Hospitals no longer hiring nurses with their ADN?

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I keep reading that places are only hiring nurses with their BSN. Is this true? If it is, where is it that this is going on and do you know by experience or hear, say? I am just now getting started in an ADN program and would be completely bummed to find out that it could mean nothing at the end of my journey. I plan to get into an RN to MS program after working for a year. I live in Houston Texas and plan to stay here. I hope to somehow get a job in TMC as a new grad as I hear that they accept new grads every year. However this issue with the ADN vs BSN is really making me freak. I'd hate to waste my time on a degree if it truly will not be acknowledged. I would really like to get more informed on this topic. Thanks

Specializes in Pediatrics.

So I plan on moving to Houston next spring and will start looking for job at the beginning of the year. I have an ADN, with 2 yrs experience, but I also have a Bachelor's of Science in Health Science. Does this help my chances of finding a job? Or does me not having a BSN look bad...even though I have a Bachelor's in a field not related to nursing?

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These days, if a place says they are only hiring BSNs, that doesn't mean BSN=job. It means that place isn't hiring many nurses, period!

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