Jobs are very hard to get, with 300 or more applicants for each position at some places. It can take years to get your first nursing job. So, if the school is selling you the idea that your going into a "guaranteed" job, your not.
There are thousands and thousands of unemployed new grad licensed nurses who are scrambling to get a job, and the hospitals are upping their standards every day, almost all flat out tell you not to apply if your a new grad, some say if your a new grad only apply if you have a BSN and a 3.5 GPA or better. Almost all positions all the way down the the lowly LTC centers are requiring BSN degrees, and even home health care wont touch you if you don't have 1 year of acute experience, which you cant get unless you have a BSN with a 3.5 average.
If you do not believe what I am saying, then Google "No nursing jobs" and take a look at what people are saying.
That being said, if you still willing to go into nursing, spend years in the most stressful program and then not be able to obtain work when your finished, then god bless you.
Ya know, I wish when people made these threads, instead of telling us that the sky is falling on nursing. How about telling us which field we ought to be training for instead?
Sorry for wanting to open some peoples eyes to the reality of the situation. I wish someone would have told me the truth before I went into nursing school, and I would have done something else.
I think everyone here would like to know what your "something else" would've been?
I mean seriously it is hard to find any job right now - even one at Walmart.
So which career is so lucrative and hiring multitudes of people that it would be worth giving up our dreams?
I really hate all the internet speculation, especially amoung nursing graduates. It took this community college student all of about 13 seconds to find a crediable article on New Grad Job Placement: http://www.aacn.nche.edu/IDS/pdf/ResBriefEmpl.pdf
Sure its not perfect, but its a heck of a lot more reliable than boots on the ground. enjoy.
I really hate all the internet speculation, especially amoung nursing graduates. It took this community college student all of about 13 seconds to find a crediable article on New Grad Job Placement: http://www.aacn.nche.edu/IDS/pdf/ResBriefEmpl.pdf
Sure its not perfect, but its a heck of a lot more reliable than boots on the ground. enjoy.
Phenomenal article, that says a lot more than data informally gathered from a message board.
With respect to job offers for new nursing program graduates 4-6 months after graduation, the survey found
this rate to be 89% based on data collected from 393 schools with entry-level BSN and MSN programs.
Well, no offense but I guess we know at least one reason why you weren't one of the ones hired.
I'm a brand new nursing student and while I dont pretend that I am able to yet fully appreciate how difficult my nursing journey will be, I am SO excited to start my education and my career as an RN. It took me until now, at 28 years old with an Associate's degree, Bachelor's degree (with minor), and 2 jobs after college to realize I want to be a nurse. This is what I want to do with my life and I cannot wait.
I believe there is ALWAYS room for a GOOD, compassionate, and competant nurse. I intend to be one of them.
Well, no offense but I guess we know at least one reason why you weren't one of the ones hired.
You mean one of the 6 people hired out of my class of 60? Yeah, maybe your right. I guess that myself and all the other 54 of us are all mean, angry, bitter people to not have jobs yet. I am sure that my friend who went to school in a separate RN ADN program from me, her class has a handful of people are employed, but the rest of them all have some sort of problems that none of you will suffer from. I am sure that none of us tried to make contacts in the hospital. Or are applying for jobs in the way that "you" will. I am sure that you have some sort of edge that none of us have. In fact our class president who is not yet employed must have some soft of chip on her shoulder as well. The girl who spent all her time volunteering and works at a magnet hospital as a patient lift tech and has contacts up the wazoo must be doing something wrong as well, because she is not yet employed either. I am sure that none of us have applied in person, or tried LTC centers. I am sure that my 3.6 gpa, is also part of the problem, because your going to do better then that right?
Heres a bit of advice for those looking to be RNs in the future, go to a BSN program, because I will tell you right now that they do have it easier. I am from a ADN program and this is the very real state of things "right now" and has been since 2008. Like I said in my original post, most employers want BSN's. Even the post with the link to the BSN new grad employment rates support it, BSN have like 80% employment, and ADNS had like 25% at the end of 6 months. So by all means, go for your dreams. Just be smart and go to a university! I wish I would have, and I probably will have to just to find employment.
