ADN not nationally accredited, BSN is

[KellyVT]

I just wrapped up two 5 week nursing courses (med term and dosage calc) and A and P II this summer and am set to continue in my ADN program. Before enrollment, I contacted 5 of the local universities (and one college) who all offer an RN to BSN program that is nationally accredited, and they all either have a reciprocation agreement with my community college program, or they will accept my degree. I plan on entering a bridge program as soon as I graduate. My question is, if the ADN is not nationally (but it is regionally) accredited, and my BSN is, do the hospitals that require you to be a graduate of an accredited program look at both, or just your BSN? Or in your experience, is it just going to depend on the hospital.

Thank you.

[coffeetalker]

A nursing license is a nursing license, a BSN is not required to have a nursing license. Some hospitals are requiring that new grads sign an agreement hat new RN hires will complete a BSN within a certain time frame. A RN license is transferrable to other states- often referred to as 'compact' states. I also hear that these days some hospital systems are only taking new grads from colleges with a specific accreditation. Hope that helps

[bellakat]

Some hospital's do have policy's about only hiring nurses from accredited schools. I would think that they would only look at your bachelors, since is the higher level of education. I have researched in my area, and noticed that usually people who go to schools that are not accredited or that don't have the best reputation(for profit) end up working in LTC. So you could probably find a job in Ltc while your still doing your BSN. But who knows maybe where you live hospitals won't have a problem with your ADN, I would still apply to see.