BSN vs ADN and Residency

[newbie2020]

Hello Everybody. My plans have been to enter a two year program beginning in the Fall of 2018. I am recently reading that with an ADN you pretty much need to get into and complete a one year residency program to even get hired by a hospital. In the meantime, over the last few years, I have been working on my BS (General Studies) and have accumulated 88 out of 129 hours. So here are my questions:

1. If I get my BS and then do a one year second degree to get my BSN, will a residency program still be as necessary to get hired?

2. Is the talk of residency programs to get hired, over-hyped?

3. By BS will take three semesters (full time) to complete, and then two to three to complete the fast track BSN (and cost more), vs 4 semesters to complete ADN --- feeling torn on what to do..weigh in with your experiences.

Thank you!