Job shortage just for ADN or BSN as well?!

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I keep reading On Allnurses, about all the recently graduated nurses not finding jobs, etc... Most seem to have their ADN, Is this job shortage also true for graduate BSN?

Not to take anything away from people who worked their tail off to get an ADN, I was just wondering if getting a BSN over a ADN made a difference in the job hunt.

I already had an Associates degree in Criminal Justice, and did not want another associate degree. I wanted to get my bachelors degree, and I choose nursing. I live in the Midwest, and I am currently working on my BSN, this is a second career for me. I was curious what other people's thoughts were on the subject.

How long did it take for you to recieve a job offer? Where did you attend school? This is a huge concern, I don't want to put my head in the sand and think that it can't happen to me. I hear such mixed answers, it's hard to know what to think!

Specializes in NICU, ICU, PICU, Academia.

The REAL answer is this: there is a nursing shortage in SOME areas of the country, there is a nursing glut in others.

Specializes in Cardiac, CVICU.

It depends on the area. I'm in Oklahoma and you can fairly easily find jobs in rural areas and smaller hospitals with an ADN. Although, major hospitals tend to only hire experienced BSNs, which is common across the board in any location. A friend of mine that just graduated from my university with a BSN is doing a residency program with one of the major hospitals in the area. Evidently, that's pretty common if you want to quickly advance into the nicer hospital jobs.

Specializes in Cardiac, CVICU.

Also, the main clinical site for my school is a hospital about 30 mins outside of a larger metro. I used to work there about a year and a half ago. Most of the nurses that worked there were ADNs recently out of community colleges. The hospital hires these ADNs and quickly pressures them to do a RN-BSN bridge program. We had 3 LPNs in the hospital, but the hospital system won't hire anymore. The hospital rather treated CNAs as a dime a dozen; they always have new positions!

The job market depends on supply and demand. Some areas are different than others. Nursing is still a great career from an economical standpoint, but you really have to know your market and be willing to relocate, if need be.

I live in Mississippi and very close to Alabama. It seems like its half/half here. I feel like some people are getting jobs, and some are struggling finding them. I have concerns about this too, but I am pretty strong in my faith and feel like God will provide me with a job and that I just cannot be picky one little bit when a job offer comes up that may not be "where I want to be." I have done my clinicals on a cardiac floor, done one rotation in surgery, and one rotation in dialysis! I love all of those areas just not might get what I want when I first get out.. That's why I am just going to keep on trucking and go straight for my DNP. There will be a major need in the future for that!!

Yes I am in NJ and it is quite depressing to think about, That is why I got a job in a hospital so by the time I graduate hopefully I will be able to get a job there!!! Every chance I get I network and make connections with nurses I meet that are in managerial positions so when I graduate I have somewhere to begin looking.

Specializes in Case Management.

@edenk yea tell me about it but that's great you found a job and networking!

I'm trying to find a job in any field area that a nurse could work In so I could get a job when I graduate and get that one or two years nursing experience it seems every job is looking for. Hey I may even like it.

Hopefully everything works out but most likely if everything goes well I will be in pa. And maybe the job market will change in nj and other places where there is job shortage.

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