airjay81

I've read some discussions from that past few years that speak to just how bad the current nursing market is in the Philadelphia area for graduate nurses (and most big cities in general). How hard is it to get a graduate nurse job at a hospital in the area? Long-term care facilities and nursing homes? Other settings - doctor's offices, home care, etc.? Do graduate nurses basically have to settle for whatever experience as a nurse they can get as they start out? I am posting in large part because my wife just got her ADN from one of the local community colleges and is looking for a job as a nurse. She has a bachelor's in another field and significant professional work experience, but not in a field directly related to nursing. She is also enrolled in a BSN completion program that starts in the fall. The only interview she has been able to land so far is for a doctor's office that doesn't pay very well and wouldn't really provide much acute care experience. While it looks promising, she really hasn't been applying to jobs for that long and hasn't yet taken the NCLEX (takes it in a couple of weeks). On one hand, you hear so many terrible things about the graduate nurse job market, that it is tempting for her to simply take the first nursing job that comes along, regardless of how good the experience and pay is. On the other hand, it seems like a graduate nurse might not want to take a lower paying job at a doctor's office until at least trying for a few months after getting licensed to get jobs at hospitals and LTCFs where she would get better experience and/or pay. Any thoughts greatly appreciated.