pbnursling2010

Before you quit make sure you have another job lined up as it seems the whole nursing shortage thing is a crock of you know what!

Thanks for the info and make sure you tell them about all the continuing education you have taken. You even have your BLS. Someone was telling me about a nurse who got hired 10 years after nursing school. She had to take care of a sick family member and couldn't work. I would think that having your BSN puts you above at least half of the other applicants.:redbeathe

I am so happy for you!!! Good luck!!! Please let us know how it turns out.

I thought about getting my BSN but it seems like there are plenty with BSN's out of work also. I already have taken out 20,000 in loans that I don't know how I will pay back with no job. THIS SUCKS!!!!

I too am finding that no one wants an inexperienced RN. Have you tried going over the nurse recruiter's head and speaking directly to the floor nurse manager. I have heard that this works but have not had the opportunity to try it as of yet. I am trying to get any type of work at the moment and it is tough out there. Everybody keeps telling me to keep trying so I guess that is all I can do. Some people get hired without experience. I have heard that you have to know someone but I have a good friend in the field and it didn't help me. Oh well, at least you have a job. Where are you taking the IV class, I would be interested in that. Good luck!

I recently graduated from an ADN program and am having a tough time getting a job. The students who took CNA jobs part-time while going to school are first-hire for GN programs. You are qualified to be a CNA after Fundamentals. I highly recommend this path because nursing schools are turning out so many new graduates that the market is flooded with them. The last recruiter I spoke with said there was over 600 applicants for 23 positions. If nursing is truely what you want to do then follow your dream, study hard, find yourself a good study group. By working as a CNA during school you will gain valuable insight to the way hospitals work and make decent $$ doing it. I wish I hadn't worried so much about my grades and worked during school. I would have a job right now and that is what it is all about, right?