New Grad- Nursing home?

[nseymour]

I have been applying absolutely everywhere in hopes to receive a job or even my first interview. I only have my ADN, but am currently enrolled in the RN-BSN program at Ohio State University. I finally have my first interview on Wednesday! The only problem is it is in a nursing home/rehab center. I will be done with my BSN in May of 2014 and really would like to have a job somewhere in a hospital after that, since that is ideally where I want to be. Would working at a nursing home/rehab facility give me experience or make me look undesirable to hospitals. I really do not want to jeopardize ever getting a job in a hospital. Any advice is helpful!

[zoey88]

I am also a new grad in an RN-BSN program and wondering the same thing. my passion lies in critical care and i want to know if taking a nursing home job for a year or 2 will jeopardize my future chances of obtaining a career in critical care or in a hospital in general! if someone has any insight please respond. Good luck to you nseymour!

[BrandonLPN, LPN]

If you bring this attitude that LTC is beneath you, it probably won't go well and you won't get along with the staff. Kind of a self-fulfilling prophecy.

[zoey88]

I didnt mean for it to sound as if LTC was beneath me. I have just heard of people who have started out in LTC and had a very hard time transitioning into the hospital systems.