ADN nurses NYC

Moved to the NY state forum

Many ADN nurses get hired at HHC hospitals, give that a try. Salary is 69k base.

As an employee of HHC hospital....ASN are no longer hired unless they have experience and in a BSN program. Even city hospitals which pay less than big private hospitals require /prefer BSN. And theres no shortage of BSN grads in NYC. I have no idea why ASN programs still exist when most of their graduates have to spend more money by going to a BSN program before they are even considered for a job. All ASN schools care is making money and as long as students still enroll thinking they can get a job with an ASN these schools still operate.

Hi,

I was a new graduate with an associates degree in 2013 and I was able to land a hospital position a year later. At that point I was already working as an RN in the community setting and enrolled in BSN program. I must have submitted over hundreds of applications. Just dont give up!

As an employee of HHC hospital....ASN are no longer hired unless they have experience and in a BSN program. Even city hospitals which pay less than big private hospitals require /prefer BSN. And theres no shortage of BSN grads in NYC. I have no idea why ASN programs still exist when most of their graduates have to spend more money by going to a BSN program before they are even considered for a job. All ASN schools care is making money and as long as students still enroll thinking they can get a job with an ASN these schools still operate.

Associate degree nursing programs "still exist" because in theory as well as practice nursing education is almost wholly divorced from employment. It has been that way pretty much since community college and other ADN programs sprung up to replace hospital based diploma programs.

If and or when ADN graduates are totally shut out of all nursing employment they may go the way of diploma schools (NYS has only one left way upstate somewhere IIRC), but don't look for that to happen anytime soon.

The main reason all this BSN preferred or mandated has stuck this time is the coming together at once of several forces. This includes a predicted nursing shortage never really materializing, a good number of hospitals and other facilities closing, the recent recession and economic/credit meltdown which caused a flood of inactive nurses to return to bedside and or those eligible to retire postponing that decision and finally a vast and unpredicted surge in nursing school enrollments. The last bit includes the expansion of second degree BSN and bridge RN to BSN programs.

Taken together many areas of the country are flooded with experienced and new graduate nurses. If you are a facility you are free to pick and choose including laying down heightened educational qualifications.

The last time BSN only mandates were tried it all came apart because of a nursing shortage. That event forced hospitals to go back to hiring ADN nurses to meet staffing shortages.

Far as NYC is concerned there simply aren't enough undergraduate BSN programs especially that are affordable. The three or two CUNY offerings are packed and not everyone can afford nor wants to go deep into debt for private college such as NYU. More so given the unpredictable nature of post graduate hiring.

At least with an ADN you can get a job somewhere and make money while going for the BSN. True it may not be in a top NYC hospital or even in the City, but everyone has to start somewhere.

Hi,

I was a new graduate with an associates degree in 2013 and I was able to land a hospital position a year later. At that point I was already working as an RN in the community setting and enrolled in BSN program. I must have submitted over hundreds of applications. Just dont give up!

Jennyx33 which hospital did you land a position? I currently work in NSLIJ and I'm hoping they will hire me after obtaining my ADN considering I am an employee already and I do plan to enroll in a rn-bsn program after completion.

I know three females that were employed by NSLIJ as cna's and landed RN positions with an ADN. They have to obtain their BSN within 2 or 5 years(can't remember the number). Yes, being an internal applicant "can" help, but if I were you I would make sure my face and reputation is known.

Jennyx33 which hospital did you land a position? I currently work in NSLIJ and I'm hoping they will hire me after obtaining my ADN considering I am an employee already and I do plan to enroll in a rn-bsn program after completion.

Hello, so sorry for the late reply! I currently work at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, but I believe one of the reasons why they hired me was because I went to school at Beth Israel School of Nursing. But shortly after I got hired, I started to get replies back for an interviews from other hospitals like Methodist and Lutheran. Be patient and dont give up!

Jenny, the interviews for Lutheran & Methodist, were these specialty units or med/surg?

I know three females that were employed by NSLIJ as cna's and landed RN positions with an ADN. They have to obtain their BSN within 2 or 5 years(can't remember the number). Yes, being an internal applicant "can" help, but if I were you I would make sure my face and reputation is known.

NS-LIJ announced their BSN policy a few years ago now. Any ADN nurse hired has five years to get their BSN. North Shore-LIJ Requires New Nurses to Have BSN

Yup! 5 sounds just about right. Thanks!

Jenny, the interviews for Lutheran & Methodist, were these specialty units or med/surg?

They were both for Med Surg positions. I was excited to land an interview, but it all happened after I accepted the positon already. I declined the interviews.