In a clinical environment, a nurse with a Bachelors in Science of Nursing (BSN) will without doubt be better prepared and more qualified for the job than a nurse with only an Associate’s Degree in nursing because of the knowledge of new technology and patient care methods he or she has acquired through the BSN program. In a patient care situation, such as when a patient is in a critical or frantic period or not complying, a nurse with higher level educational preparation such as a BSN diploma nurse would be able to provide better nursing care and decision making. Now a day’s more hospitals and supervisors are looking for a more educated nursing workforce. Nurses must know what they’re doing and not just do it because they are told to. It is like a parent telling a child not to press a certain button or to put on their seat belt because they told them so. This weak reason can’t support the parents objective to protect the child because they child is bound to rebel, but telling the child why they should do these things and how they affect their well-being may be a better way for the child to comply. Once the child knows that the parent bans the child from taking off his seatbelt because it could stop him from colliding with the glass in the case of an accident he is more likely to follow through with his parent’s orders. In this way, nurses must be better educated about nursing techniques and patient care so they don’t do things because they’re “supposed” to but rather because they know what the reason behind it is and what affect it has on their patients and how it benefits the future of the nursing profession. Moving on from that analogy, there was a study in the past decade in The Journal of the Medical Association which discussed the education levels of hospital nurses and surgical patient mortality. It stated that “10% increase in the