I am sure many people have heard of the social issue/ cause "school to prison pipeline" that many civic groups are trying to eradicate. I am here to draw attention to a similar related problem , the college to welfare pipeline.
Due to an intricate , intimate, and covert relationship between big government politicos, higher education, Bureau of Occupational affairs, and the Federal/ State Department of labor, we have a serious student debt problem in the nursing field that is only going to get worse. Nurses need to wake up and take note of the LPN to RN hoax, and the RN-BSN hoax. These are all well publicized , propaganda driven falsities that are crushing nurses into debt driven higher education requirements. These propaganda driven requirements brainwash nurses into believing that without the extra education, they will not be employed.
And to a certain degree, they are correct, but its important for nurses to see the pitfall, before taking the dive. There is little to no difference in responsibility or pay rate from LPN to RN, and most RNs are taking the lower wage, just to have a job. There is zero difference in job responsibility or pay from RN to BSN, but the dollars spent to get there are substantial. The RN to BSN pipeline is a grotesque narrative that is being sung, for the sole purpose of enriching nursing schools. The NCLEX exam is identical for RNs and BSNs, the scope of practice is identical, and so are all the pay rates. A staff nurse is a staff nurse, is a staff nurse, too.
So why go for your BSN? Its because the hospitals and other various 24/ 7 institutional care providers say so. They have all built a united wall against the ADN RN. We are becoming an extinct species, because no one will hire us. Is the BSN a job guarantee? Of course not. Is any higher education a job guarantee? Nope. Big government politicos want student debt to skyrocket , so that they can fly in and save everyone with free bailouts, loan forgiveness, and thousands of more votes on election day.
May the buyer beware, until that utopia comes to fruition. In the meantime, take a serious look inward into the pitfalls, tricks and traps of higher education in the nursing field. The powers that be want you to keep jumping hurdles , spending more and more money, hoping to get hired, and falling deeper and deeper into debt, during the process. The higher you jump, the more you spend, and the less you earn. For many nurses who fell for these schemes, the financial devastation has been both swift and severe.
I hear ya, I worked my behind off and learned plenty.
I also worked my behind off and learned plenty. All for nothing. It even an interview. Applied to a job fair. They emailed me and told me to. It bother coming since I don’t qualify for anything.
You don’t start your first job until June? Then you have not lived our experience. I take offense that we are “whining”. I can’t speak for everyone, but I can tell you that my despair at wasting time and money on two degrees only to be in exactly the same job I was 11 years ago is a huge slap in the face.
Busy enjoying our careers? I can’t speak for everyone, but I know I am busy sitting on the couch on my day off because I spent the day before on my feet for 18 hours, being verbally abused by patients, being talked down to by the clinic manager who has no medical background whatsoever, and chewed out by a doctor for calling him after he told me to call him for everything. I have to sit on a heating pad, pop some Advil and wait four hours until I feel well enough to get up and move around. There isn’t a word in the English language to describe how much I hate my job, but I can’t find another one and I have spent 10 years trying My boss tortures me because he knows I’m stuck and I can’t quit What am I going to do about it? If I don’t like his petty, vindictive nonsense, well too bad
You didn’t hear complaints? That’s called professionalism Bad mouthing your job to a nursing not student shows lack of maturity, poor judgment and could get you fired
I graduated nursing school with honors at the age of 45 And you know what? Nobody cares Not once has anyone showed any interest in my GPA or the honors courses I took. I have a master’s degree and yesterday I spent 45 minutes mopping up dialysate that was shooting out of the wall box because the tech didn’t push in the connector all the way. We are up to our eyeballs in catheters that our non clinical boss accepted into the clinic and doesn’t care that it’s a higher strain on the nurses to have to work them, while the techs sit around looking at their phones.
And don’t even get me started about having no power to do anything about techs who don’t do their job, and run to our non-clinical boss and tattle on us for being mean, and then he writes us up for harassment.
Enjoying our careers. Aaahhh hahahahahahaha. Hahahahahaha. Just you wait.
Ya... No idea why people would think you are whining.
There is an amazing amount of bitterness and teeth gnashing in this thread. The students I know that have graduated from my program in the last several years all have jobs as nurses. They all like nursing as well
I also worked my behind off and learned plenty. All for nothing. It even an interview. Applied to a job fair. They emailed me and told me to. It bother coming since I don’t qualify for anything.
There is a healthcare system in my area that routinely holds job fairs for the sole purpose of laughing in the faces of the unemployed nurses lined up out the door. Circa 1929 bread lines. They hire no one. They are a "BSN only" shitbox with their noses in the air. When I applied online, I got a return email 10 minutes later telling me I was not qualified. I'd like to get a hold of this woman and (well, I cannot write it on here).?
I am one of those negative nellies that got duped into nursing school 20 years ago, thinking it would be an awesome replacement field for a person whose first career was wiped out in automation. Plenty of jobs, great benes, solid hours, always in demand, awesome pay, wide open career field (head bowed, shaking right to left, hand over eyes)
Oh how naive I was. Not even one of those utopias came to fruition. Not.even.one.....and its 20 years later. Nursing shortage hoax at its finest.
Ad hominems are not an effective way to win debates. Nor do they showcase critical thinking, civility, or professionalism.
I cannot wait for all you "students" (rolls eyes) to walk the walk, then tell us we were wrong. You won't, because we're not. And you already know that.
I cannot wait for all you "students" (rolls eyes) to walk the walk, then tell us we were wrong. You won't, because we're not. And you already know that.
Perhaps. Or perhaps my positive, can-do attitude will not only help me land a position in the specialty I desire, but also allow me to adapt, adjust, and overcome the many obstacles any profession would undoubtedly present. ?
Perhaps. Or perhaps my positive, can-do attitude will not only help me land a position in the specialty I desire, but also allow me to adapt, adjust, and overcome the many obstacles any profession would undoubtedly present. ?
I used to have that positive attitude as a student nurse too. I was always positive. A ray of sunshine in the dark. A peach. Then I went to work. ?
I used to have that positive attitude as a student nurse too. I was always positive. A ray of sunshine in the dark. A peach. Then I went to work. ?
Although I am “just” a nursing student, I’ve served in the Army, been married and divorced (kind of a Dear John situation), and owned/managed two business. I am not new to dark times. I’ve been to therapy, I’ve studied health and wellness, developmental and behavioral change theories, and I have the love and support of my wife and son. No, life is not perfect and it never will be. However, our attitude greatly influences our lives.
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I also worked my behind off and learned plenty. All for nothing. It even an interview. Applied to a job fair. They emailed me and told me to. It bother coming since I don’t qualify for anything.