getting hired in a hospital with an associates degree?

allnurses Guide · Feb 12, 2017

Most, if not all, major cities that meet your qualifications already have all the new grad nurses they need and then some...all of which translates down into no ASNs in acute care, because they do not have to. The applicant pool is enormous and the jobs available to new grads few. You are going to have to sacrifice some of your ideal living situation to get the experience you desire. As an aside, I have yet to go to any city that has the kind of public transportation solutions that NYC has.

Look at smaller cities or towns and you will be employed very quickly.

sallyrnrrt, ADN, RN · Feb 12, 2017

When I lived and worked in Wash.DC, It was actually inconvient to have a car......(mid seventies)

Jules A, MSN · Feb 12, 2017

When I lived and worked in Wash.DC, It was actually inconvient to have a car......(mid seventies)

Driving and attempting to park in the District is still horrendous.

Bo,RN · Feb 12, 2017

Atlanta, GA has many hospitals that will hire ADN nurses. Most listings "Prefer BSN" but there are so many openings that most hospitals within 50 miles have sign on bonuses right now and will gladly hire ADN.

Archerlpvn, LPN, LVN · Feb 12, 2017

Is LA really all that pedestrian friendly, or do you really need a car? I wondered about that when the OP tossed LA out as a possibility.

if you're smack dab in downtown, yes it is pedestrian friendly. Los Angeles city proper has a pretty good public transportation system too.

imagenthings · Feb 12, 2017

Go to Lincoln Hospital. They love new grads with associate degrees and you are more likely to get on staff right away than someone with a BSc and experience. They leave. I asked someone on staff what was the reason for this, she said, and I quote, "Associate degrees are more likely to stay because not many places will hire them, so we take them to decrease nursing staff turnover". If you speak spanish it is almost guaranteed you have a job there.

DahliaDaisy, RN · Feb 12, 2017

Come upstate to Syracuse ( 4 hr drive). Medicine is the #1 industry here and grads from my community college ASN program get hired before they graduate and practically in any specialty they want ! You could put in 2 years, save a TON of money while getting your BSN and then go wherever you want. A two bedroom apartment here costs about $650-$850, and you can get one close to the hospitals which also happen to be close to our downtown and cultural areas.

DowntheRiver · Feb 12, 2017

Somebody already mentioned Florida so I second Florida, just not Miami - an article JUST came out saying that housing prices and the housing market in Miami are equivalent to San Francisco and worse than NYC!

cocoa_puff · Feb 12, 2017

I've heard from a classmate who moved to the east coast that hospitals in DC are hiring new grads with associates degrees, as long as they complete their BSN within a specified amount of time. There are big cities further out west that hire new grads, but I don't know if you want to move that far away from NY.

eliskathenurse · Feb 12, 2017

Chicago!

foggnm · Feb 12, 2017

It is still an RN license so shouldn't be a hang-up anywhere. An RN is an RN is an RN. I think some facilities 'like' to have BSNs, but it is not a requirement for hiring.

RobbiRN, RN · Feb 12, 2017

Everline is right. The sunshine and the beach more than make up for it. The pay is lower, but the cost of living is significantly less here than many parts of the country. Our hospital takes new grad ASN's straight into the ER, but the stated target is to have 50% BSN's by 2020. It's been awhile, but the last number I heard thrown out there was that FL has a nursing shortage of about 30,000. Come on down. Everyone over 80 already did; someone has to take care of them.