VFlutter
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A degree means you had the time and money to invest and were good at learning a text book
Sounds like you have never taken a nursing school exam, you can know the text book in and out and still fail the test lol Most schools have moved to cognitive based testing for all exams much like state board exams are. This involves a lot of critical thinking questions and scenarios, very little is memorized information from a text book. Each semester our final exams are computer tests called HESIs which are standardized kind of like the ACT/PSAT but only over one area. The teachers have no idea what topics or information will be on them and you may have half the test on information you have never heard of or studied.
I totally agree that there are good and bad practioners at every level however I do not see that as a argument that degrees are not an important part of advancing and maintaining a practioner's proficiency.
This comment is not made to offend anyone but I sure it will: this is one of those arguments that will never really be won because the two sides will never meet in the middle. The people who have a higher degree with always argue the importance of such to justify the time and money they spent and to increase their worth while the people without will always try to down play higher degrees usefulness or worth to justify not obtaining one and to avoid decreasing their value as a provider. It's just a difference of opinion and attitude, nothing really wrong with either side.