dearjohn

I think I'll give my 2 weeks notice at Starbucks tomorrow:yeah:.

BTW I'm from Southern California but have been in NJ a year and a half now. I didn't look into nursing until recently, I actually made a career change to become a police officer in CA but due to budget cuts I realized I may not get hired, on top of that I'm sure not getting any younger either where I can wait. I was told by a male RN in Orange County two years ago who was moonlighting as a kickboxing instructor that I should pursue nursing instead of law enforcement. At the time I didn't take his suggestions seriously because I thought I had a real good chance of getting hired by a dept. But now that I'm seriously thinking about nursing, I remember him telling me that I would have an advantage being male since there are shortages of male nurses which I'm sure has been covered here a lot already. I could be wrong but he gave me the impression that the hiring bias towards male nurses was significant. I would think it would be almost the same thing as females having a pretty big advantage of getting hired over males at most police depts. because of pure numbers or lack of. Am I wrong?

I know the economy is bad in CA but it's bad here in NY and NJ area as well. But is the job market for nurses specifically worse in CA then here? That I'm not sure.

Thank you for your reply and the link.

Hello I'm new on this forum. I'm a 40 year old male trying to pursue a nursing career but find these changes exciting yet extremely daunting as well. I have a BA already with a low gpa 2.8 but was planning to take my prereqs in NJ and apply to an accelerated program (12 or 15 month program) after I'm done. I'm hoping this can be done within 2 years but not sure based on some schools having waiting lists? I was told that private schools are much easier to get into because of the higher tuition which I wouldn't mind going this route if it would allow me to complete it in the timeframe I was hoping. Another thing is after I complete my BSN in NJ I was planning on moving back to CA for my first nursing job there. The reason I want attend a program in NJ is because I will be able to save money on housing living rent free which will soften the blow of private school tuition. Is my plan flawed? Am I creating more obstacles for myself by not attending a nursing school in CA instead as far as networking or difficulty with reciprocity? I'm really clueless on this. Thank you in advance.