Nursing in Seattle??

New graduates in DFW area, is it me who sucks at interviews or is the market too saturated making the hospitals way too selective. I am beginning to get discouraged and wonder if I made a blunder investing in Nursing school!

There are a lot of jobs for Experienced nurses. Unfortunately, I know of a lot of new grads that are having a hard time finding jobs. I would seriously consider gaining some experience first as well, preferably 2 years. In addition, a lot of places are now really being sticklers about having your BSN.

I'm not saying that it's impossible to get a job without your BSN. It's just very difficult. For example, I work for a company that favors hiring from within. There were 20 Nurse residency RN positions. Only two of the applicants did not have their BSN, but they got hired because they were already empolyed as LPN's within the company and stated that they were going to get their BSN through online education. The rest of the applicants were all BSN graduates.

Experience is the top priority. Second priority would be a bachelors. I do know many ADN nurses working in hospitals, but they are the experienced nurses that have been employed for a while. Don't be discouraged though! There are many online programs that you can take for your BSN. My company even contracts out with a local university to help nurses attain their BSN. The company will even pay for Continuing education and tuition costs.

I work at one of the downtown Seattle hospitals and they are now requiring a BSN. Several of the hospitals 'prefer' the BSN and others want you to have it either in progress or plan to obtain within 5 years.

You may have better luck with some hospitals or even LTACs in the suburbs? Valley Medical, Highline, Auburn Regional.

We also have a LOT of nursing schools in the area, so a new grad with only an ADN is going to find a lot of competition for every position available.