Nursing Student, ADN or BSN? im about to quit

[jassmin]

Hello everyone! Im new to this forum.

Well I would really love to be a nurse!

I am 21, and first of all i am still thinking if I want to do ADN then bridge to a BSN or just get my BSN now?? Im with Collin County Comm College in Mckinney TX. Any suggestions? Money is an issue...

Also, I live in the Allen/Plano area and have been looking to get my foot in the door as a Patient Care tech in a hospital or front office at a doctor's office but its SO HARD! Any suggestions?

I have been networking, and i have applied to many many jobs online via craigslist, monster jobs and at hospitals direct online application with no luck. I email my cover letter and resume in the most professional manner to at least 5 job posts every weekday.

Everyone requires experience or the very few who ask if im almost done with my clinicals, which i have neither.I point out that i am a nursing student. I only have general office experience, retail, no gaps and have been with my employers for at least 1 year. Great references. No criminal whatsoever.

Im very frustrated since i have no job at all, much less in the medical field.

im about to quit schoolc

Thanks alot!!

[Katalina]

Well, If I were you I would just do the ADN. Since money is an issue. I don't know if it's true or not. I heard that after your first year of RN school you can take the LVN exam. So that would help with the job issue too. Since you could work as an LVN while you finish RN school.

[sicushells, RN]

1) You have to go to LVN school to be an LVN.

2) Money is always going to be tight, don't use that as an excuse not to get your BSN. It's incredibly difficult to get a job as a new grad with your BSN, not impossible, but difficult. Things might turn around in the two years you'll need to finish school, but they might not. There are so many scholarships and loans out there, especially if money is that tight (and when you're 22 you don't have to claim your parents income, which makes things much easier).

3) It might help you to take a CNA class of some sort to get some clinical experience if you have a few semesters to go before you finish your first sem. of clinicals. That's something you'll have to evaluate considering your specific circumstances. That said, I think most hospitals require either CNA certification or significant CNA experience, I don't think that's something they ever hire for if you don't have cert or exp.

[Freedom42]

You don't necessarily have to go to LVN school to be an LVN. My state allows students in ADN programs to sit for LVN licenses after completing half of the program. The OP should see what's permitted in his/her state.

[xraytech]

Where I live its quicker to just go for your BSN, as there are 2+ year wait lists for the ADN programs at community colleges. I always recommend people go the BSN route, just push thru it, it takes the same time around here anyway. If money is an issue, have you considered the option of finding a place to work with student loan repayment programs, or possibly joining the military? They usually provide enough repayment to pay off loans in full. Have you applied for financial aid? If its as bad as you are making it, you probably qualify for grants... Also, apply for scholarships!