Not sure how a thread about WSU's enrollment and research declines, etc. led us to a discussion of 2-year degrees. That' why have these things called community colleges, of which Washington has over 30.
I don't know what all specifically is included in a BSN program that is not in an RN program. And yes the argument that a 4-year degree of any kind includes a bunch of bullshit GUR's that have nothing to do with your ultimate profession is a valid argument. I certainly never applied my biology or Enviro Sci or biology courses. But a 4-year degree is supposed to round you out, among other things. And WSU is a 4-year university. Frankly what bothers me is this explosion of 100% online degrees. Part of the college experience is supposed to be growing as a person and learning to deal with other humans on your way to becoming a full-fledged adult.
And to comment on another post, I believe that every state in the country allows RN's to practice.
Explore RN requirements by state, including initial RN license requests, transfers, or renewals.
nursejournal.org
I don't know either how 2 year degrees got into thread.
But once it did, once somebody seemed to say that a 2 year RN degree either doesn't exist or isn't feasible, or isn't honored, that places don't hire 2 year RN degrees, etc, then since that's false, and since I know how it works, because I researched it, because of my interest in maybe becoming a RN, I commented.
About the end of your comment where you say that every state in country allows all RN's to practice, then posted the link.
Your right. Every state does allow RN's to practice. You seem to have misunderstood.
I either did not say an or was not trying to say that some states don't accept RN's. All states do accept RN's.
What I was either saying an or trying to say is that some states DO NOT ACCEPT 2, TWO YEAR DEGREE RN's.
ALL states accept 4, FOUR YEAR DEGREE RN's.
Your link says the words RN LICENSING REQUIREMENTS BY STATE.
What that means is that states have RN LICENSING requirements. What that means is that not all RN's are LICENSED(Ok to work, hireable, etc), and not ALL RN's meet a states requirements to be LICENSED.
There are states that say that 2 year degree RN's are NOT eligible to be licensed.
A example of what I'm talking about, and I used Utah and Arizona as examples, is that Utah does have 2 year RN degrees, so you can go to either a community college, 4 year college, and get a 2 year RN degree there in Utah.
Arizona LICENSES 2 year degree RN's.
There are some states that are not like Utah, Arizona, that do not LICENSE 2 year degree RN's.
Every state licenses 4 year degree RN's.
So when you say that all states accept ALL RN's that's only partially true.
The point to the comment I made was to point out that 2 year RN degrees are not pointless as a poster said, because there are states that do, offer 2 year RN degrees, and there are states that accept, license 2 year degree RN's.