ChikitaKisses

I don't mean to be the carrier of bad news, but here it goes... The job market in NY for ADN's is very hard right now (new grad ADN myself). Most hospitals in the NYC metro area require or prefer BSN's. Not saying that they won't hire ADN's they will if they have experience. So my advice to you is take your NCLEX in Mississippi, get your experience out there and do a RN-BSN or RN-MSN while you work out there. Once your done, get NYS endorsed and start looking for jobs. Now if you're looking to live and work in the upstate NY area that's a whole different ballpark.

Thanks for the info, disappointing but I'll keep pushing something's gotta give @ some point.

Hey everyone I work @ LIJ and just finished my nursing program at Nassau Community College. I'm taking my boards within the next 3 weeks. I've been networking around and seems as if I won't get hired without a BSN, gotta admit I'm kinda bummed. Even if you work here the recruiters don't call back. Anyways all advice is appreciated.

@sgm228 St. Francis is a Magnet certified hospital, they only hire BSN's.

Hey everyone, Just looking for some advice. I worked 3 years at St. Francis as Nurse Extender (PCA) an loved it but unfortunately had to leave because they are now only hiring BSN's. I transferred over to LIJ as a telemetry tech in hopes that I would get hired but according to what I've heard if you don't know someone you won't get hired, and my manager pretty much told me they're not even looking at ADN applications & that i should just work as a tele tech till i complete my BSN which has me kinda bummed out. Anyway the question is does anyone know about any hospitals hiring ADN's? Have you gotten hired? And what's your experience been? All help an suggestions as to what I can do are welcome and appreciated. Thanks :)

Good luck =]

Yeah I am from NY and I have a 3.7 GPA....but I really don't think they look in to that that much....more or less what matters to them is that you pass your HESI exam....I also have a few pre-reqs done .... But like I said the most important thing with them is that you pass your HESI and have the $$$ to pay the school

So I got accepted to the ADN program at my local community college in NY and got my clinical's really close to home (5mins away). I also went out to Cali to check out West Coast, and passed my HESI. I've done more digging on West Coast and I found out that they're pre-requisite classes are non-transferable to cal state school's or any state school due to the fact that it is only ACICS accredited (Basically accredited as a trade school). So if you want to do your masters you would have to re-take all your pre requisites, or do it at WCU where they are starting to put together a Nurse practitioner program. I'm having a major debate, I love Los Angeles and I really love Cali, I really have nothing against West Coast the people are great it's just that I'm not so sure it's worth it if it's non-transferable when my ultimate goal is to be a NP. Then I could just stick it out and finish up my nursing and get my RN home, and invest all that money I'd be spending at WCU towards my masters and other things. LOL I hate being a confused teenager (almost adult lol) that is really indicisive. Anyways please give me your feedback on this situation, and if there is anyone in the BSN program already please tell me if you feel it's worth the 100k??

Well I passed the test and all but now I'm really hesitant to go to WCU because I got accepted to the ADN program at the community college I attend....WCU is a lot of money and I'm not sure If I wanna incur in $100,000 of debt before I'm 23

I'm attending the los angeles campus

I'm enrolled to start on august 31st, and according to my guidance counselor I will be starting at the new NoHo campus...

I enrolled for the term starting august 31st....the people are really great....the school is pricey tho, if you have no credits towards the BSN program it cost $116,000(just be aware that this is all inclusive, text books, scrubs....) I have most my general ed classes completed but I have yet to find out how much my bill is gonna be....

Okay so I passed my HESI exam and got enrolled to start the BSN program august 31st. I'm trying to figure out the whole financial aid thing, I know this might be personal but I was wondering which lenders you guys picked out and which ones actually approved you?? I'm considering Wells Fargo.....seems pretty decent.... Anyways any advice will be greatly appreciated.

Yeah I actually do have the study book, and I'll be in LA for 4 days I'm taking the test on a Thursday, the dean of admissions said that if I do fail it I can retake it the Monday before I leave. Sitting down for 4hours does sound tedious, but I think I actually rather take my time that rush through it. I actually just finished studying the math section right now and did all the sample questions...later on I'll do the practice test. I'm trying to memorize metric conversions since I've heard there is a lot of them on the test. I have reviewed vocab, grammar, and the reading comprehension and I feel a bit confident about it. How many days of studying did you put in to it?? How many do you recommend? Thanks so much for the help =]

Had you studied for your test the first time around??? What did you feel was the most difficult thing? I'm really nervous about this and I want to pass it on my first try since I'm coming out from NY.