
will be great opportunities.
I have known some great nurses, but they don't tend to be good
managers. Nurses and biz are
polar opposites but the need for a combination is only going to grow.
Bean counters just want to
count hours, and to hell with nursing care. A nurse who counts beans
knows where to put them )