Joe_99

Im in the same boat. Just graduated and about to take the NCLEX and there are zero jobs. I could barely pay my loans if I get a job as a PCA. I am considering moving because I really want a hospital job (especially to get experience so I can work at other hospitals). Is the whole country like this or just cities with nursing schools or what. Everyone says it will get better but will it? We are still going to have more students. If you hear of any areas or states hiring I'd love to know. I'd look rural personally to get the experience unless you know someone who can get you into a hospital.

Hi, I am graduating June 1st and hope to have my license soon as well. I have a BA in psychology as well. I enjoy nursing as well as other areas. My psych education has given me some experience with research. Currently I am planning on finding a med surg type job and working on a BSN or MSN somehow or another. I have been doing research with my anatomy & physiology / microbiology professors at the school and hope to be getting published soon. From the work I have done and talking with different people I have decided the direction I am wanting to go is infectious disease nursing. I would really like to find a way to cross over into biology and be able to do some lab work and field work. I enjoy growing cultures, staining slides, and would like to work on a big societal problem such as infectious diseases and nosocomials. I recently attended the American Society for Microbiology conference in Ohio and was pleased to see how much attention is paid to many of the common bugs us nurses are familiar with. My issue is that there is a lack of cohesion between our field and theirs, I want to fill this niche and am wondering how I can proceed. I don't have the academic background to easily get a biology degree and doubt I ever will. Can anyone give me any advice as far as jobs or directions for my masters?