staple1027

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1. RN, ADN being obsolete

   staple1027 replied to lovewaves's topic in General Students

   3 years post graduation and still no nursing job (working as a hospital CNA) , BSN still looking, works with me at target, cannot get hired anywhere. I could go on with example after example....

2. Unsuccessful New Graduate Nurse Job Hunt

   staple1027 replied to Ar201's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   sounds like a saturated market , same as PA...new grads getting churned out, even BSN prepared, and they are out of work a whole year after graduation. Any experience better than none, and hopefully...

3. Scared.....No Nursing?

   staple1027 replied to Name9335's topic in General Nursing

   Nursing has a whole lot of cattiness that goes on. Ever hear of the expression "nurses eat their young"...its a conundrum that has existed in this profession for decades. My best guess is because you...

4. Scared.....No Nursing?

   staple1027 replied to Name9335's topic in General Nursing

   May I ask what area you are in? I've walked in your shoes, and have seen this happen to so many other nurses six ways to sunday. What happens around here is that the hospitals hire a whole bunch of...

5. Anybody else feel this way?

   staple1027 replied to Rocketskates's topic in General Nursing

   There is a new grad BSN I know who cannot pay her student loans, because the hospital she is working for is paying piss poor wages, because they can (saturation point reached years ago for RNs, and...

6. Anybody else feel this way?

   staple1027 replied to Rocketskates's topic in General Nursing

   Exactly. BSN classes are exorbitantly expensive if you go the online route, and the traditional classroom instruction at this point in my life/ career is like sucking a rotten egg (sorry) ....it does...

7. Is Giving 2 Weeks Notice Ancient Practice?

   staple1027 replied to staple1027's topic in General Nursing

   Sadly, its hapenned a whole lot around here, where the market is over saturated and nurses are a dime a dozen, regularly abused, and often sent packing when a cheaper new grad enters the

8. Anybody else feel this way?

   staple1027 replied to Rocketskates's topic in General Nursing

   I went into nursing as a second career, after having achieved a BS and an MA in other fields. I am ADN prepared, and not so happy that this degree is being locked out of hospital nursing in place of...

9. Is Giving 2 Weeks Notice Ancient Practice?

   staple1027 posted a topic in General Nursing

   There are just some jobs that do not work out. If I've been at a job a decent amount of time and plan on including it on my resume, I give two weeks. A couple times in my career I walked into a frying...

10. RN, ADN being obsolete

    staple1027 replied to lovewaves's topic in General Students

    The job listings are a major part of the problem here in northeast PA. If one went by the job listings, one would see dozens upon dozens of jobs, problem is they are listed by shell companies that do...

11. Places with most demand for RNs??

    staple1027 replied to Aliens05's topic in General Nursing

    can you tell me where in NE PA there is a need? been dwelling here for decades and cannot find work anywhere.

12. RN, ADN being obsolete

    staple1027 replied to lovewaves's topic in General Students

    You should head out to PA, where each and every hospital has it plastered on their website careers section, BSN required. It does not matter if you have an alphabet full of letters, degrees, certs,...

13. RN, ADN being obsolete

    staple1027 replied to lovewaves's topic in General Students

    Thank you for the info...when its time to relocate I will consider

14. RN, ADN being obsolete

    staple1027 replied to lovewaves's topic in General Students

    Its also important to say that I went into this to be the sole supporter of my household, not make side money. I have told people considering this as a career, to think long and hard before taking out...

15. RN, ADN being obsolete

    staple1027 replied to lovewaves's topic in General Students

    I was let down over the years because I believed the false propoganda that nurses were in very high demand here. To this day (Ok if you want to call me a conspiracy theorist) I do believe that there...