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Wow this is amazing for me to read. I had no idea new graduates were having such a difficult time finding jobs. I am currently in nursing school and will graduate in May with a BSN. Just last week I was offered two positions at the local hospital, one in the ICU and one in Cardiology. I accepted the one in the ICU and will be starting once I graduate. I would recommend trying the midwest. From what I have heard every hospital in the area is desperate for nurses. From day one in nursing school the recruiters from hospitals in the area have been stopping by trying to get us to come to their hospital. I believe there are quite a few of my classmates that already have job offers, and the rest of them should easily find positions around here once they graduate. Give Joplin, MO a shot, there are two large hospitals in the medium sized town and both are hiring new grads!

I just read my post over again and I think I worded what I was trying to get across wrong. This is for future posts, and I think the two people that already gave advice understand what I meant. I said that the only class that my university required was Introductory Chemistry. What I meant was it is the only chemistry class required. They still require Statistics, College Algebra, A&P I&II, Microbiology, and Pathophysiology before all of the nursing classes. My question is should I take some extra chemistry or math courses?

Hi my name is Cameron and I am going to be starting my Sophmore year in college where I am majoring in Nursing. I have read through these forums and done the research on AANA, so I think I have a pretty good understanding of how to become a CRNA. I had over a 4.0 GPA at a pretty big high school and I have a 4.0 GPA so far in college. I took a Pre-Nursing class in high school where I shadowed a CRNA and nurses in the Pulmonary and Cardiac wing of the hospital. I also racked up about 50 volunteer hours in the hospital. Even before I shadowed the CRNA I was wanting to become one, my teacher required us to do a career report and while I didn't do mine on CRNA's I saw the report of someone who did. I was wondering if anyone had any advice for me, I know I need to get at the very least 1 year of experience in adult ICU. The question I have is my university to get my BSN requires 5 credit hours of Introductory Chemistry *edit Statistics, Anatomy & Physiology I&II, Microbiology, and Pathophysiology. Those classes are all before I begin nursing school edit*/ Are there some extra classes that I should take to make sure that I would be able to get into a CRNA program?