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I refuse to be in denial and wait around for a dream job. I guess I'm more of a realist.

@Turd...so funny! CNAs that I know were making $10-19/hr depending on how much experience they had.

Yes, but you must have prior experience.

Yes it does make sense and you should just be happy that you have work. Quit complaining.

Yup, I sure do. Not because I dislike the job, but because there aren't any jobs and it will only get worse. I'm too intelligent to believe the lies about it being a cycle-thing.

Sorry..but I agree with "S"! Unfortunately, med school isn't free and very few of us can afford not to work for 8+ years while we finish schooling..otherwise I would have gone for medical school.

Absolutely. I could KICK myself. I left a 50k desk job to pursue the passion. Although I knew it wasn't such an awesome field, I didn't expect to find out that BSN and MSN grads were still unemployed after 1-2 years of looking. That's as pathetic as it gets. Not even the Business majors that I know have had as much trouble as us.

Has anyone here had luck yet?

I feel exactly the same way! Luckily I don't have any debt...but let's just say my bank account is shrinking at an alarming rate!

No & No. I posted about that actually. If they're lucky, they still have their RN jobs and are being paid as a RN. Otherwise, they're just about as SOL as the rest of us.

Apparently you do because you mentioned it. Speak for yourself. There are still a lot of people out there that think nursing is recession-proof and in demand. Visit the pre-nursing or student forum. I'm finished replying to you. You really don't have anything relevant to offer to this thread. I know for a fact if I was hired/working I wouldn't be wasting my time on an unemployed nurses thread.

A job.

I'm a cheerleader of REALITY. There's nothing hostile about my post. If I'm hostile, I guess the entire group of unemployed nurses that replied is also hostile. Are we not allowed to vent? What does it matter to you whether or not someone likes nursing? If you're employed and doing things with your nursing degree, the last place you'd be wasting your time is on an unemployed nurses thread. I never hid anything about my background and I find it funny that you are attempting to use it against me, as though I have some kind of hidden agenda. What in the world do I get out of asking unemployed nurses what their experiences have been like?..and YES, I do find the behavior of MANY nurses to be rather disgusting, vicious, and cruel. I have witnessed many things myself. Does the fact that I'm a brand new LPN make me less credible somehow? If you don't like my opinion and are also bothered by the fact that I make it LOUD and clear that I turned down RN school, then you simply shouldn't read this thread. This thread isn't about lying to people and telling them nursing is this grand, recession-proof, in-demand sort of profession. It's a thread where the unemployed are coming to vent. Didn't you read the title? No hostility..only reality here :).

Sweetheart, if anything, I think you should read this thread first:https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/unemployed-nurses-530527.html Something just doesn't sit right with me encouraging a pregnant woman to go to nursing school. But regardless, you don't owe it to anyone to tell them you're pregnant.

What do you find so unbelievable? Why does it bother you that I was smart enough to stop after I finished my LPN and reject my acceptance into the RN program? We're talking about unemployed nurses here! If you want to ask me a personal question, private message me. You're nitpicking on a personal decision.

Laughing at me is the biggest sense of acknowledgment I've gotten so far. I doubt most employers even read my resume. I'm also disgusted with this field and I am glad you're doing something about it instead of waiting around like a fool and "hoping".

Sigh, just got back from running errands and stopped by a Rehabilitation Facility to ask them if they needed nurse volunteers. The assistant manager snickered and said something in tagalog to one of the employees and practically glared at me and said "No, we don't need any volunteers. There are no openings." I guess you had to have been there. I'm trying..but it's really demeaning to be a "part" of this field...if you can even call it that at this point.

One of my friends is finishing her Childhood Education degree and makes $12/hr as a preschool assistant and she is happier than anyone I know. Her job is SO easy. Ok..well, easy if you love kiddos :). Once she finishes, they have a supervisor position that pays $17/hr. I know it's not a lot of money by any means, but the fact is, she's happy and employed..not many nurses can say that these days.

I don't care what ANYONE says..have you read the "Unemployed Nurses" thread? You are SO very lucky to have been hired. Places can say they don't discriminate ALL they want, but I've never met a pregnant woman who has had an easy time getting hired. I think your idea is a good one...work for about a month and then announce it. If you were to have announced that in the interview I can literally guarantee they would have never hired you. It's messed up but true!

I just noticed this thread has around 31,000 views! Amazing. All the threads on unemployment and harassment seem to have a HIGH amount of views..hmm..tells ya somethin' huh?

Lol, omg I could have written that. You took the idea straight from my head . You are SPOT on, but there are still a lot of people who haven't seen it for what it is. I'm really glad I started this thread. It gives people a place to come to and know that they aren't alone and that there isn't ANYTHING wrong with them and EVERYTHING wrong with this "profession".

Hey there! I feel your frustration. While I did not complete my BSN (I'm a LPN) I am still a little bothered by the fact that I wasted any time. In fact, that bothers me much more than the insane tuition that I paid..just for my LPN! However, I have found that I am slowly being able to let go of the regret and anger by being big enough to admit to myself...this field isn't what is was cracked up to be and it's not going to get better any time soon. I refuse to be in denial and "hope" for another 2+ years that I will land a nursing job, because in another 2+ years I know I'll really have a reason to be angry if I wasted more time on nursing. Am I still applying to jobs? Sure. It doesn't hurt to shoot your resume around. But in the meantime, I am applying EVERYWHERE. Reception, customer service, hotel housecleaning, waitress positions, administrative assistant positions, tutoring, nanny/daycare assistants, etc. I welcome any stable paycheck at this point. I think I'm lucky because I took the LPN route and rejected the RN program. I don't have any current tuition debt and I don't have any major bills to pay because I have always lived WELL below my means. At same time, it's a tid bit depressing because I have wasted a few years on nursing and have watched many of my peers enjoy themselves, travel, party, get married, start families/have babies, and here I am with not much to show for. I try to look at the bright side, like I said...no tuition debt and no huge bills to pay..but I feel stagnant. I don't want to just live to survive. I would like to progress and admitting that nursing doesn't offer that has taken a huge weight off my shoulders. I feel very lucky to have figured that out as quickly as I did.

Wow that's completely frustrating. Like I said..I used to waitress at a breakfast place and make double that. Sure, my hours were set at about 30 hours per week...but it was a pretty decent paycheck and I can't say I was terribly stressed. Ya don't really know stress until you get into nursing school lol. Now everything seems much easier :).

You make your own hours? Sign me up, please! Where is this position? BTW,how much does it pay? I'm assuming around $9/hr right?

The original post described nursing school! :)