Usha Vijayan
Prof. Shimek

Differences in competencies of Bachelor degree nurse and Associate degree nurse

Nursing is a profession that involved within the healthcare system which is concentrated towards the care of individual, family and community. The primary goal of a nurse whether BSN or ADN is the same when it comes to patient care. When we look at nursing history, Mildred Montag started nursing education by the creation of the first ADN program as there was a huge shortage of nurses after the World War 2 and they found it successful.(2011) Hence the nursing profession became more advanced and pushed forward in innovating and accelerator ting the process of change. Today one of the major questions that one can ask is who is better a nurse? nurse with bachelor’s degree or a nurse with associate degree. Although there aren’t many differences between the two; I would say that being a BSN nurse definitely has its perks due to the fact that BSN nurses have much better knowledge of decision making, communication skills and leadership skills that could be beneficial to both the patient and the nurse. Thus, would bring one back to the question Are BSN nurses better than ADN nurses. One of the major differences between BSN and ADN nurses are the amount of time spend at education. A normal ADN degree will only take 2 years; while a BSN degree takes an average student about 4 years or more. BSN deals with theories and research based and focuses on the entire nursing profession; thus helping the nurse to be exposed to different human diversities and global perspective. When one has to work with a group a BSN nurses has the advantage or ADN nurses; BSN nurses have better leadership that their counter part. BSN nurses have a great knowledge and understanding of their subject and his or her scenario. They are more educated in terms of accessing the role,