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Thanks! I have an immense amount of support. When I have a child, I will have no problem finding a sitter. My husband has a stable job with enough income to support us, a child, and get all of our bills paid. We already have a home, my car is paid for, money was not the issue of my question really. I guess what I was trying to ask was if being pregnant would make me less likely to be hired upon being interviewed. If I was to become pregnant, I would continue to apply for jobs and go to any interview that I was given the opportunity to have. I would work if I was hired. I think I've found my answer though, which is the one I thought was right all along. I need to find a job and then think about a baby... I guess the baby idea got pushed in front of the job idea because I'm feeling extremely discouraged. After every application gets turned down due to not having any nursing experience, I think I wasted four years of my life and A LOT of money on a degree that, as of right now, seems useless. Where I'm from this is the accepted plan: graduate high school (if even that), get married (if even that), have kids, the end. Seeing all the people I graduated high school with having their second, third, and some even fourth child and me having nothing; no child and no job, is depressing. Depressing is probably too strong of a word, but it's no fun lol But thanks for everyone's advice! I really appreciate it.

I live in a rural area and am applying for any and everything.

Do y'all know the amount of time it usually takes a new grad to get hired? I know everyone and everywhere is different, but what's an estimated norm in y'all's opinion?

Thanks for your reply! My original plan was to graduate, find a job relatively quickly, work for 6 months to a year and then try to get pregnant. I had no idea it would be this hard to find a nursing job. I guess that's why I was contemplating changing my original plan. It just feels like no one is going to give me a chance.

Ok, I'm new to this forum, so... Hello everyone! :) I am experiencing somewhat of a dilemma. I guess one could call it that. I'm a recent (May 2012) BSN grad, so it's been four months since graduation. I obtained my nursing license in my home state in July and got an additional license for a neighboring state in August. Technically, I've only been applying for jobs for two months since I began my search in July. So far I've had two interviews and have not been chosen for either. I have no experience as an RN, and actually no job experience at all really (I'm 22 years old). I didn't work in high school nor college, so my resume is blank. My husband and I have been together for six years, married for one. I want a baby and so does he. We could support a child with just him working, but here's my question: would it be a bad idea for my career as a registered nurse to become pregnant before I find a job? Being a new grad, I'm finding that it is more difficult to find a job than they act like it is in nursing school. Would I decrease my chances even more so by being pregnant? The answer in my mind is "yes," but I would like some other people's point of view. Here's the other side to this dilemma.. No one is calling me wanting to interview me. If I keep applying for jobs and nine months pass and employers still aren't calling me to interview, then I could have already had a child by then and this wouldn't even be an issue... Obviously I can't know what will happen. I could get a job tomorrow, and then again, it could take many, many more months before someone finally gives me a chance. Any words of wisdom? Thanks so much! :)

Hey y'all! I made an account here specifically to ask this question because the suspense is killing me! Lol I too took the NCLEX July 3rd, will quick results be ready July 5th or will we have to wait until July 6th due to the fourth of July? Thanks!