I am currently enrolled in an ADN program in a community college. I love it, I love my instructors, the college, the clinical sites as well. But I cant help but starting to think that it was a mistake not applying to Stony Brook BSN program or any other programs. Originally I wanted to get my BSN from Stony Brook so I've looked up all the classes that I need, I have taken almost all the pre-reqs except for chemistry and group dynamics. But in November 2010 I figured I would apply to my CC's nursing program just for the hell of it, not thinking that I was going to get in at all. I didnt hear from them for a while and my peers started to get rejection letters so I thought that I would be on the same boat. However, to my surprise in mid April i received a phone call from my CC's nursing program that i made the cut. I was so happy I could not stop screaming "YES O MY GOD" I think that I possibly caused deafness for the person on the other end of the line. Now that I am in, I enjoy the program but I have this fear of not being able to get a job at all after I graduate. Money is a huge problem for me. Sometimes I fear that I am going to waste my time working toward my Associate's.
Have you considered going to the home care field to work as a visiting nurse? The home care agencies typically require only a associate degree in nursing & also, of course, a RN. The pay is little less than what a nurse in hopsital makes, but you have the flexibility of traveling to a lot of places.
vna is a terrible place for a new grad, because a new grad has very little experience in time management, physical assessment, and psychosocial nursing skills, and independent practice, and those are the skills a home health nurse needs.
Erikbmcc
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Have you considered going to the home care field to work as a visiting nurse? The home care agencies typically require only a associate degree in nursing & also, of course, a RN. The pay is little less than what a nurse in hopsital makes, but you have the flexibility of traveling to a lot of places.