No jobs...Seriously reconsider nursing school

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Before applying to nursing school, take a step back and think about whether there will be a job waiting for you by the time you graduate. Here in Houston, you're looking at an average of 300 applicants for one new grad job. So if you're doing this expecting a handful of jobs awaiting you by graduation, think again. Please check out the new grad residence postings in 'Texas Nurses.'

For now, no, I don't plan on dropping out. First of all, I'm almost finished. Second, it's free--I received a full paid scholarship.

Did you not find Mom/Nurse's comment, " I really don't appreciate people coming onto the student boards and saying this crap. Why not just go to a high school and tell all the graduating seniors to not even think of college cause jobs are just too hard to get?!" condescending as well?

I mean apparently because people don't want to hear the truth, I'm all of a sudden this "Negative Nancy" that should be thrown over the cliff.

I think this entire posting would have been much more productive itself and much more well received had you stated what you honestly felt and then stated a solution. How to go around the tough market...the lack of jobs. How about ending with, "be smart, one step ahead, get your foot in the door."....

It's difficult to read a posting like this when there is no solution or constructive suggestion offered...just a frustrated, negative statement of the job market right now....and in the student section at that. It's not about what you typed...it's about how you went about it.

For now, i'm in school and ahead of the game getting my foot in the door...so by the time I graduate, I'm an internal candidate...not an external candidate.

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To add to the OP comment, it is difficult right now, but if you go back and read threads from way back in 2004 when the market was booming, it's the same thing. No jobs. New grad no job. no jobs out there.

Job searching is tough. It's hard on anyone, any profession. Just keep pushing. Network. Network. Network.

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I also agree. The problem is that society prefers niceness over bluntness virtually every single time. When people are faced with a genuine person who is honest (but rude) and a phony person who offers false reassurances (but is nice), they'll gravitate toward the nice person. People claim to want the truth, but they cannot handle the truth. They prefer to surround themselves with 'yes'-people and false reassurances that everything will turn out well.

This is why the OP's comment is not being received well by all respondents, although many of her points are salient. People want a cheerleader to tell them what they want to hear.

You hit the nail on the head. Many thanks! :nurse:

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how can i put this. what was said at the beginning of the thread was eye opening. as i continued to read i thought that the rudeness by everyone was unnecessary. make a point dont argue it or with people. you can only state your opinion people will reject it or accept it, either way they've been warned right????

i dont see how the original post was negative. it was a warning which i thank you for. I am now more determined and excited to be a nurse and prove that I can and will get a job. something can only be negative if you allow it.

p.s. i start my bsn program this fall. YAY!!!! me turn away from it..... NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!

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Specializes in Critical Care (ICU/CVICU).

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OMG THAT IS THE FUNNIEST VIDEO EVER! HAHAHA! Love the robotic voices! HA!:lol2::D:yeah:

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I am 100% with the OP. Thanks for being honest. I realize you'll catch a lot of slack from those nurses in denial, but someone has to spread the truth and pre-nursing prospects should be kissing your feet for it!

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Ps. That video made my day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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OMG THAT IS THE FUNNIEST VIDEO EVER! HAHAHA! Love the robotic voices! HA!:lol2::D:yeah:

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Ps. That video made my day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This! lmao!

Anywoo, I am an experienced nurse and let me tell you one year for me looking all over the country. I AM NOT LYING AND I AM NOT GOING TO SUGAR COAT IT FOR YA.

So I can relate to everyone who is feeling like well you know. But, don't give up.

Oh man, just saying, this is the best video ever. :lol2:

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There have been quite a few threads just like this one recently, and no one has yet to answer this question. The economy sucks everywhere right now. God willing, it will not suck forever. Who is the OP or anyone else to predict what the hiring climate will be for new grad nurses in a few years? No one can accurately predict this, just like no one could have accurately predicted the current state of the economy back when the OP started nursing school.

Here is what it boils down to, if you want to be a nurse, go to nursing school and hope for the best.

Thank you so much for your post. I live right here in Houston, and everywhere you look everyone is hiring mostly nurses, every job posting that gets sent to my inbox are all for nurse positions. There are people out there who would like to play scare tactics, but how many jobs can they handle at one time? The job market is there in Houston, so I don't know what Houston they are talking about. An ADN I used to work with got a new job @$65,000, her friend who attended ADN school with her just made charge nurse at a local hospital fatre 18 months, and gets $73,000 plus full benefits, so I don't know what people are talking about.

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A negative attitude will not take you anywhere. I can't understand why someone with this outlook would even go into nursing.

Good luck. You will surely need it.

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I know this is a fairly old thread, but great response!! Trust me, there are many people on various boards trying to discourage people from pursuing their careers because they feel threatened. My friend encountered the same thing on a Physical Therapy board, she is just halfway thru PTA school, and already got offered a job in a big hospital in Houston. please pay no mind to negativity, stay focused, pursue and achieve your goals.

Good luck

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Hi

I know this is a fairly old thread, but great response!! Trust me, there are many people on various boards trying to discourage people from pursuing their careers because they feel threatened. My friend encountered the same thing on a Physical Therapy board, she is just halfway thru PTA school, and already got offered a job in a big hospital in Houston. please pay no mind to negativity, stay focused, pursue and achieve your goals.

Good luck

You remind me of a someone I know. This husband was cheating on his wife, and the wife's friend witnessed it. The friend tried to tell the wife about what she saw, but the wife became angry and refused to believe that her husband would be capable of cheating. The wife then accused the friend of being "jealous of her good marriage." Five years later the wife finally caught her husband with another woman.

You are that wife.

Before you get into nursing school, try to learn the difference between negativity and reality.

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