WIll I be able to get a nursing job as a BSN in 5 YEARS?

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I am a 23/m looking to get into nurisng. If all goes well and I obtain my BSN, it will roughly be around 2014. How does it look for male nurses around that time to obtain a job. I know it is a hot field now. I have a decent job and I am not sure if I should risk it to go to school. What if I come out and have a hard time finding a job in nursing? Does this seem likely? Any input is helpful.

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Specializes in Oncology/Haemetology/HIV.

There is no way to predict that, just as no one could have predicted the current recession, or the current trend of large numbers of new grads unable to find jobs.

When I went to college, in the mid 1980's, 'Everyone" predicted that there would be a booming need for MBAs, and IT personnel.......whose bubble crashed rapidly in the late 80's/early 1990s.

You have to take your chances on what YOU think that the need will be.

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lol i am just trying to get an opinion from people on here and in the field. i have no idea to be honest.

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Who could say. If you are getting into a field just for job security, you can certainly do worse than nursing. Though slogging through nursing school with nothing else motivating you will be tough.

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nursing isn't really booming or a hot field now, must new grads are having a hard time finding jobs, just read the differ forums here. signing bonuses use to be the norm in nursing, they're hard to find now and the bonuses aren't as large, if you can find a bonus. travel nursing use to be very big, it has been hit too. people use to make a good living just recruiting nurses, just matching nurses with desparate employers, those people are hurting now.

with that said, it's all relative to what other jobs are out there, so nursing is one of the better career choices.

just around 2 years ago, new grads would have their choice of 5-10 places to work with 3-5k sign on bonuses, relocation assistance ($) and all kinds of other goodies ($). today, there's a stock pile of new grads that can't get a nursing job and it's going to take some time to absorb them and all the other new grads continually being pumped out of nursing schools.

there are many nursing jobs out there, but most are for experienced nurses, usually 1yr or more of exp as a nurse, this is why new grads aren't getting jobs, it takes more time and money to train a new nurse.

who knows how long all this will last.

being a guy and having a bsn will help.

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Specializes in Urgent Care NP, Emergency Nursing, Camp Nursing.

While the economy stinks right now, impacting hiring prospects, there's a metric buttload of baby boomer nurses still in the workforce. While they may try to stick it out as long as they can and keep making money, sooner or later they're all going to stop being nurses and start being patients sometime in the next decade. I wouldn't worry about your prospects 5 years from now.

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Come to Texas. I'm getting nursing school paid for by a hospital, after graduation I will only have to work for them for two years. People are right, there is no way to tell what it will exactly look like in five years. However, there is a shortage of nurses right now and it is predicted to be a shortage of nurses for at least another 10 years. I always look at hospitals where I want to live and check the current job openings, as of right now there are a lot, if your willing to go to them. Think big cities.

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Check this link out. It will help you out.

http://www.aacn.nche.edu/media/factsheets/nursingshortage.htm

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Specializes in Ambulatory Care, Geriatrics.

Well, I am going to be completely honest. If I was to choose a different career before becoming a nurse....I would have. I genuinely enjoy taking care of people, especially the elderly, but I didn't realize how HORRID the nursing politics are. I have developed skin the strength of steel from being a nurse. We are unappreciated and under-staffed and occasionally used as punching bags for our superiors and physicians. Plus, I have never met so many power hungry, insecure people in my life before I was a nurse. You will mostly like be eaten alive if you don't have the right kind of personality.

One thing I do regret is becoming a nurse...should have went to culinary school.

Such is life.

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Specializes in Neonatal ICU (Cardiothoracic).
Well, I am going to be completely honest. If I was to choose a different career before becoming a nurse....I would have. I genuinely enjoy taking care of people, especially the elderly, but I didn't realize how HORRID the nursing politics are. I have developed skin the strength of steel from being a nurse. We are unappreciated and under-staffed and occasionally used as punching bags for our superiors and physicians. Plus, I have never met so many power hungry, insecure people in my life before I was a nurse. You will mostly like be eaten alive if you don't have the right kind of personality.

One thing I do regret is becoming a nurse...should have went to culinary school.

Such is life.

Wow. I'm sorry you've had this experience, Tony.

I for one haven't experience this. While we have all had our tiffs with the stuffed shirts in management, for me personally, the benefits of the job far outweigh the downsides.

I think in 5 years the prospects of landing a job as a BSN prepared RN will be good, better than most other professions. A lot of this will depend on geographical location, and the kind of unit you want to work in.

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My gut feeling is in five years most likely you can find a job somewhere in the united states with a bsn. Perhaps in five years i too will have a bsn. Who knows...only time will tell.

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