Will an ADN = A High School Diploma?

Thanks for the responses. I saw where my thread was correctly moved to and looked at other threads similar to this topic. What I have gathered is it depends on where you live or the hospital. In other threads I read, some are experiencing hospitals who are turning away ADNs and only hiring BSNs or higher. At my former job (Research industry), they will not hire anyone who doesn't hold at least a Bachelors.

Moogie, to answer your question, when I decided to go in the healthcare field, I originally looked at LPN as it was a one year program and wanted to start working. But, my aunt who lives in Georgia, advised me not to take that route as LPNs at her hospital are being let go. That hospital is no longer hiring LPNs and the current LPNs working there are soon to be retired. So I then thought I would spend 2 years to get an ADN, well then realized there are Accelerated BSN programs in my area that are 15 months, so that's the route I'm going to take.

So as you can see alot of things peek my question. I personally know nurses who have either a nursing diploma or an ADN who are so knowledgeable in the field and couldn't image them being turned away just because they don't hold at least the BSN. Even though I'll hold a BSN, I plan on having them as my teachers and feeding off their knowledge.