Desperately need advice please help!!!

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I just graduated my ADN program, I have thought long and hard about it and I'm pretty sure that I am going to go right back to school full time and do the RN to BSN program, I most likely will not work because alot of hospitals dont want to hire a new grad only part time or PRN and I don't want to work full time along with school full time. Does anyone know anyone who has gone straight out of nursing school to get their bachelors and then found a job afterwards?

alot of people have told me its a good idea, I even asked the nsna about it but I have never heard of anyone who has actually done the RN to BSN without working

Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.

I would apply anywhere else that is not a hospital. If you take a year, or more, off you are committing career suicide.

My ex friend took a year off to have surgery she didn't need, then rehab. Prior to that she was offered a residency right out of school but because she didn't like the floor (ortho), & that is why she decided to get the surgery. Well then she was an old-new grad competing for a bunch of new grad jobs & residencies.

She didn't get a job until my brother's friend's mother hooked her up with one on an ortho floor a year later. So unless you know someone & can get a job, I would apply to a RN-BSN program then apply to jobs.

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Well thank you all for the honesty, i am going to start applying to jobs as soon as i pass nclex

right now im gonna try to focus on getting my license or ill be really out of luck lol

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Wow where did you find an every other weekend job? That would be perfect

Nursing home. A lot of the nursing homes have PRN positions too.

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Specializes in Progressive Care.

You can get your BSN online while working. RN-BSN programs are made for working nurses. In fact about half of my assignments ask me to relate the material to things I'm experiencing at work. RN-BSN programs are not nearly as difficult or time consuming as RN programs. I'm completing the classes by spending maybe 6 hours a week in front of my laptop.

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Essentially, you wouldn't be doing anything different than a student who attended a BSN program straight through. Actually, I think this is a very good idea if you can afford it. You will not be encumbered with a new job and the added stress of school at the same time. And don't overlook the advantage of looking for your first job with a BSN in hand. It just might do the trick for an easier and successful Job Search.

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Yes your right caliotter3 that was my plan initially and I was very happy with it, but the whole career suicide thing makes me very scared to do it and I would feel very insecure after being out the clinical setting for over a year, I really would like to work part time but ill just take what I can get and once I have 6 months experience it would probably be easy to find a prn job...

I would think prn or part time is easier to find work in since u don't have to get benefits or anything?? Or am I wrong? I dont know lol

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You can get your BSN online while working. RN-BSN programs are made for working nurses. In fact about half of my assignments ask me to relate the material to things I'm experiencing at work. RN-BSN programs are not nearly as difficult or time consuming as RN programs. I'm completing the classes by spending maybe 6 hours a week in front of my laptop.

what school are you doing??? That sounds great!

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
You can get your BSN online while working. RN-BSN programs are made for working nurses.
Yep. One of the admissions requirements for the RN-to-BSN program I attended was current employment as an RN. In other words, you must be working by the time you start the program.
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Yep. One of the admissions requirements for the RN-to-BSN program I attended was current employment as an RN. In other words, you must be working by the time you start the program.

But what if you lost your job and couldn't find another one? Would they make u stop doing the program?

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
But what if you lost your job and couldn't find another one? Would they make u stop doing the program?
No. They'd have no way of knowing you lost your job unless you opted to volunteer this information.
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Specializes in Med-Surg, NICU.

Work full-time and go to school part-time. Millions of people have done it with kids. You can do it easily as a young single person.

There are so many flexible RN to BSN programs that there is no reason to not work while pursuing a four-year degree.

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Specializes in Progressive Care.
what school are you doing??? That sounds great!

Wilmington University. Also check out Ohio State.
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