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markodochartaigh

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27. I have an associate's in nursing.

Sun Nov 23, 2025, 07:42 PM

Nov 23

The town where I lived had a diploma program, an associate's program, and a bachelor's program. The diploma program was going away, this was in 1981. The associate's program had a 100% pass rate on boards, and the bachelor's program had a pass rate in the 70's and was in constant danger of probation.
In my experience there was little if any difference between bachelor's and associate's degree nurses on the floor, unless you knew someone well you rarely knew which degree they had. The absolute best nurses were the diploma nurses. Always.
The first nurse that I saw actually kill a patient had a master's degree.
And I knew a number of nurses with bachelor's degrees who simply hated patient care, got their master's and went into management. It was good that they were off the floor, but the only reason that they weren't terrible managers is that they were almost never around.
I think that nursing is a job where it is the person, not the degree which matters. But then I think that about a lot of jobs.

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I have an associate's in nursing. markodochartaigh Nov 23 #27

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