bsn...Excited, but now starting to feel depress...

Nurzelady · Apr 17, 2012

Don't focus on the comments on here because if you focus on all the negative things people say on here, it will discourage you. Just be determined to write your own future.

allnurses Guide · Apr 17, 2012

You have a LONG way to go before you are an RN and a lot can happen in that time. If this is what you want to do, line yourself up for success all the way through school. Get a part time job as a PCT or CNA in a hospital while you are still in school. Treat every interaction with a hospital in clinicals and outside of clinicals as a working job interview. Make a good impression and make yourself memorable in a good way. Build relationships so that when you graduate people will remember who you are.

Guttercat, ASN, RN · Apr 17, 2012

Like not.done.yet suggested, build relationships. I've been an RN twenty years and have had more than a few nursing students cross my path. I don't usually comment on the dense and disinterested, but I'm inclined to comment on the shining stars. The "shining stars" are not the ones that wow me with their knowledge, but the ones who listen and learn attentively, come to clinical prepared, ask the right questions, are pleasant to be around, and show common sense and intuitiveness.

OnlybyHisgraceRN, ASN, RN · Apr 17, 2012

Please don't focus on the comments here. I'm a new grad and had no prob. getting interviews and working as a RN right out of school. And, I'm "only" a ADN. haha!

ertlbsn · Apr 17, 2012

There is something so "special" about this profession ? ! I think.

Because everyone here always ready to help, with a big heart and kind words !

thank you for taking your experience and showing me the way.

I will definitely take your advices !

Thank you very much.

ertlbsn

That Guy, BSN, RN, EMT-B · Apr 17, 2012

Make your name known in clinicals the best you can. Network network network all that you possibly can. Do internships if possible. You have a long way til you get there so start now.

VioletKaliLPN, LPN · Apr 17, 2012

Network. I am 'only' an LPN, but I had a job lined up before I graduated. Each facility where I had clinicals was a new place to network, I spoke with DON, ADON, and other nurses. I asked for business cards, gave my business card, and showed a genuine interest in where I was and what I was doing. My business card was simply my name, email address, and phone number.

I am not and was not 'too good' for a specific job. You may find that LTC offers more oppotunities in your area, it certainly does in my area. They need more RN staff, but fewer RN's apply for LTC positions in my area. You might need to consider avenues outside of hospital nursing, which is the more typical job RN/BSN tarined nurses apply for.

You CAN do it. Put your name out there, and keep your head up!

netglow, ASN, RN · Apr 17, 2012

Not gonna toss rainbows and skittles up your butt, OP.

Here is what you do. Go ahead with your studies. BUT, keep and eye on the market for nurses. If it is the same after your first two years or so, and you've got all your sciences done... consider switching to something else. You will be oh so wise in doing this and better off financially if you keep your eyes wide open. Don't listen to the "just work hard, you can do it" stuff. That is neither here nor there, and is what I tell everyone I know who is under 12 years old too - hard work is required at McDonalds too... You need to have a Plan B and C in place.

Good Morning, Gil · Apr 18, 2012

You can get a job as a new RN. It may not be your "dream" job, but you can get a job once you graduate. Maybe it will take a few months or require you to move, but you can get a job. If you're willing to put in the work to get a job, you can get a job. Some people either can't move from a geographical area that's not doing well economically or don't want to move, and that's why they can't get a job. Also, you need to think outside of the box. If applying online over and over, you are not getting a job, there are other ways to get a job (and I am not suggesting prostitution lol). You can apply the traditional way, but also do other things to make yourself stand out. I moved from an area where I would have had no trouble getting a job to an area that did not have a very good market at the time, and I found a job.

Best of luck to you! If you continue to let others dictate your happiness, you won't be a very happy individual.

Merlyn · Apr 18, 2012

First, get your BSN, then pass the NCLEX, then worry. The market may change by the time that you do all of these things.

bratmobile · Apr 18, 2012

Make FRIENDS at clinicals! SMILE til your face hurts!!! Work hard, ask questions and go above and beyond for your preceptor.