"Part of the problem is that Americans just plain do not want to do the work."

[Heddi]

29. I'm an associates-level RN, and the pay is the same for ADN as BSN

some place will pay up to $1.00 more an hour for BSN, but you don't have to have a BSN to be a CCRN (critical care registered nurse--ICU) or CEN (Certified emergency nurse---er), etc.

The problem is that BSN or ADN, no hospitals want to hire new grads, and they don't want to hire people whose only RN experience is working in a nursing home, which is the only experience new grads can get...it's a vicious cycle. Must have 2 years Acute Care Experience, but you can't get acute care experience without having acute care experience. And nursing homes aren't acute care.

It isn't that there aren't people who want to do the job---hospitals aren't hiring the tons of people who want to do the job.

Worked at an ER in Seattle. ONE job opening for the ER had 400 applicants. FOUR HUNDRED APPLICANTS FOR ONE JOB.