Two questions...

[LauraLiz]

Wow, I can't believe that when I joined this forum I had just decided to go back to school, and now, here I am 3 months away from graduating!

So, just wondering...How long did you wait to take NCLEX after graduating and how long did it take you to find a job?

[Genista, BSN, RN]

I took the NCLEX 1 month after graduating (I wanted a month to "review" for the exam). Started my 1st job 7 mos later (I took summer off/had fun/got married in between). ;-) Good luck!

[BrandonLPN, LPN]

I took the PN boards about 2 months after graduating, but I started working as a graduate nurse in a jail a few days after graduating. this was in 2010.

[NutmeggeRN, BSN]

Older than dirt here

Grad in May of 83, took my boards in early July (worked as a GN till the results came back in late August) and been a workin' ever since.....

my butt is tired!

[joanna73, BSN, RN]

I graduated almost 3 years ago. I had a job before I wrote my exam, through a friend I made here on AN. The market was terrible, and I decided to relocate, which was the best decision I could have made. Most of my friends have jobs, but those who were picky took up to a year to find them.

[Racer15, BSN, RN]

I had a job a month before I graduated, and I took NCLEX less than 4 weeks after graduation.

[canigraduate]

I started applying for jobs in October 2011, received a couple of conditional job offers right before I graduated in December 2011, took NCLEX as soon as I could (about 2 weeks), started my job in January 2012.

[Nurse Kyles, BSN, RN]

Graduated end of December 2011 and took NCLEX the end of January, which was the first available date. I started my first nursing job February 1st.

[jennafezz]

I took the NCLEX two weeks after graduating and got a job five weeks later.

[Nurse SMS, MSN, RN]

Take NCLEX as quickly as possible after graduation.

I was hired 3 months before I graduated for my first RN position. I graduated in December of 2011. Started my internship the last week of January 2012.

[buytheshoes11, MSN, RN]

I took the NCLEX about a month after graduation. I wanted my studying and school knowledge of nursing to be fresh. I started working in early September of the same year.

[M/B-RN]

I took my NCLEX 3 weeks after graduation and I got a nursing job 6 months after finishing school.

[kguill975, MSN, APRN, NP]

Accepted an internship position in April, graduated in May, started my internship in June, took NCLEX in July. Don't wait!