Frustrated with Graduating in May

Nurses Job Hunt

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I will be graduating in May with my BSN. I have been a tech for four years for two LTC facilities and one home health care company. I am beginning to get so frustrated with the Job Search/job market. I am from the Philadelphia area but go to school on the other side of the state. I have called over twenty hospitals back home (Philadelphia and the suburbs) and everyone is telling me to wait to apply until after graduation or after the NCLEX! I think this is ridiculous. I have my friends on this side of the state already telling me about the job offers they have, and I can't even put an application in until May. At this rate I feel like I'm not going to be working somewhere until September or October and I have bills and student loans to pay back. I just don't know what else to do. Also, I REALLLLLLY don't want to work at the place I'm at now. They have a bad name for themselves and I'm scared I would lose my license with them as a nurse. The other two places don't have anything full-time currently. I feel like all my hard work of working while going to school has gotten me no where since I won't be able to even find a job like others.

Remember you won't be required to start paying in your loans for 6 months. Breathe. You will find the right job just pace yourself and also remember a lot of people are FOS one job offer might be presented as a lot of offers when boasting.

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Also I wouldn't want a job til I passed just because I don't want to be that person who didn't pass who has to work as a tech until they pass. Or completely lose my job altogether

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Don't rule out Harrisburg and Pittsburgh. Philadelphia is FULL of new nurses from the area schools.

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Specializes in Rehab, pediatrics.

Thanks for the responses! With graduation right around the corner I'm just gonna keep my head up and keep applying and start focusing on boards. And relocation is my last resort to the last poster. I have a serious relationship at home and can't really afford to move away from family. But those cities do seem to have a more ideal market right now.

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