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Military Recruiting on Campus / New Hampshire's Nurse Shortage
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  Yesterday, The U-S Supreme Court ruled against colleges that want to deny military recruiters access to their campuses. The issue was prompted by Vermont Law School and 2 other colleges that say the military's "don’t' ask don't tell" policy on gays is discriminatory. We'll talk about the court's decision with John Hutson, dean of the Franklin Pierce Law Center. A shortage of nurses has prevailed at medical centers around the country for years. In New Hampshire, the effects of that shortage is taking its toll, and now, colleges and universities that train nurses are lacking adequate faculty staffing needed to train the next generation of nurses. We get details from RN Sue Fetzer, Board President of New Hampshire Nurses' Association. TONIGHT'S SONG: "Life is Like a Big Revolving Door" by the Dover band The Texas Governor. It's off the 2004 album, "Experimental". Web resources:
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As an Associate RN with 10 years experience and currently practicing in NH I found Sue Fetzers comments inaccurate and self serving. There are ample opportunities for career advancement for motivated Associate RNs. I have found no difference in salary with BSNs and would like to point out that we take the same examination to become Registered Nurses as do Bachelor Degree Nurses . I have worked as a staff nurse, assistant Director of Nursing and a traveling nurse. I am Medical Surgical Certified, a Basic Life Support Instructor, I also have my certification in Advanced Cardiac Life Saving and will be working on taking a Critical Care program. This is not to say that I am a better than a nurse with a BSN but rather that as a RN there is always room for professional advancement without an davanced degree. I found it interesting that Ms Fetzer, who should be representing all RN's, chooses to promote BSN's as more capable simply because they have spent more time, and money, in the State University system. Perhaps we sould be paying more attention to who is representing us on the Board of the New Hampshire Nurses' Association and less on trying to pit ASN's against BSN's.