Quiet_Storm

I have heard good things about both programs. Main difference is cost - Spalding costs more but if you get your BSN with them you get a discount on your graduate school tuition. I myself will be applying to both but am leaning more towards McKendree because of the tuition difference. They are both fully accredited

Yes, I agree with everyone else's posts - you should study. WHy risk what you can help?

Gulp - that is a huge difference - makes you think hey!

Good luck and if you get the job - take it if you dont have any other offers snce RN jobs are kinda hard to come by lately

I agree. However someone told me that they hire from outside sometimes because the person coming from outside is clueless and more malleable....

What a rough experience!

I have a BS in Business Admin and am about to finish my ADN next summer. My previous degree certainly helps when selling myself. I too like the above post am planning on skipping the BSN and going directly into an RN-MSN program. REason being first I have a pasion for education, and second I feel at this point that getting a BSN only will end up with me still being in the same boat possibly given the market for nurses. I am taking a leap so to speak and plan on becoming a nurse practitioner!

What is ACLS and PACLS?

Go to the peer interview and skip the pinning. Your mission is to get employed and by the looks of it, this may be your jackpot. You can arrange to have a special late lunch / dinner with your parents and friends instead of the pinning ceremony. Nail that job! You've worked too hard at school to pass up a seemingly good potential for employment. - Quiet Storm

Money talks but you also have to look at the big picture and factor in other things as well. On its own, money cannot help make a big decision like that for me. For example, I am an LPN and get paid $1 lower than other facilities close by in my area. However, at my job things are in black adn white, the patient to nurse ratio is consistent, I know the system and how it works, I know the politics, and I like my benefits. I once did start a new PRN job at a higher paying facility. However i only lasted a couple fo days because workign in a place where things were not in black and white made me very nervous. Supply were also hard to come by at this other place. So I decided that the grass is nto necessarily greener on the other side - always a reason places might pay more.

I would lay my eggs in different baskets. Apply for RN jobs and at the same time go ahead and apply for BSN program. Have you considered RN-BSN programs? There are now also some RN-MSN programs. Continuing your education in the mean time might be a golden egg investment in the future. A number of hospitals here in my area are moving towards Magnet status and this means they are preferring to hire BSN nurses, even though they still hire ADN for the same pay.

Definitely not here in Kentucky. Anything invasive should be licensed nursing practice.

Have you thought about going back to school and getting a MSN degree? That might be a good option too. I am currently in RN school for ADN scheduled to finish July 2011 and, given how hard new grad jobs are to come by, have decided to go into a ADN-MSN program and become a NP. I love the nursing field and would not go back to my old office job that I hated. Maybe the shortage is my eye opening to a bigger potential in me as a Nurse Practitioner.

You may have to cut back on your trip's length of time if thats a compromise you are willing to make - then work PRN jobs so you can give yourself prolonged vacations throughout your career. That way you also get to save money for your trips in-between - unless of course money is not an object for you.

Explore all your options, including your previous school.