If your getting BSN, are you more likely to get job?

caliotter3 · Mar 26, 2011

It depends on the prospective employer and what they are looking for. Many are not hiring, no matter what the circumstances.

finallyRN7, BSN · Mar 26, 2011

Yes, but only if you're planning to join the Army, Air Force, or Navy Nurse Corps. That is not a bad idea either. I'm a newly graduate nurse (ADN) and haven't landed an interview since becoming licensed in November. I have put in dozens of applications. I'm weighing in on alot of options. Going back to school for my BSN and going military. They're all hiring! Heck, at least then I'll know I can get a job, better yet a career in nursing and a very secure one, as well as the best benefits this country can offer.

Best wishes to you on your job hunt.

kc87t, BSN, RN, EMT-P · Mar 26, 2011

In the long run your BSN will help. But as a new grad, like I am too, having my BSN did no good. I got hired simply because the area I finally started looking in was so short staffed that they were taking anyone.

seamang2, BSN, MSN · Mar 26, 2011

FinallyRN7,

I don't want to make things look even bleaker, but the Air Force Nursing Corp is only hiring new grads through ROTC. That means that you would have had to have given at least a semester to the program and have the ability to complete at least two more semesters in the program. The Air Force is only hiring nurses with 3-4 years of experience as direct hires.

Sorry.

eeyorelov · Mar 28, 2011

NOPE, at least not in Seattle. All employers care about is experience. I have a BSN and I have been looking for almost 2 years. I was told that having the degree will mostly help in the future, some hospitals require it, but are willing to hiring if you go enroll in school with in months. Good luck with what ever you choose.

tahoe77 · Mar 31, 2011

It really depends on where you are in the country and what is the norm in that

region. Some people in some places are ok getting a job with an ADN

and some places are requiring the BSN. If you move away from the

coastal areas of the country you might have more luck.

I also think that employers are looking more at experience

but where they have a high number of candidates with bsn

and adn with equal amount of exp. they will choose a

bsn.

The military isnt a bad option either if you have the bsn.

feel for you!

Hang in there!

:redbeathe

hopefulwhoop · Apr 2, 2011

Depends on the facility, honestly. Some hospitals where I am are phasing out ADNs, so when a new RN with an ADN comes in competing with a new RN with a BSN, those hospitals would choose the BSN RN. Then, there are hospitals who think, for some reason, that ADN RNs learn faster and have better skills than BSN RNs. Those hospitals obviously would hire the ADN over the BSN. It all depends on the hospital. But, it never hurts to get a BSN. :)

SunSurfRN · Apr 13, 2011

Yes, but only if you're planning to join the Army, Air Force, or Navy Nurse Corps. That is not a bad idea either. I'm a newly graduate nurse (ADN) and haven't landed an interview since becoming licensed in November. I have put in dozens of applications. I'm weighing in on alot of options. Going back to school for my BSN and going military. They're all hiring! Heck, at least then I'll know I can get a job, better yet a career in nursing and a very secure one, as well as the best benefits this country can offer.
Best wishes to you on your job hunt.

This doesnt even circumvent the experience factor...just the BSN isnt enough anymore in this economy. Air Force wants minimum 6 months working as an RN, and the Navy 3 months (thats just reserves!)....if you get into army or Navy nurse candidate program different story.

cogath · Apr 14, 2011

I had an offer to join the Nurse Navy Corp Candidate Program when I started nursng school as my dad is a recruiter and got me in. Then I was disqualified because of my asthma :(

SunSurfRN · Apr 14, 2011

Medical qualification at MEPs is no joke...people assume its not big deal but, your processed just like an enlisted person. If you have medical issues they will disqualify you...they will also look at your height and weight.