AA or BSN Routes in New York - Please Help!!!

[eelmara]

I am from the D.C. Metropolitan area and want to move to New York for my RN. I have my B.S. in Community Health. Does anyone have any suggestions on which route I should take?

I know around here, after going through an A.A. program, work usually pays for you to go back to school and get your BSN (I'm not sure if that is the case in NY). Personally, I would like to just get it over with and go for the Accelerated/Second-Degree route, but my GPA is weak. However, I do have work experience and am planning to take my TEAS. I know re-taking courses would be my best bet to raise my GPA but it is expensive and I work full-time. Are there any programs that weigh experience,TEA scores over GPA and conduct interviews? I think I would do great in-person, but not that great on paper.

Please give me any suggestions regarding RN routes! I am open to both AA and ABSN routes. I just want to get there!!

I greatly appreciate it!!!

All the best!

Edit: ** Associates in Nursing

Also, what is it like for jobs after school with BSN vs. Associates in NY? I know BSN is highly preferred, but is it impossible to get hired in a hospital?

Thanks!

[RNsRWe, ASN, RN]

If your GPA is weak, I'm not so sure an accelarated program is your best bet. It's a fast-paced, intense program and if you didn't do well in a traditional setting you aren't likely to do well in that.

No facility is going to pay for you to get a BSN; at most you will find some employers who do offer tuition assistance to current employees after they have been employed there for some time. This will pay for part of the cost, you can expect to pay the bulk. An AA degree won't mean much of anything when it comes to nursing; did you mean Associate in Science in Nursing (ASN or ADN)?

[eelmara]

Thank you for your reply.

My last credit hours are fine, however I did struggle freshman/soph. year of undergrad.

And yes, I meant an Associates in Nursing- thank you I should clarify that.

[Sizzline]

All of the schools in my area of NY accept based almost entirely on GPA. TEAS scores are considered, but carry much less weight. They tend to base acceptance first on the GPAs of the sciences (A&Ps, Micro, etc), then overall GPA, then TEAS.

It is also very hard to get a hospital job without a BSN, too. Everyone in my program that is looking to work in a hospital-based program is planning on doing an online RN-to-BSN program while working in a different area to gain some experience, then applying for hospital jobs after they attain their BSN.