without a job until after new years

[RN252]

Hello

I am a new RN that passed NCLEX. I am writing to maybe vent or maybe get some advice who knows. Anyways I just found out I cannot be a graduate nurse (you know start working) right now rather I have to wait 2 entire months. At this point I am exhausted and completely burned out. I haven't made any money for 2 stinking years and i literally don't have food to eat. I need a job and I need one now. I come from an extremely dysfunctional family and I am the only person to not only graduate but become a nurse. I even did extremely well in nursing school. The thing is I am at an extremely low point in my life...yes I did pass my nclex in 75 questions under one hour and all that crap but i NEED to eat and pay my rent. At this point I have a friend that is an escort and she advised me to do what she does so I can afford to buy food and pay my rent this month. I never thought I would end up doing such a thing but I am desperate. I have cried all night knowing I will be getting paid for sex but there is nothing i can do. There is no other job in the world that will pay be so much money on the spot. I have no friends that are nurses nor do I feel comfortable reaching out to the nurses I do know. I wish I could do anything but escort but I have no clue as to what and my rent is coming up.

Anyways I hope you guys have a great christmas...

[Whitney365]

LOL Attention seeking much?

[Julius Seizure]

If this is a troll post then there is no harm in pointing out that men don't pay an escort for sex. . . they pay to leave.

Wait please explain - this is going over my head!

[Whitney365]

Wait please explain - this is going over my head!

HAHAHA

[Hollyhocks720, MSN, NP]

Looks like a fake post.

[TriciaJ, RN]

I am not a troll... I literally just got my license. I will be honest going through nursing school and studying my ass off has burned me out. In fact I took the nclex without even caring. I just said sat there and said well if i don't pass i am done with this XXXX. Alot of you are snobby but will be shocked at how many escorts i knew are in fact nurses now. I have never done it myself but i know people that do... I dont look down on them. I was simply venting... I may or may not do it but after spending 2 freaking years learning as much as possible even topics i know i will never want to know i am broke while my friends who are escorts have freaking homes fully paid for and brand new cars. Sometimes I get mad because I decided to help people but now here i am broke and hungry. Yes my graduate nurse program starts in 2 months but i cant wait that long. I hear some people have jobs already but I don't know what that means. Can a graduate nurse work somewhere else like a nursing home while they wait? Every other job i search for wants an experienced nurse. I refuse to be a tech like how the hell am i working backwards. I just want to learn to use my skills and do what i have always wanted to do. . like i said I am NEW to the field. My parents never even finished high school so I cannot ask them for advise.

Wait...it's beneath you to work as a tech but not as a prostitute? Okay, carry on.

[Kooky Korky, BSN, RN]

I would simply starve before I risked my license, career, health, and life, by being an escort, period.

You most likely would not. You would figure out that you could panhandle or get a job in fast food places or any of a dozen other places.

You would go to churches and other religious institutions and charities.

Or friends and neighbors, etc.

[CharleeFoxtrot, BSN, RN]

...Or friends and neighbors, etc.

or she could hit up all her "party girl friends" that she is so very jelly of for a short term loan.

[FurBabyMom, MSN, RN]

Dude, if it's an eat or not eat, pay rent or not pay rent situation - I'd be hitting up retail until I can get started in my nursing job. It's the holiday season. Target, Home Depot - there are some reasonable options. Daycares or school based childcare programs?

I would not work as an escort. I couldn't make myself do it - and I would be too afraid I'd be the person who gets caught. That won't look good at all, and you would have a lot of issues even with the arrest but no conviction (even if they never prosecuted) as someone applying for a healthcare job.

Personally, I very humbly went back to my former job (call center - customer service) after graduating while I worked to figure out where I'd be working as a nurse. That took me about 6 months, and while I greatly disliked it, I did it because I needed to.

I really hope this is a post for attention and the OP is not literal...

[Alex Egan, LPN, EMT-B]

Sex work and a professional license just don't mix well. There's nothing wrong with either on their own, but together they will eventually clash. Even no contact work like caming, or being a proDom will get around eventually.

Earn money on your feet, not you're back because you have that license to protect. You got some great suggestions further up with flu clinics ect.

Remember that your Education and license last a lifetime. Eventually your friends who are escorting will be older and find it harder to get work. People who are successful at sex work do it while they are young and able and get out while the chips are up.

[traumaRUs, MSN, APRN]

Staff note:

Hey guys play nice. Realize that sometimes we all write things that maybe looking back we shouldn't have put out there.

[CrunchRN, ADN, RN]

Tons of temp jobs available now. Go apply to anything and everything and take what starts right away and pays the best. That is all it takes.

You need to mature a bit (we all do when we are 20!) so get started now. Take a job whether you like it or not and don't compare yourself to others. You have already risen higher than any in your family so enjoy your achievements and work hard and start your real journey.

[RNrhythm, BSN, RN]

If you get caught/arrested you can lose your license.