If hospitals require 85% BSN...

[pete M]

Does that necessarily make ADN obsolete???

Supposing someone was in good standing with a Rehab Place as a CNA. Said person then gets an ADN and continues to work at said Rehab Place. Then the person attempts to apply at a Hospital.

How would having an ADN impact said persons chances of getting hired???

[csrn2011]

Do some research and you'll find that there IS a shortage

[Nurse Leigh]

Do some research and you'll find that there IS a shortage

Yes. A shortage of open positions actually being filled. Many nurses from many parts of the country are under/unemployed. Hospitals and other health care facilities are reducing the number of staff and increasing workloads. Sad state of affairs.

[csrn2011]

It depends on the area of the country too.

[joanna73, BSN, RN]

There is NO nursing shortage right now in most areas of the country. California has an almost 47% unemployment rate of nurses and

most of them are new grads.

Exactly. While there is a need, employers have decided not to fill positions. Nurses are retiring but many of those positions are not filled on purpose. If you can get your BSN, do so. It's an employers market.

[TC3200]

update: The unemployed diploma school R.N. new-grad that I mentioned above got a R.N. job in the Dallas, TX area in July 2014. She completed diploma school in Dec 2012, passed her NCLEX-RN, got licenses in PA and TX, moved to TX after deciding where she wanted to live. She worked two part-time jobs (not healthcare) after she relocated, then landed a R.N. job a couple of months later.

[TC3200]

Do some research and you'll find that there IS a shortage

Shortage is new-grads that have 15 years of nursing experience, lol. Employers don't want to train new-grads anymore. They want experienced nurses, not new-grads. Student nurses should at least try to get some nurse aide work in their portfolios while in nursing school or before nursing school so that you have some clinical experience to show potential employers.