ajs9009

Thank you for your advice! I just wanted to be sure that I wasn't making an unforeseen error.

I am a nursing student set to complete my RN program in December. I went into school planning on furthering my career in long-term care. I love working in nursing homes and I plan on obtaining a position in one ASAP if/when I pass my NCLEX. However, my classmates tell me that I wasted my time getting my RN and that I should have become an LPN. I chose an RN program because the facilties I worked at never could keep RN's. Most would only stay long enough to get experience and get their "dream jobs". Now that I am completing my program, my instructors and advisors are pushing for me to attempt to work in acute care settings for a year before going to LTC so I can develop my skills?!?! I have no interest in attempting to work in acute care and from what I understand, those jobs are difficult to obtain anyways. Both facilities I work for already are vying to have me as a full-time RN when I become licensed. Am I missing something? Am I making some unknown mistake by going straight into LTC when that is where I want to spend my nursing career? Any advice or insight is welcome....