Masterja

Thank you for your response. I hope things also start to get better for you too! I certainly agree with having that feeling of thinking the degree was a waste of time. While it opened doors for me, it only opened a few. Now that I have gone over my resume, I added and removed some things to make it stand out. Oddly enough, it was an old classmate who has now introduced me to the director of nursing at a larger hospital who will be doing an interview with me next week! Ah, how nice to have connections. Thanks for all the responses.

Thank you for the response. It's interesting to know the U.S. doesn't increase pay with degrees. A BScN nurse typically can expect an extra $2 to $5 per hour depending on their role or facility. I have began speaking with my old colleagues and have been trying to improve my resume, they're also surprised of no responses as well. The hunt for a responsive employer continues.

Hello allnurses community. I am hoping someone can provide guidance on a surprising challenge I am experiencing now that I have obtained my BScN. I have been an RN since 2011, first job in internal medicine. In 2016, I was accepted to a BScN program. While working on my degree, I was hired in a private outpatient facility and left the medicine floor. Now having my BScN for 4 years, I would like to go back to bedside. Unfortunately, many employers in my area are not hiring bachelor level nurses as they want associate-level nurses instead. One hospital mentioned the cost of hiring a bachelor RN as their reason for not accepting my offer, others have just not responded to my application. Is it my resume that potentially needs improving? Is there currently no need for BScN nurses? With the new RN grads coming out soon, is it the wrong time to apply? I am not in the USA, but Canada. Thanks for any words of guidance, or just words of encouragement.