I am a pre-nursing student and I was talking to one of my fellow pre-nursing students on allnurses today and we are both concerned about what the future maybe like for new grads. We, or at least I won't start NS until Fall 2011 (Yay!!!!) but are wondering what to do. I didn't think to much about it before, but I am now seeing this in the newspapers and more than one or two and it's scary.
I have learned, from reading many of your amazingly inforamative threads and posts, that most new grad have problems finding jobs because they lack experience and it costs a lot of money to train them.
How can we get experience if hardly anyone will hire us unless you have experince. (1 year expereince at that)
What are some suggestions you all have to "get some kind of experience" under our belts. Could we count previous and current CNA work or Nurse Intern/Extern work in a hospital as experience.
As I was telling my friend, I still want to be a nurse, I am just hoping that the future is better for new grads.
For all the current new grads having a hard time, hang in there guys the storm will hopefully be over soon.
I am even willing, presuming I get through nursing school and become a licensed RN, to work a regular job and do volunteer nursing work just to get experience, is that at all possible?
