Professional Advice?

[j464335]

I am a LPN that Grad. in '02. I have been a SAHM since '04. My youngest started school this year prompting me to get back to my professional life... In light of the current employment issues and economic recession issues I have not been able to decide what the best course of action to take is...

I am wanting to cont' my education and get my RN,BSN I am going to pursue my asn first. I was really leaning towards Pratt CC, however, one of the program requirements is to be employed part-time for the last previous 12 months or full time 6 mos.

I took a job at a local LTC facilty and I am working in the 7th level of H@$$ . I am actually Med Teching, so I don't even feel like i'm practing nursing/ improving nur. skills. I am starting to second guess this choice.

With the job market now being SO competitive for new grad RN's what do you think is the best course of action?

Keep this job so I have something on my resume upon graduation... or... resign from my job and do a self-paced online RN course,quickly.. Keeping in mind my ultimate goal is to be a Employed RN.

Thanks for you comments, advice, suggestions...

[ninaricci]

You never know until you try....with that said I would apply for jobs with the hospital now as one of their benefits will most likely be to pay for your RN classes.

[j464335]

you never know until you try....with that said i would apply for jobs with the hospital now as one of their benefits will most likely be to pay for your rn classes.

i have tried... and the hospitals in my area no longer hire lpn's... the ltc facilty i'm working at has all rn's working the floor, if that tells you anything.

[LTV950rn]

My advice would be to continue working, because having experience will only help, not harm you in finding jobs. If it is a really horrible job, I'd consider trying to find something else. Pushing though to get your degree is a good idea, but having that degree with no recent experience to back you up will make things difficult when finding an RN job. Just my 2 cents :-)

[classicdame, MSN, EdD]

I agree with above post. You ought to be working as LPN somewhere. Will make the classes easier too, as you will be able to relate your work to your study. As far as employment goes, there is more in your favor as a new grad RN with EXPERIENCE.