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My advice is that you contact the BRN on licensure regulations and qualifications. The market is saturated currently by NON-employed RNs who are Associate Degree and Bachelor Degree graduates. Unless you are in a rural area or Internship program while in school finding a non-graduate job in the hospital's are nearly non-existant since they are all fighting for Magnet status for recognition leading to narrow entry & more competition in nursing.

Hello, I took my boards in California and I am also licensed in Pennsylvannia by endorsement. I needed it to work over the summer in a camp. I was able to get a temporary license within 2-1/2 2weeks which is acceptable until it is finalized. Three to four parts to speed up the process; 1. download and complete the endorsement application to the state you will be working , also talk to a live person (get a contact name). 2. Complete a form from the original boards or submit the form to California from the state needing it, they will verify your info. If you send it with a stamped envelope or fax number it will get sent faster. 3. Contact your nursing school to expedited & fax your transcript directly to the endorsing state. 4. Some states require pre-requisite courses to be completed on-line; NY requires abuse type courses, etc. You can find out everything for the state's board of all requiements needed. It can be costly $120. endorsement, transfer paperwork from california $65., transcripts (urgent) $10-15. Each state will require renewal fees and CEUs for each state. Hope this helps!!

This a great for you. The Central Valley is more open to new grads than the coastal cities so you should be OK. I graduated from Fresno College . I now live in the bayarea, but I may have to move back to the Central Valley.

I ditto caliotter3! It is a very competitive market for the ones who are surviving in California cost of living (simular to NY) everyone wants 6mo to 1 year experience. I have been trying since September 2009 and with my RN I have continued on in the RN to BSN program while I am looking for work. Good luck....

I would suggest if you are determined on Nursing that you go for the BSN, but also have a backup plan like psych or social worker because jobs are scarce and by the time you rack up student loans for over $50,000. they don't care that your unemployed they demand their money. But who knows what can happen in 4 years from now. Prerequisites take about 1 to 2 years. I am not trying to be negative, but realistic. Good luck

Same boat here! I graduated May 2009 became a California Licensed Registered Nurse in September. Jan. 2010 I began RN to BSN in nursing and have ACLS certification. It is tough to stay positive in California as we have an influx of Nursing graduates coming out every semester with no jobs, very few new grad training programs, and the qualifications for the new grad versant training programs is a BSN graduate degree. I am trying to stay positive! In one of my BSN classes we had this same discussion, and many seasoned RNs advised that this has happened before and if the thousands to millions of RN grads were to write our politians about this problem they may put a priority toward opening more new grad training programs in hospitals so there will not be a nursing shortage as predicted. We can't get experience without experience!!!!

ANACatRN, I should graduate by OCT 2010 or sooner, I started Jan 2010. I am finishing 2 classes next week then I have only 3 core nursing classes, and 2 general BS classes Statistics and Advanced English Composition. My only delay is Statistics! uhg I have procrastinated taking it and now I have to do it. If you have already had statistics and algebra then you are set. They required me to take a Bachelors level Cultural Sociology eventhough I took cultural sociology for AS degree. I have not had any problems with use of my mac on the CCN site or Devry site. I use the firefox (modzilla) browser which seems to be more compatible than Safari. And I had to get microsoft Word for mac 2008 to submit .DocX and powerpoint .pptx submissions. If you need this newer version you can buy it through the school on a temporary license for only $19. something, your advisor can help you get it. What courses are will you be starting next week in Spring B?

AnaCatRN, I am a Chamberlain Student. Good luck I have enjoyed it so far. They have a fabulous way of starting you out with the fundamentals and moving you forward from class to class. If you are starting with Health Assessments NR294 this class is very challenging with papers on patient scenarios (like case studies) and Journal article reviews (like book reports). I wouldn't worry too much about learning the format. First the Professors are very helpful and the great thing about web classes is the 24 hour ability to post, secondly you can purchase programs such as APA PERRLA for about $30.00 that does all of the difficult part of formatting and citing APA. This program is for PC only, I have a MAC so I use ScholarWord OSX. When I started I had 3 classes and still got all A's, very unlike my C's & B's in ASnursing school. But I would recommend 2 classes max. classes per 8 weeks, or even 1 class per 8 weeks is still 6-8 units of PT credits per semester. Each class has a variety of Nurses from new grad to seasoned nurses with 15+ years of experience. Everyone is helpful and since you already like to network and post on this site- it is very similar, except that you usually will back up you opinions and experiences with an evidence-based journal or book. So again, good luck!!

rayne 215 wrote, 'Whoa! so you are a RN and can't find a job! what area are you in? thats concerning!' I live in the San Francisco Bay area but I know from my classmate all over the country this is the norm. Most hospitals have cut new grad programs, and the openings are usually for student graduates who have precepted in that hospital. With the nursing shortage, cutbacks, and increase numbers of graduating nursing students it only get worse. I stay positive with my education and I am saving to take either Critical care certification or Emergency room nursing certification. I have already taken ACLS, and scheduled for PALS my goal is to get as much education as posible and certifications along with my BSN. Have you heard of the Magnet status- is an accreditation for hospitals for increasing the % of higher educated nurses from AS to BSN and masters. Many of the California hospitals are going this route. We also have a more difficult time gettin in here in the Bay area of northern California because the starting pay is $47.-52./hr. I have also checked in many hospitals across the country- in fact it would be great to have a National Licensure to ease in working in other states. I was hired for a camp nursing job for 10 weeks in Pennsylvania so http://img.an-file.info/smilies/nurse.gif so I see opportunities are there.http://img.an-file.info/smilies/yeah.gif

Rayne hi, I am currently taking the BSN online to give me employability since I am not yet an employed RN. I work 100% online, they credited nearly all of my nursing college credits and I have already taken 5 core BSN classes, & sociology. I have only 3 core BSN classes and statistics to go. I wouldn't say it was fluff but in comparison to AS-N I have found my niche in research and a lot of APA formal writing. Nearly any exams. The grades are by points given for 3 to 4 papers per course, and 4-6 class discussion posts. It requires time on the computer, but with even one course every 8 weeks it fits with working. The cost for on-line private BSN programs is $575.00 per unit. The only good thing about being a new unemployed grad is that I get government finanical aide and grants to get by. I hope this helps.