Sorry I got the RN

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I was an LPN who wanted more, so I went back to school for the RN. Now I can't find an RN position and I have slammed the door

on being an LPN. I should have waited to take the boards and continued on as an LPN for as long as I could.

I have LTC experience as an LPN, but now that I hold the RN license, I cannot find a job, not even in LTC.

I have wanted to be a nurse for so long, and now I feel like I have screwed myself.

Sorry, just venting.

stay motivated, something will come up! i dont want to get discouraged as well- i too live in jersey. looks like you and i are in the same boat. i thought for certain i would get even a flu shot gig but same as u- nothing. =P ugh!

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its pretty funny... well not really..

but as an associates RN (former LPN), im overqualified to push a med cart, but underqualified to be a supervisor. I've been to a handful of these interviews.. pretty strange..

i didn't wait too long after i got my RN to want to switch careers..maybe it was the 130+ applications and resumes i sent out, all the doors closed in my face, all the rejections, wasted tears...

i actually just got my teaching certification to teach english overseas and plan to teach english in china after the holidays. spent three weeks there last month and teaching is a million times less stressful than being a nurse.. just saying..

screw nursing

.:lol2:

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as for practical advice.. if you want a job, youll have to move to a more remote area that has a much less competitive job market.

america is toilet bowl status. stinky toilet bowl.

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I'm graduating in May with my ADN and this is what scares me the most. Were you ever able to find a job?

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Yes, I started my first RN job right after the new year in a LTC/Rehab facility. It is definitely not my first choice, but

it is a chance to get some experience and then hopefully find my niche. I had 2 weeks orientation and am going out on

my own this week. It is scary. I am OK with taking over the med cart, since that is mostly what I did as an LPN, but

am still full of questions about the paperwork. I know that I have put things in the wrong place a couple of times during my orientation, but I guess that is how you learn, from your mistakes. I watch the experienced nurses fly through the paperwork and wonder how long it will be before I can do that. Right now, I would rather go slow and make sure that it is right, even if it means staying a little later, after my shift.

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I'm so glad you landed a job in nursing. Even though it's not your first choice job it will be easier for you tO land a diff job when you already workingGood luck to you

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Hmmm,I had thought Ltc facilities were doing the opposite. The one I used to work at fired the lpns and replaced them with Rn's.

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If you lpn license hasn't expired,can't you technically still work as an lpn even though you have the Rn license?

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