Virginia! Please Give Me the Scoop on Where in VA hires ADN/BSN?

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Hey yall! I was just wondering if VA is pushing towards mostly BSN or are their some places accepting ADN? Do UVA and Martha Jefferson still accept ADNs?

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Most of VA has a push for BSN with national certification

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Do you know what areas dont? will it be impossible to land a job with an adn?

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Do you know what areas dont? will it be impossible to land a job with an adn?

Your best luck would be to call HR offices of hospitals you are interested in. I would also not limit yourself to big hospitals like UVA but look at smaller community hospitals that might be more likely to hire ADN or diploma nurses

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UVA definitely hires ADN nurses in their acute care and ICUs.

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UVA hires ADNs, period. Is it more difficult than if you have a BSN? Sure. They will give you a time frame for getting a BSN, but you will NOT be automatically excluded for not having a BSN. Almost all hospitals NOT in Northern or eastern Virginia will hire ADN nurses.

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Do you know what areas dont? will it be impossible to land a job with an adn?

It's definitely not impossible, but like everywhere in the country, hospitals in the more desirable/populated areas are much more exclusive/difficult - those areas in Virginia would be metro DC, Richmond, and Tidewater/Hampton Roads area.

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