Children's Hospitals who require a BSN

[mackjax]

Are there any Children's Hospitals (freestanding pediatric centers) who require a baccalaureate degree for their nurses?

[ENicuRN]

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

[KelRN215, BSN, RN]

Boston Children's does for its new grads. Most children's hospitals are in major metropolitan areas and most are teaching hospitals so I'd say it's likely that a large number of them do require or at least prefer BSN.

[llg, PhD, RN]

I think most of them prefer BSN's -- even if they don't necessarily "require" it in all cases.

[Kidrn911]

It's the stupid Magnet status hospitals that do.

[mackjax]

Thanks for your response- but why the adversity to Magnet status? I am a little new to it.

[KelRN215, BSN, RN]

Thanks for your response- but why the adversity to Magnet status? I am a little new to it.

Magnet is the biggest scam in nursing. I worked for the aforementioned magnet hospital for close to 5 years and in no way does it meet any of the magnet criteria.

[HouTx, BSN, MSN, EdD]

Texas Children's (Houston) only hires BSN new grads. I was told that they are working toward all-BSN by hiring mostly BSN staff - with some exceptions for highly qualified nurses.