BSN needed to work in Texas?

[shoecrazynurse]

So I've heard this God awfull rumor that you absolutelly NEED, and HAVE to have your BSN to work in the state of Texas. I'd never heard of this before, and frankly sounds kinda silly, but hey, it might be true.

So I'm asking any Texas RN's ... is this true? Do you guys all have your BSN?

[greenfiremajick]

Yeah right ?

dthfytr said:

Ahem...."ladies"? 3 dudes and 1 dudette responded! Is it true that in the state of California all nurses have to be ladies?

[NeoNurseTX, RN]

Some hospitals, yes. Most don't require it though!

[RachH]

Depends on where you're talking about. When I lived in Austin, no one cared about RN or BSN. Here in the Houston Med Center, it seems like they only want to hire BSN new grads (I don't know about experienced nurses.) Methodist requires a BSN and MD Anderson was only taking BSN students in their externship applications.

[One2gofst]

No, you don't have to have a BSN. You still might want to not pursue it, though. They require all nurses be able to differentiate a male from female.

[NursePati87]

HawkinsRV is correct...here in the Houston Texas Medical Center Memorial Hermann, MD Anderson, and Methodist all require a BSN. St.Lukes, Ben Taub, and LBJ accept ADNs but prefer BSNs...you may think wow there are so many hospitals here so it should be easy to get a job right? Wrong...there are so many applicants for a couple of positions at each hospital that you almost have to be a genius with prior healthcare experience (ex. paramedic, emt) to even land a job right after graduation.

[GeauxNursing]

not true.

[linz07]

Magnet hospitals usually put BSN preffered on their job postings here in Texas. My hospital does this. I am working on my BSN but it's just because I need it to pursue my master's degree.

[OutlawNurse86, BSN, RN]

Also, around here, the pay difference between BSN and ADN is only about 25 cents/hr. If that much...The ADN programs in my area focus on clinical experience whereas the BSN programs have less clinical hours but more theory and management courses.

[txspadequeenRN, BSN, RN]

not true will ......never be true

[NeoNurseTX, RN]

Also, around here, the pay difference between BSN and ADN is only about 25 cents/hr. If that much...The ADN programs in my area focus on clinical experience whereas the BSN programs have less clinical hours but more theory and management courses.

I've never worked anywhere where you got a pay difference for BSN. Recently my hospital made BSNs required for new hires though.

[Mrs.Rollins, ASN, RN]

If you're planning on working in the Dallas area I'd be a lot more concerned about Group One than about having your BSN.

I work in the Houston medical center for one of the big ones (I won't say which) and have an ADN. None of the facilities in the medical center would hire me as a new grad ADN (despite graduating valedictorian and Magna Cum Laude, with various clinical excellence awards, having worked in a cath lab prior to nursing school, and having 120 hours direct care ICU experience prior to graduating). They wouldn't even let me apply. And you know what? That's just fine. I got my experience somewhere else and came back later. I'm happy and you will be, too.

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

I have an associates degree.

By the way, there is not one state in the U.S. that requires RNs to possess the BSN degree. The associates degree and/or diploma are still the entry-level routes to an RN license and employment in the U.S.