Nursing school was basically,“here’s how to not kill anyone while you spend a year working to become a nurse.” They give you the license when you prove you’re unlikely to kill someone, but you don’t really have any idea what you’re doing until at least a year in and even after that 90% of nursing knowledge is still gained out on the floor.
Most university level nursing education is either specific role related (teaching or management) or useless fluff, especially standalone bachelor’s programs (you already have and have been working under an associate’s). Even NP school is mostly fluff too though unfortunately. The assumption is that the candidate is a senior nurse with several decades of experience, but in practice that’s not always true (I maintain that new grads going to NP school should be banned; it’s dangerous).
Nursing school was basically,“here’s how to not kill anyone while you spend a year working to become a nurse.” They give you the license when you prove you’re unlikely to kill someone, but you don’t really have any idea what you’re doing until at least a year in and even after that 90% of nursing knowledge is still gained out on the floor.
Most university level nursing education is either specific role related (teaching or management) or useless fluff, especially standalone bachelor’s programs (you already have and have been working under an associate’s). Even NP school is mostly fluff too though unfortunately. The assumption is that the candidate is a senior nurse with several decades of experience, but in practice that’s not always true (I maintain that new grads going to NP school should be banned; it’s dangerous).