ABSN or ADN to BSN route in Ohio?

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How everyone?

I was wondering which route would be better considering my situation. I recently left Optometry school realizing that it may not be for me and was debating between nursing and optometry before I decided on Optometry school. Now that I realize that may have not been for me I am looking into nursing again.

If I do a career in nursing I was wondering how difficult it would be to find a job in Ohio as an ADN?

It may be faster for me to become an ADN then to go get my BSN, going the route of an ABSN program is doable for me but will probably take longer before I start working as I still have a few pre-req's that is not covered by my BS in Natural Sciences.

Is becoming an ADN then going from an RN to BSN a good route in Ohio? I read on here that some hospitals are only hiring BSN's but that depends on the area you are living in. I just want to start working as soon as possible as I already have accumulated some debt from student loans and don't want to be in school forever. Thanks so much for all your help!

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Specializes in NICU.

ADN is 4 semesters (2 yrs). ABSN is usually 12-18 months (mine is 15 months) so even if you took a semester for pre-reqs, it would take you 2 yrs and you would have a BSN instead of an associate's degree.

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Yes! You can still find work in a hospital with an ADN in Ohio. A top rated hospital at that. There is one in my city that requires a Bachelors, but the other hospitals have a disclosure that you complete your BSN within 5 yrs. But, we have some really good state ABSN programs in the state. It's worth it for the same amount of time. The ABSN program I'm going for is four semesters and it looks like that's the standard in the state for an ABSN. Hope this helps.

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Thank you all for your help, may I ask, leostar which program you are referring to?

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