I have been pursuing nursing for several years now and worked very hard to complete my prerequisites and spent hundreds of dollars on application fees and transcripts. Now that I finally got into a nursing school for Fall 2010 I have lost the drive to do nursing. I have lost hope because I know people who finished nursing school and can't find a job, I thought there was a shortage of nurses, or has that changed? I see people writing on here about how they're also having a hard time finding a job. To make matters worst I didn't even know that one has to take a pharmacology exam before getting hired, I heard a lot about people taking the pharmacology exam but I didn't know what it was for. I thought exams stopped after the state boards. I would love to do nursing but there's way too much work to be done only to end up with no job after finishing nursing school. Now I'm just frustrated and confused. I don't know where to go from here because I spent so much of the last 3 years preparing for this. If anyone out there has any advice as too what I should do please feel free because I'm ready to drop nursing now.
Don't stop now, the fun and work begins! The people that graduate and got jobs don't have time to be playing around on "allnurses.com", they are out working and living life! The complainers are on the computer whining and spreading rumors of no jobs. I have several nurses as friends. They never complain about no work. My PA friends on the other hand don't have near as many opportunities. I just looked on a website for a Reno hospital. There are many jobs, PT, Full time, per Diem etc... Think positive, you just spent 3 years to get to where you are. The pre-req's are a pretty big step. I didn't know if I could even do them when I started. Now that that is over I have already forgot the pain.
Yes it is true that some new grads are getting jobs, Chriszyogi, however, I feel that it's unfair that you said that the people here complaining about not getting jobs are "spreading rumors." I know of many new/recent grads who would strongly disagree (myself included). The harsh reality is that during this time getting a job is very difficult, and many people have to wait several months (or over a year) to get work. It is just as true that there are many new grads getting jobs as there are many new grads not getting jobs. I guess its just the luck of the draw, or about who you know
But I am not here to add doom and glom to you, goldbla19! My honest opinion is that there is nothing for you to worry about, the economy is bad now, but I am sure that by the time you are done with nursing school, the market will be wide open :) If you are still afraid of coming out during this mess, I would suggest going to nursing school part-time or taking off a semester or two, anything to prolong things until the economic climate gets better. And if you could work in between (if you're up to that), you could even make some money to help pay off the cash spent on applications and transcripts. Things happen really fast, the way the economy got bad quickly is the same way it'll get good, so don't let that keep you from your dreams Best of luck to ya.
naomi712
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Yes it is true that some new grads are getting jobs, Chriszyogi, however, I feel that it's unfair that you said that the people here complaining about not getting jobs are "spreading rumors." I know of many new/recent grads who would strongly disagree (myself included). The harsh reality is that during this time getting a job is very difficult, and many people have to wait several months (or over a year) to get work. It is just as true that there are many new grads getting jobs as there are many new grads not getting jobs. I guess its just the luck of the draw, or about who you know
But I am not here to add doom and glom to you, goldbla19! My honest opinion is that there is nothing for you to worry about, the economy is bad now, but I am sure that by the time you are done with nursing school, the market will be wide open :) If you are still afraid of coming out during this mess, I would suggest going to nursing school part-time or taking off a semester or two, anything to prolong things until the economic climate gets better. And if you could work in between (if you're up to that), you could even make some money to help pay off the cash spent on applications and transcripts. Things happen really fast, the way the economy got bad quickly is the same way it'll get good, so don't let that keep you from your dreams
Best of luck to ya.