A nurse is comparing the diploma program with the associate's degree program. The nurse identifies which of the following as features of the diploma program and different from that of the associate's degree program?

Question

a. The diploma degree allows the nurse to work in specific specialties.
b. The diploma degree allows the nurse to earn different wages at the same facility.
c. The diploma and ADN programs each have a national licensure exam specific to their program.
d. Graduates of the diploma program are of-ten hired into the hospital where they completed their program.

Answer 1

D
Graduates of the diploma program are often hired into the hospitals where they completed their programs. This creates an easier transition for the new nurse. Graduates of both the diploma pro-gram and the associates program are not restricted in the specialties they choose to work in, wages are not limited by either degree program, and all nurses take the same licensure exam re-gardless of degree program.