Don't move to Oregon if you're a new grad

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Oregon is so overly saturated with nurses that facilities are just not hiring. There are lots of positions for experienced nurses but nobody is willing to invest the time/money into new grads. There are literally hundreds of new grads right now looking for work.

I've lived in Oregon my whole life and now I'm having to contemplate leaving for the East coast or something :confused:

I wish everyone the best but it worries me to see so many people writing in about relocating to Oregon.

Specializes in Pediatrics.
Hi,am a newbie and planning on studying at Eastern Oregon University for a Nursing degree..is it a wise choice? thanks

Only you know that, do you want to be a nurse? Yes the market is really tight right now, I had to go across the river to get a job in Vancouver, but who knows what the market will be by the time you are done with school.

its my passion to be a Nurse....I just wanna find out if Eastern Oregon University is a top school.Thanks for your response "LovemyBugs"

Specializes in Pediatrics.

http://www.oregon.gov/OSBN/pdfs/passrates.pdf

Is the link to the OSBN, with the pass rates of each school, for EOU/OHSU they have had 100% pass rates for the last 2 years

If Eastern Oregon is assoicated with OHSU you should be in good hands, OHSU nursing is celebrating 100 years in nursing education this year.

Good Luck

thanks Lovemybugs....am sure am in good hands like you said..thanks again!!

Specializes in Emergency Room.

I lived in Vancouver WA, graduated 8/2009 did not land a job until 9/2010 in Provo Utah. I had to move.... Utah salaries are awful started at 21.80 an hour differential is terrible 1.00 to 2.00 more an hour. I now have a enough experience and I am moving back landed a job, and will be making 12.00 more an hour... Not to mention all the hospitals in the Portland Oregon area are going to require BSN for all new nurses in the next 3 years. BSN programs are going to become flooded....

I would suggest going to other programs, radiology, Ultrasound, physical therapy, PA school.

Specializes in Emergency.
I lived in Vancouver WA, graduated 8/2009 did not land a job until 9/2010 in Provo Utah. I had to move.... Utah salaries are awful started at 21.80 an hour differential is terrible 1.00 to 2.00 more an hour. I now have a enough experience and I am moving back landed a job, and will be making 12.00 more an hour... Not to mention all the hospitals in the Portland Oregon area are going to require BSN for all new nurses in the next 3 years. BSN programs are going to become flooded....

I would suggest going to other programs, radiology, Ultrasound, physical therapy, PA school.

You recommend, on a nursing forum, to go to lesser programs (save PA school) because BSN programs may be harder to get into?

I don't know about other hospitals in Portland, but the official position of the Providence system is that a BSN is required by 2018.

You recommend, on a nursing forum, to go to lesser programs (save PA school) because BSN programs may be harder to get into?

I don't know about other hospitals in Portland, but the official position of the Providence system is that a BSN is required by 2018.

BSN or nothing across the US as far as I'm concerned. That must be the focus.

Specializes in Pediatrics.

I don't know about other hospitals in Portland, but the official position of the Providence system is that a BSN is required by 2018.

Are you already working for Prov, because unless you have a BSN that may be the ONLY way to get hired right now without a BSN. Every job states BSN required by 2018, but in the prequalifying questions they always ask if you have a BSN. They had 6 intern positions up in Olympia a few months ago, I applied to every one, was almost automaically turned down because I did not have a BSN.

I do know of one person who was just hired without a BSN, but he had worked for them for years and had to go around HR to the floor managers and it still took him 10 months post graduation working as a CNA before he was hired as a RN. So I would say BSNs in the Portland area are required if you want to get into a hospital any time soon

Have been reading that Dental Hygienenist, Physicians Assistant, and Physical Therapy Assistant are the new up-and-coming healthcare professions. The first two being the only ones worth going to college for. DH and PA both are two-year degrees and offer on-par salaries when compared to RN. However, the quality of work you provide and the impact on peoples' lives is much less. Have wanted to go into nursing for a long time now. Now I am thinking twice about spending $50,000 to go to school for RN, when there are no jobs to be had.

Specializes in Clinical Research, Outpt Women's Health.

PA and PT both require graduate degrees and pay more than RN salalry typically.

A friend of mine is a Prov scholar and she was told they do not have a job for her in OR. I'm a new grad in Ashland OR and the job market is TIGHT here for new grads even with a BSN.

Specializes in pulm/cardiology pcu, surgical onc.
A friend of mine is a Prov scholar and she was told they do not have a job for her in OR. I'm a new grad in Ashland OR and the job market is TIGHT here for new grads even with a BSN.

Working for this system I know many Prov Scholars that had to wait for up to 6 months for a job opening. They could place you in any hospital/unit/shift that they saw fit. Many were started in the float pool....not a good idea for many new grads.

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