Graduation in December - no jobs?

[bringtherain]

Anyone else graduating in December?

I'm starting final semester clinicals at the end of the month.

All I want is to graduate and pass boards. I am an LVN right now and there are just no jobs for LVN here. I am afraid that when I graduate there will be no new grad RN hospital jobs. I currently work for 2 different home health companies and there are no hours.

A few years ago there was a shortage, now there is over saturation.

Anyone else worried they won't get a job?

[NurseLoveJoy88, ASN, RN]

Hello. I'm also a LPN that graduates in December. I have never had a problem finding a job. Ofcourse now that I'm back in school I have to cut down on work hours which totally sucks.

Anyway, I know that no matter what I will have a job post graduation because the company I work for also hire RNs. I'm also hopeful that I will get into a hospital someday.

[MORO0617]

Hello. I think you should turn your fear into faith and believe that you will find a job when you graduate and pass your boards. Positive thinking and belief in your goals I think is the key to success. I also reviewed past post for lpn-RN's and I think we do get credit for being a nurse. One post stated for every two years as an LPN you receive 1-year of RN experience. Hope this helps!

[ProgressiveThinking, MSN, CRNA]

There are jobs out there, but you have to be persistent. I'm scheduled to finish my RN this DEC as well, and it seems like everyone from my program eventually gets a job. it might take > 6months, but a job is a job. Your best bet is to volunteer doing CNA type work, and show staff and management that you're committed to learning. As an LVN, I've oriented new grad RNs volunteering within a CNA's scope, and if they were good workers they had a better chance of being hired. If they aren't good workers, they at least have a little bit of hospital experience under their belt.

[heathert_kc]

I am also in my final semester. I work in long term care now and have had to cut down on my hours to just weekends, but i have talked to my DON who has agreed to allow me to get all on my hours back as I worked full time over the summer. I appreciate them being so flexible with me and I really like it there. I do eventually hope to get experience in another field of nursing, but I think it helps to stick to whatever you got at the time being. Use a variety of means to look for positions (internet, newpaper, networking with any nurses that you know/other students, etc.). Be open to working in any type of facility, my first job was in a prison.

[LizN]

I am in the same boat. I am an LVN currently in an LVN to ADN program in San Antonio. There are just no jobs for LVNs here. Perhaps because of the oversaturation of nursing programs and schools in the area. But I also graduate in December, and I am concerned that I may have to move to a compact state in order to find employment. To add to my situation, I am an older nurse, and when I became an LVN there was an alleged nursing shortage. I don't feel that is the case any longer.