Starting ADN program at San Diego City College/Fall 2010.

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I'm starting the ADN program this Fall and I've recently starting reading the many threads on here about no new-grad programs and the difficulty in finding jobs. After being on the waitlist for almost 2 years I was able to get in based on City colleges new multi-criteria evaluation process and I was so excited to find out but now I'm really worried. I plan to go on and do an adn-bsn and eventually a msn but I'm worried about not being able to find work in order to get the experience. I don't just want to go to school for all of those years and have no job at the end of it all. I know we are in tough economic times and who knows what things will be like when I actually graduate in a couple of years but I'm 33 and married with young children and I can't see putting them through this and then having nothing to show for it in the end. Anyone else feeling worried and scared like me? :confused:

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Right now everyone is having trouble finding a job, in every feild. But, in two years everything could and most likely will change. When the new Healthcare reform goes into effect and people have more access to healthcare the market for healthcare workers will go back up.

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I guess I really do know that, I just have a bit of anxiety about the big change. I'm going from essentially being a stay-at-home mom to a full-time nursing student. I know everything will eventually pay off though, I just need to be patient, persistent and hard-working.

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Hi Momichar,

How have things been going? I'm just now considering this path and am in the same boat you are in (SAHM, worried about jobs). How do you like the ADN program?

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Hi kellysd.

Well I have finished my first year in the ADN program, and yes, it was tough and my kids missed me but I am so glad I am in the program. Whether I find a job right away or not, I know that I am in the right field and made the right decision. I have one more year to go and from what I hear it is still difficult to find jobs in the San Diego area, but there are new hospitals opening up and I am optimistic for the future of nursing. The economy won't be like this forever and the changes in healthcare are going to require more nurses. I am willing to go where the work is, so if we have to move or if I have to take a job that isn't my dream job at first, I'm willing to do that too. We all know that as nurses we have to adapt to changing situations right? I would recommend the program kellysd but I would also warn you that most of what people say about nursing school is true, it's stressful, and sometimes you feel like you don't want to do it anymore. Just remember that when you are feeling like that, everyone around you is too, even the ones that look like they've got it together. Good luck with whatever decision you make!

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Thank you. You hang in there too! You're way, way ahead of me so that's something to be excited for!

How many hours/week would you say you put in, between classes, labs, studying? I realize it will be significant, but just trying to prepare myself for the time it will take me away from our little boy!

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