Because BSN nurses have had more education, more intense education, and have spent more time becoming educated, they are better prepared to make the decision that nurses make on a daily basis. ADN nurses can make decisions, but usually they are not given supervisory jobs where they make decisions that affect not only patient care, but also other nurses. Those types of management roles are usually awarded to nurses who have obtained their Bachelor’s degree.
To be able to get an associate’s degree in nursing, usually a 2-year degree, a student is required to take lots of theory courses, but also to do a lot of clinical practices. Getting a bachelor’s degree in nursing requires the same types of classes, but a bachelor’s degree usually takes 3 to 4 years, so there is more time for more theory classes that can be applied to clinical practice. That means that BSN nurses learn to do research, become more comfortable doing research, and use evidence found in their research in their practices more than nurses with associates degrees. Anbari (2015) of Global Qualitative Nursing Research says, “Research coursework also increases the nurses’ desire to investigate and use evidence-based practice in their own nursing work” (Anbari, 2015, p. 7). Having had the opportunity to practice using evidence to solve problems makes nurses more likely to have an evidence-based practice.
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