Need advice from Nurse Professionals

elkpark · Feb 27, 2015

Do Hospitals hire Nurses with Associates anymore? Even though I'm already working in the field, I want to be sure they hire me up but just very nervous.

This varies a great deal geographically. What you need to know is whether hospitals in your area hire ADN new grads. You can contact area hospitals and ask them about that.

If you feel comfortable disclosing here the general area/region in which you live and would plan on working, people here may be able to give you more concrete info. But your original question is too broad for anyone here to be able to help you.

Best wishes!

Anonymous1257 · Feb 27, 2015

Don't stress not going with the original direct entry MSN program, it's the most time efficient way to get to your goal, but it sounds unrealistic given the info you've shared. They are immensely time consuming, especially the accelerated RN portion. Above poster has it right, ADN hiring is area specific, but even if you can't get in at a major hospital there's always other options like clinics, LTC, rehab etc, just hunt around your area.

Wave Watcher · Feb 27, 2015

No guarantee that you will be hired with an ASN, BSN, MSN or higher degree. We can't answer that question.

It sounds like you have a lot going on in your life right now and you have already had to drop one class.....it's better to lean on the side of caution rather than going head first into the barrel and failing. Good luck!

elkpark · Feb 28, 2015

No guarantee that you will be hired with an ASN, BSN, MSN or higher degree. We can't answer that question.

No one has mentioned a "guarantee." Of course no one is "guaranteed" a job regardless of their degree, but there are a growing number of areas in the US in which it's pretty much guaranteed that a nurse (esp. a new grad) with an ADN won't be able to get hired. That's what the OP is asking about.

SierraBravo · Feb 28, 2015

OP - if you're in NY the odds are that any of the big hospitals won't hire you unless you have at least a BSN.

Rlmatsch2 · Feb 28, 2015

Thank you for all your advice, I appreciate your feedback! I'm in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. Yes, I definitely plan on continuing to get my BSN and later on, a Masters. However, I would like to get my Associates and to be hired up as a RN at my Hospital I'm already at. I'm just wondering if employers really do want the BSN? And even wonder ing if I should talk to my nurse manager about it. I just want to work as RN while doing my BSN online To help provide for my family ....

elkpark · Feb 28, 2015

If you already know which hospital you hope to work at once you finish school, it's easy enough to make inquiries at that hospital. I'm sure your current nurse manager could fill you in on the hospital's preferences for hiring nurses.

AnnieOaklyRN, BSN, RN, EMT-P · Feb 28, 2015

Like others have said, it depends on the area in which you live. I live in the Northeast and have noticed many hospital lightening up on the BSN requirement lately and I know this because I have been on the hunt for a different nursing job for a while.

I am an ADN and recently interviewed at a large teaching hospital for a position in pediatric critical care. The job is in a city that is notorious for not wanting anything to do with non BSN grads, but like I said it seems like a few hospitals are lightening up on that requirement because they realize that many experienced nurses haven't gotten their BSN yet.

It will also help if you enroll into a RN-BSN program very soon after you graduate, as I think that even opens up more doors job wise if they know your intention is to finish that.

I have sympathy for you when it comes to the work load, as I am in an RN-BSN program and decided to take two accelerated classes simultaneously. I nearly **** when I saw the amount of work, I cried at times from the stress, but did get through it. You can do it, but it involves a level of suffering!! Just keep in mind too that an ADN program will be tons of work too, nursing school always involves 'busy work' and lots of it!

Good Luck!

Annie

PacoUSA, BSN, RN · Feb 28, 2015

Speak up! If you want to be a nurse at your hospital, the right people need to know this so that they can keep you in mind when there is an opening. As a nurse manager I would rather hire someone whose work I have seen rather than someone I met from a resume.

Rlmatsch2 · Mar 1, 2015

Like others have said, it depends on the area in which you live. I live in the Northeast and have noticed many hospital lightening up on the BSN requirement lately and I know this because I have been on the hunt for a different nursing job for a while.
I am an ADN and recently interviewed at a large teaching hospital for a position in pediatric critical care. The job is in a city that is notorious for not wanting anything to do with non BSN grads, but like I said it seems like a few hospitals are lightening up on that requirement because they realize that many experienced nurses haven't gotten their BSN yet.
It will also help if you enroll into a RN-BSN program very soon after you graduate, as I think that even opens up more doors job wise if they know your intention is to finish that.
I have sympathy for you when it comes to the work load, as I am in an RN-BSN program and decided to take two accelerated classes simultaneously. I nearly **** when I saw the amount of work, I cried at times from the stress, but did get through it. You can do it, but it involves a level of suffering!! Just keep in mind too that an ADN program will be tons of work too, nursing school always involves 'busy work' and lots of it!
Good Luck!
Annie

Thank you so much for this information... I'm glad we can relate. As for workload into nursing school, absolutely --- lots of work but I'm prepared! I just would like to begin ny career a little earlier to gain experience as well keep working to support my family. Thanks again for your reply!

Nola009 · Mar 1, 2015

Thank you for all your advice, I appreciate your feedback! I'm in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. Yes, I definitely plan on continuing to get my BSN and later on, a Masters. However, I would like to get my Associates and to be hired up as a RN at my Hospital I'm already at. I'm just wondering if employers really do want the BSN? And even wonder ing if I should talk to my nurse manager about it. I just want to work as RN while doing my BSN online To help provide for my family ....

Ask your HR department. Since you already work there, your chance of getting hired in as an RN are probably greater than a random new grad BSN