Should I really do this?

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hi everyone :)

i have read a lot of threads, and i really feel like nursing is the job for me. i want to help, i don't want to sit in an office, i want a hands on job and i find medicine interesting. i spend hours watching the discovery health channel!:nurse:

right now i'm doing nursing pre-reqs for my university and its going well, but i'm staring to feel scared of the future. i keep reading threads about how there are no jobs for new grads, and i think to myself " whats the point if i wont even get to work in this field!?:cry: " someone please tell me, how do you think nursing will be in 3 years. is there really no jobs for new grads, or just no good jobs? i don't mind my first job being one in a home, in fact i would like to work with older patients and make their stay in a home a better experience.

thank you so much

mabel

Specializes in LTC/Skilled Care/Rehab.

I started applying to jobs in April and graduated in May. I passed NCLEX in June. It is January and I am still looking for a job. I have applied to pretty much every position available in my area. I have applied to geriatric, peds, med/surg, psych, oncology, rehab, L&D, mother/baby, LTC, flu clinics, school nurse, etc. The only positions I haven't applied to is NICU and ICU because I am not interested in that at all. Most people in my class have found job but for many of them it took them quite a while. There are tons of RN positions available in my area the only problem is that many of them say "no new grad" or "experience only" or just won't hire new grads. Hopefully the market gets better soon! It is very disappointing spending so much time and money on an education you can't do anything with. And the comments about not trying hard enough or being too picky don't really help us unemployed "new" grads feel any better.

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Specializes in Acute Mental Health.

There aren't a lot of jobs in my area right now. I've been in healthcare long enough to know that this tends to be cyclical. Seems to be every 7 or so years. By the time you graduate, there should hopefully be many more jobs a available. I think the whole economy is going through the same spiral right now. I'm confident it will turn around. There will always be a need for nurses :twocents:

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Haven't read the other responses, but I will give my :twocents:. Just b/c every new grad doesn't get hired right away, doesn't mean there aren't jobs for them. Sometimes this is what happens... They decide they want to take a couple of months break after putting life on hold while in nursing school, which is understandable. But, there is a season for new grads, it's June and January. I started applying in Feb before graduating in May, and had a job to start on June 1. Actually most of my class found jobs, somewhere. There were a few who didn't apply until July or Aug, and they were the ones having trouble finding jobs. The nursing market is constanly bouncing back, if you want to do this, you need to just make up your mind and do it. You aren't getting any younger. If your mind is not firmly made up, when the heat comes on you in nursing school, you will quit. Just push through those hard times and I promise you will be rewarded in the end. Good luck to you!

Congrats on graduation :) Let us know how your new job goes.

I've made up my mind about this, there is no turning back. I'm only 19 at the moment and doing my pre-reqs but I'm definitely not getting any younger :eek:

Good luck in your job :)

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