rawilso1

I have my clinicals listed with the skills I learned from them. My instructor told me today that I may count as a CNA regardless of licensure, so I should try local nursing homes. I think nursing homes might be my best bet to try next. I wish I would have gotten my CNA license right out of highschool but I didn't even know for sure that I wanted to go into nursing then. I actually heard that many employers won't hire me possibly because I'm so close to my grad date. They don't want to throw money into training me if I'll only be there for a short while.

Let me start by saying that I graduate this December. I've been working various customer service jobs throughout college and I currently work at Subway. I have heard that getting a Patient Care tech job helped a lot of RNs before they got into their professional career. I have applied to several care tech jobs but haven't been successful in getting one (Maybe Customer Service looks bad on a Resume?). My question is: Is it really that important to get a Hospital Job before graduating? Will I even be able to get an RN job after school with my past work history??? I haven't met an RN yet that just worked in customer service positions all throughout school... and I feel rather discouraged about my chances. I really need to find ways to make myself stand out so I can get a job. Any advice is welcome! PS: I continue to apply for tech jobs at hospitals even now.