Florida Hospital College No Longer Offering AS Just BSN

[Preeps]

I graduated a few years ago with my AS degree from Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences. I was very surprised to hear that starting this October they are no longer offering an associates degree program, just a BS degree. I've also heard that Florida Hospital has turned down students who graduated from their school with the associates degree saying at this time they are only hiring grads with Bs degrees. I don't know if this is because there is no longer a nursing shortage and the don't feel the need to get nurses out into the hospitals or what to think. Anyone have any thoughts?

[elkpark]

There was another thread within the last week or so talking about how a college (in Philadelphia, I think) had announced it was suspending its ADN program (because hospitals in the area are only hiring BSNs). I think that's admirable of the schools, to stop taking students into a degree program with which they will have a hard time finding a job in the immediate area. Think about it, lots of schools would be happy to keep accepting students into a program and taking their money, and it's your tough luck if you can't get a job when you're finished -- not their problem!

These schools can always reopen the AS programs if/when employment conditions change in the future.