Entry Level Nurses in Hospitals Need a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing Nursing as a profession has undergone many changes with the increase in clinical research and scientific advancements . Nursing began by promoting hygiene and focusing on patient comfort. While these initial components of nursing care are still important to practice, nurses today are required to have much greater knowledge of bodily functions, conditions, and interventions. With the increase in scientific knowledge, the demands for nurses to care for the sick have increased and even more so now with the increase in the aging population. There are now specific educational requirements that people must complete to enter the workforce as a nurse (SHOULD ENTRY INTO NURSING BE BSN?). Currently, the three entry-level nurse practitioner positions include Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN), and Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). Although LPNs are rarely encountered in hospital settings as healthcare workers, there is a much larger debate about whether ADN-prepared nurses or BSN-prepared nurses are better suited to join the hospital staff. This paper will focus on advocating for prospective nursing students to obtain a BSN rather than an ADN due to increased research findings that nurses with BSN degrees have better patient outcomes and better career prospects. the basic level concerns patient outcomes in a critical context. According to (EDUCATION LEVEL) their research found that hospitals with more BSN nurses have lower levels of surgical patient mortality. Hospitals that have 10% more nurses with a bachelor's degree saw a 5% decrease in patient mortality 30 days after a... half of article ......Research has shown that nurses with a bachelor's degree have better patient outcomes with decreased mortality rates and failed lifesaving outcomes and also have better career prospects. It is for these reasons and the future of nursing as a profession that the sector cannot afford another sixty years to decide how it wants to be seen. The hospital system has required nurses to do far more and more complex work than many years ago, and it would be a disservice to nurses everywhere to prevent the sector from gaining professional status. It is for these reasons that nursing must focus on the BSN as the core education level for nurses and work hard to bring LPNs and ADNs up to par with the education level of their BSN counterparts. Nurses even at the graduate level should be encouraged to continue higher education in both clinical practice and clinical research.