Comments on: How to Turn a Higher Nursing Education Into Higher Earnings https://transitionsinnursing.com/how-to-turn-a-higher-nursing-education-into-higher-earnings/ Up-level your career, your income, your life Sat, 29 Mar 2014 13:59:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Alicia-Joy https://transitionsinnursing.com/how-to-turn-a-higher-nursing-education-into-higher-earnings/#comment-104 Alicia-Joy Thu, 11 Oct 2012 01:32:31 +0000 http://transitionsinnursing.com/?p=877#comment-104 Hi Jenn, It's not "only" an Associates degree. It's a degree and a profession. But I know how it is...nowadays with everyone jumping on the higher education bandwagon, with an associates you feel inept. My question is: is the trend of higher education in nursing really helping the nursing field? What are the fundamental issues within the field? Are they being alleviated with higher ed? Are work conditions improved (including unsafe staff-patient ratios), are earnings matching value provided? Is there greater respect within the medical community? I have my own answers to these questions. Also, they say patient care has improved...but who exactly is saying that. Are there statistics independent from Collegiate Associations that obviously promote higher education; it would be insane for them not to. Just questions I think we as nurses should be asking rather than rushing to incur more debt. Sorry, I digress. I am sure you contribute splendidly in the clinical setting. Be proud of it! Hi Jenn,

It’s not “only” an Associates degree. It’s a degree and a profession. But I know how it is…nowadays with everyone jumping on the higher education bandwagon, with an associates you feel inept. My question is: is the trend of higher education in nursing really helping the nursing field? What are the fundamental issues within the field? Are they being alleviated with higher ed? Are work conditions improved (including unsafe staff-patient ratios), are earnings matching value provided? Is there greater respect within the medical community? I have my own answers to these questions. Also, they say patient care has improved…but who exactly is saying that. Are there statistics independent from Collegiate Associations that obviously promote higher education; it would be insane for them not to.

Just questions I think we as nurses should be asking rather than rushing to incur more debt.

Sorry, I digress. I am sure you contribute splendidly in the clinical setting. Be proud of it!

]]> By: Jenn https://transitionsinnursing.com/how-to-turn-a-higher-nursing-education-into-higher-earnings/#comment-102 Jenn Thu, 04 Oct 2012 11:42:33 +0000 http://transitionsinnursing.com/?p=877#comment-102 Thank you for bringing this up Alicia. I only have an associates degree from a local community college. But I read and research at my leisure and I feel that I am able to contribute more in the clinical setting. Thank you for bringing this up Alicia. I only have an associates degree from a local community college. But I read and research at my leisure and I feel that I am able to contribute more in the clinical setting.

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