Two or three years ago nurses in our program (I work at a community college) were being offered signing bonuses to take jobs and they had their pick of locations and shifts. Now they are still getting jobs, but it is taking longer and there aren't the same incentives there were a few years ago. This is a short term thing, though--the long term outlook is still very good for employment for nurses.

It doesn't matter if you do a BSN or an ADN program to become a nurse--the qualifying exam is the same. Where it matters is if you want to move forward for a master's degree or PhD in nursing. Since you already have a bachelor's degree, though, that combined with the ADN might qualify you for admission into a master's program. If it's something you are thinking about, you might want to check on that before you get started. Most ADN programs are also transfer programs to four year degrees, so you can start with the ADN and transfer to a BSN program if you choose that route.

Sarah