Is ADN sufficient to ba trauma RN?

[lena04]

I am in my thirties and have no desires to be a head RN or anyone's boss. I have passed the TEAS, taking micro starting next week, and hopefully transferring to Georgia Perimeter College to acquire my ADN. I would like to hurry up and start my career as I am not getting any younger. Would I be able to be hired as a trauma RN if I only possess an ADN? Are the rumors true that many medical facilities are only hiring nurses with their BSN? Any insight is greatly appreciated.

[Here.I.Stand, BSN, RN]

Which part? ADN sufficient.....that's self explanatory. We have all the critical thinking skills and nursing knowledge we need. BSN being research, management & public health.......look at the curriculum. I quit the BSN program once. Been there, done that?

True, but unfortunately it doesn't matter if the hospitals won't hire the ADN.

[Racer15, BSN, RN]

I've been an ER nurse close to three years. I was hired on as a new grad ADN. Just depends on the facility.

[sallyrnrrt, ADN, RN]

My diploma program never stopped me, and I have been coordinator and sups. of ERs

but I have over four decades of experience.

Rural markets today, might be more accessible .... I don't think the major teaching hospitals I had success with, are as easy to acquire position today, with current pushes for mag. status.

[adnrnstudent, ASN, RN]

And you base this on what?

Wade forgot to include paper writing skills, however he may have meant that when he said research. I think he made a mistake by including management.

I know when I have my heart attack I want to be sure my nurse can write a mean APA paper.

To the OP, yes a ADN is sufficient since a BSN possesses no additional skills, however since school teachers with PhD's have taken over nursing, Magnet hospitals in your area may want a BSN. Not all magnet hospitals though, many are lying in Chicago at least and still hire plenty of ADN's.

[Ruger8mm]

Now that's funny.

I guess I used management and leadership interchangeably.

[RNRy]

Get the BSN; you are going to have to sooner or later. There are 3 hospitals in the city where I work. All 3 will hire ADN nurses, but you have to sign a contract stating you will enroll in a BSN program within 2 years. The organizations will "grandfather in" some ADN nurses, but they are limited in regards to upward mobility. Agree with it or not, that's the wave of the future.

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[RNRy]

I didn't learn strictly about public health nursing, leadership, and research while completing my RN-BSN program. I also had a pathophysiology course, advanced assessment course, and informatics course.

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[VANurse2010]

Get the BSN; you are going to have to sooner or later. There are 3 hospitals in the city where I work. All 3 will hire ADN nurses, but you have to sign a contract stating you will enroll in a BSN program within 2 years. The organizations will "grandfather in" some ADN nurses, but they are limited in regards to upward mobility. Agree with it or not, that's the wave of the future.

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or until it's no longer an employers' market.

[RNRy]

or until it's no longer an employers' market.

I guess you can hold out hope that the tides will turn - maybe they will, maybe the won't. In the meantime, those with a BSN or ADNs with years and years of experience (not the new grad ADNs) will be getting the sought after jobs.

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[Palliative Care, DNP]

In my area the answer would be no. Area hospitals here are only hiring BSNs and have given deadline for current employees to earn their BSN. Good luck!

[MunoRN, RN]

The latest data on 6-month job placement rates for ADNs compared to BSNs is 62% for ADN grads and 71% for BSN grads, different but not as different as some would have you believe. Talk to the managers or HR in your area (whoever actually does the hiring) and find out what the actual outlook is.

[HopefulRN4]

If you can go to for your BSN , not because you get additional training , in the contrary ADN nurses practice more skills , but just because the majority of the hospitals only want to hire BSN.