Non-Nursing Bachelors RN

[callinshotz]

Just curious. I am in Dallas. Does anyone know if you can get hired with an rn and non nursing bachelors degree in a hospital? I have a bachelors in healthcare Studies which is just a pre-med degree. I was looking at the rn to msn degree program at TWU but they don’t award a bsn to students who already hold a bachelors degree.

[Nurse SMS, MSN, RN]

On 9/4/2019 at 12:23 PM, callinshotz said:

I’m hoping that because I’ll be concurrently enrolled in a bsn program during my adn program and upon graduation I will start my bsn classes 2 weeks late, they will see that I am going to finish quickly. I already have science degree. I only have to take 10 bsn classes all nursing. Here I Texas they want to only hire BSN in their residency programs and straight to the floor. I just want to make sure I can still get hired eighth out of school. I’ve come so far and I hope I still won’t have another door before I reach my destination.

Dallas is a very tight new grad market. You will face an uphill battle even if you were applying with a BSN. As an ASN nurse it will be even more challenging. Seeing that you will finish quickly is not going to register with the software that screens out candidates who don’t meet the criteria and your non nursing degree won’t hit that filter.

As a hiring manager, I would not see you being in school during your residency as a positive. Residences, at least in my hospital, are already a full time academic and clinical program. I would anticipate that something will have to give.

It’s not impossible but it’s definitely not likely is the bottom line. DFW has more new grads than they have acute care jobs. We literally get hundreds of applications for each residency slot. I wish you good luck.

[callinshotz, LVN, RN]

1 hour ago, not.done.yet said:

Dallas is a very tight new grad market. You will face an uphill battle even if you were applying with a BSN. As an ASN nurse it will be even more challenging. Seeing that you will finish quickly is not going to register with the software that screens out candidates who don’t meet the criteria and your non nursing degree won’t hit that filter.

As a hiring manager, I would not see you being in school during your residency as a positive. Residences, at least in my hospital, are already a full time academic and clinical program. I would anticipate that something will have to give.

It’s not impossible but it’s definitely not likely is the bottom line. DFW has more new grads than they have acute care jobs. We literally get hundreds of applications for each residency slot. I wish you good luck.

Would I have better chances if I already work for the hospital?

[Nurse SMS, MSN, RN]

13 minutes ago, callinshotz said:

Would I have better chances if I already work for the hospital?

Yes. Definitely better to be a known, valued internal candidate. Still not a guarantee, but better.