IF I had a BSN, I wouldn't be sitting here unemployed, complaining about not having a job.
*stepping down off my soapbox now* let the flame war commence.
You mean one of the 6 people hired out of my class of 60? Yeah, maybe your right. I guess that myself and all the other 54 of us are all mean, angry, bitter people to not have jobs yet. I am sure that my friend who went to school in a separate RN ADN program from me, her class has a handful of people are employed, but the rest of them all have some sort of problems that none of you will suffer from. I am sure that none of us tried to make contacts in the hospital. Or are applying for jobs in the way that "you" will. I am sure that you have some sort of edge that none of us have. In fact our class president who is not yet employed must have some soft of chip on her shoulder as well. The girl who spent all her time volunteering and works at a magnet hospital as a patient lift tech and has contacts up the wazoo must be doing something wrong as well, because she is not yet employed either. I am sure that none of us have applied in person, or tried LTC centers. I am sure that my 3.6 gpa, is also part of the problem, because your going to do better then that right?
Heres a bit of advice for those looking to be RNs in the future, go to a BSN program, because I will tell you right now that they do have it easier. I am from a ADN program and this is the very real state of things "right now" and has been since 2008. Like I said in my original post, most employers want BSN's. Even the post with the link to the BSN new grad employment rates support it, BSN have like 80% employment, and ADNS had like 25% at the end of 6 months. So by all means, go for your dreams. Just be smart and go to a university! I wish I would have, and I probably will have to just to find employment.
IF I had a BSN, I wouldn't be sitting here unemployed, complaining about not having a job.
*stepping down off my soapbox now* let the flame war commence.
This rant is exactly your problem, like I said before. That, and, precisely what everyone else has said. Im not sure where you live or what your problem is. Perhaps its your negative attitude, perhaps its your rudeness. Perhaps its where you went to school or your location. Where I live, 100% of the graduating nurses in one local school were employed within 3 months, in the other 91% and in the other 93% (with 4% and 1% waiting to secure employment, respectively).
Whatever your problem is, you seem like a very miserable, unhappy person. I hope things get better for you.
Where I am from, most of the hospitals froze new grad hiring for about a year or so, but most of them just opened back up again this year. I was browsing the new grad openings at a nearby hospital online last night. Listings state either ADN or BSN, doesn't appear to be a preference (I'm sure the BSN's get a dollar more or something). A couple of my girl friends just got their RN's and didn't have a problem finding jobs. Looks promising for new grads in the future.
Here's a bit of a newsflash for you, debbie downer: I can't think of a single degree in which one could get that would guarantee a job on the other side right now. For many parts of the country, no, there aren't many nursing jobs. But there aren't many of ANY jobs. That doesn't mean people shouldn't waste their time by going to college. Your miserable attitude most likely isn't helping your plight.
I really hate all the internet speculation, especially amoung nursing graduates. It took this community college student all of about 13 seconds to find a crediable article on New Grad Job Placement: http://www.aacn.nche.edu/IDS/pdf/ResBriefEmpl.pdf
Sure its not perfect, but its a heck of a lot more reliable than boots on the ground. enjoy.
I see there is a difference among different areas. I had a feeling the numbers would be that way, thanks for posting the link.
Im not sure where you live or what your problem is. Perhaps its your negative attitude, perhaps its your rudeness. Perhaps its where you went to school or your location. Where I live, 100% of the graduating nurses in one local school were employed within 3 months, in the other 91% and in the other 93% (with 4% and 1% waiting to secure employment, respectively).
I hate it when nurses consider LTC's to be 'lowly'. 
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Ya know, I wish when people made these threads, instead of telling us that the sky is falling on nursing. How about telling us which field we ought to be training for instead?