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Anyone knows any BSN-only hospitals, preferably in CA? Thx a lot!!! :nurse:

Ex: Advocate Christ & Hope Children's Hospital (in Illinois)

Specializes in OB-Gyn/Primary Care/Ambulatory Leadership.
Magnet facilities are required to have a certain percentage of BSN nurses, in order to maintain Magnet status from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).

Does anyone have a link to information on this requirement? I hear it as a "requirement" all the time, but I don't believe it's accurate.

The only thing I could find in the ANCC website was specifically for CNOs, Nurse Managers and Nurse Leaders. Nothing addressing staff RNs and a minimum degree requirement.

I can tell you from personal experience that I've worked for two magnet hospitals in Denver, and neither of them have EVER mentioned a requirement of me going back to school to get a BSN at any point. The only thing that was ever addressed was that one facility requires a BSN to get into their nurse residency program (new grad program).

From the ANCC FAQ:

Chief Nursing Officer

Effective 2003 - The CNO must have at a minimum, a master's degree at the time of application. If the master's degree is not in nursing then either a baccalaureate degree or doctoral degree must be in nursing. The requirement must be maintained throughout the application phase, review phase, and designation as a Magnet organization. Appointees as interim CNOs must also comply with this requirement.

Nurse Managers

A Registered Nurse with 24 hour/7day accountability for the overall supervision of all Registered Nurses and other healthcare providers in an inpatient or outpatient area. The Nurse Manager is typically responsible for recruitment and retention, performance review, and professional development; involved in the budget formulation and quality outcomes; and helps to plan for, organize and lead the delivery of nursing care for a designated patient care area.

Effective 1/1/2011 (at time of application) – 75% Nurse Managers must have a degree in nursing

(baccalaureate or graduate degree)

Effective 1/1/2013 (at time of application) – 100% Nurse Managers must have a degree in nursing

(baccalaureate or graduate degree)

Nurse Leaders

Those nurse leaders with line authority over multiple units that have RNs working clinically and those nurse leaders who are positioned on the organizational chart between the nurse manager and the CNO.

Effective 1/1/2013 (at time of application) – 100% of nurse leaders must have a degree in nursing

(baccalaureate or graduate degree)

Specializes in ED, Telemetry,Hospice, ICU, Supervisor.
Anyone knows any BSN-only hospitals, preferably in CA? Thx a lot!!! :nurse:

Ex: Advocate Christ & Hope Children's Hospital (in Illinois)

Check out the Veteran Affair Hospitals, they only hire BSN from what I was told. There may be some ADN still working in the system probably cause they were there before policy change. But as of now and the future, you may want to look at those Hospitals.

Specializes in OB-Gyn/Primary Care/Ambulatory Leadership.

Unless the VA has changed their policy (and it would be a federal policy change) in the last 5 years, then the VA also hires ADN nurses.

Specializes in ED, Telemetry,Hospice, ICU, Supervisor.
Unless the VA has changed their policy (and it would be a federal policy change) in the last 5 years, then the VA also hires ADN nurses.

Just went back to double check on something and yeah you were right. On their site under requirements on paper for VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System it says " Bachelors degree in nursing preferred". I was told wrong then, which is now really starting to bug me as why they would say the no longer hires ADNs anymore.

Specializes in acute care then Home health.

So I was subbing as a school nurse in PA for the past two weeks mainly as a favor to my agency cuz it paid crap... I have an ADN degree btw... When they put in for an emergency school nurse certification for me, they denied the cert because I didn't have a BSN. So let me see, I can put somebody under conscious sedation and push enough narcotics per day to put down a herd of cattle, but I cant put a baindaid on a whinny kids finger?? Seems half backwards ta me.

Specializes in OB-Gyn/Primary Care/Ambulatory Leadership.

Health Departments (public health nursing) generally require a BSN. Nurse-Family Partnership requires a BSN, as well.

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