Hospitals hiring BSN & Obamacare

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I'm wondering, with Obamacare gearing up to begin next year and baby boomers getting ready to retire, would hospitals potentially revert back to hiring ADNs again? Where I live, pretty much all of the hospitals only hire BSNs and it's discouraging as I would like to get my ADN first.

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I'd say no, that's highly unlikely to happen from what I've heard.

If you can, get your BSN. If you can't, there's nothing wrong with getting your ADN - you might just end up working outside of a hospital where there real growth will likely be.

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Not gonna happen. The BSN horse is out of the barn and is not going back. Nothing whatsoever to do with the ACA.

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I'd say no, that's highly unlikely to happen from what I've heard.

If you can, get your BSN. If you can't, there's nothing wrong with getting your ADN - you might just end up working outside of a hospital where there real growth will likely be.

I think I'd like to get my ADN and then do a bridge program. I'm just paranoid I won't be able to find a job without a BSN.

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Not gonna happen. The BSN horse is out of the barn and is not going back. Nothing whatsoever to do with the ACA.

Interesting, that's what I was thinking.

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I think I'd like to get my ADN and then do a bridge program. I'm just paranoid I won't be able to find a job without a BSN.

I'm graduating in 7 months. Woohoo! Looking at last year's class , the only ones working in hospitals were working in one during school and were hired that way. But most of the non- picky ones ARE employed. It's just in LTCs and rehab and clinics and things like that. That's really where the projected growth is, so I don't think I'd stress too much about unemployment. Just keep your options wiiiiiiiiiide open.

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I think I'd like to get my ADN and then do a bridge program. I'm just paranoid I won't be able to find a job without a BSN.

This is highly regional....depends on where you live.

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This is highly regional....depends on where you live.

And on who you know.

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This is highly regional....depends on where you live.

I live in Washington State :)

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I'm graduating in 7 months. Woohoo! Looking at last year's class , the only ones working in hospitals were working in one during school and were hired that way. But most of the non- picky ones ARE employed. It's just in LTCs and rehab and clinics and things like that. That's really where the projected growth is, so I don't think I'd stress too much about unemployment. Just keep your options wiiiiiiiiiide open.

Good to know! I've noticed the unemployed nurses are the ones that want a specific type of job and a specific shift.

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I live in Ohio & it's not hard to get a job here with your ADN. A few require your BSN but not all of them. Good luck!!

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I'm wondering, with Obamacare gearing up to begin next year and baby boomers getting ready to retire, would hospitals potentially revert back to hiring ADNs again? Where I live, pretty much all of the hospitals only hire BSNs and it's discouraging as I would like to get my ADN first.

Thought?

Why would the PPACA affect which nurses hospitals choose to hire?

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