Work as a Nurse technician or with my bachelors

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I graduated this fall with a Bachelors in Interdisciplinary health services with a minor in Health informatics management. I am currently applying to nursing school, so far I just need to take a test and then I will be put on the waiting list for 2 years (maybe less hopefully). I have two years to pay off my loans and relax until school starts and I am not sure what I want to do.

It makes perfect sense to start working with my Bachelors as a clinical specialist or a coordinator of some sort, but at the same time I would like the clinical patient experience for nursing school. Plus it would look good on my resume that I worked in patient care in the future when I actually start applying for nursing jobs (assuming I graduate).

I currently work as a nurse tech at a rehabilitation hospital. Help? What should I do

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Use your informatics degree, work full time, make money. Switch to PRN with your tech job and work every other weekend.

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Use your informatics degree, work full time, make money. Switch to PRN with your tech job and work every other weekend.

This. PCT experience isn't as powerful as people make it out to be. Plenty of new grads get great jobs post graduation with zero experience in healthcare.

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And if you have debts to pay off, PCT pay isn't going to cut it.

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Thanks for the advice, I hope to hear more though since I really need to consider what I do.

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And if you have debts to pay off, PCT pay isn't going to cut it.

I only owe 20k, and the amount I make as a nurse tech is roughly 28k a year. Yes it would pay off my loans, especially since I'm going to live with my parents until I graduate from nursing school. I'm only 22 so its not a big deal to them as long as I am in school or working.

Just stating this in case I decide to stay as a nurse tech. I really appreciate the advice a lot.

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This. PCT experience isn't as powerful as people make it out to be. Plenty of new grads get great jobs post graduation with zhero experience in healthcare.

Okay thank you :). I have a question though, are these people Nurses who get jobs with zero experience and what positions do they work?

I did an internship with at a department and the supervisor told me that if a New Nurse has zero experience with patient care, then they don't even consider them for the job. This really scares me.

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Okay thank you :). I have a question though, are these people Nurses who get jobs with zero experience and what positions do they work?

I did an internship with at a department and the supervisor told me that if a New Nurse has zero experience with patient care, then they don't even consider them for the job. This really scares me.

I think it depends on what area of the country you are in, and the impression you make on the staff/managers during your clinical rotations. I worked as a CNA, but many of my nursing classmates didn't and they were hired just a few months after me in acute care hospitals (med-surg, ED, ICU, telemetry, OR) as new graduate nurses. I'm the only one in psych, although I started on a medical floor as a new grad. One of my friends didn't have any healthcare experience, and was hired as a new grad RN right into a Level I Surgical ICU, with one of the most competitive nurse residencies in the state. He really worked hard to get that position (great resume, references, connections with professors, making a great impression on staff during our clinical rotations and letting them know he wanted to work there after graduation). So I think it's definitely doable.

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Okay thank you :). I have a question though, are these people Nurses who get jobs with zero experience and what positions do they work?

I did an internship with at a department and the supervisor told me that if a New Nurse has zero experience with patient care, then they don't even consider them for the job. This really scares me.

As nurses. My entire cohort had jobs upon graduation. Roughly, half had jobs in healthcare. This was a couple of years ago, but not much has changed. We still hire new grads all the time.

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I've seen hard-working, well-liked CNAs passed over for RN jobs after they graduated. Do not count on CNA experience to get you a nursing job- they're two different animals. I had no healthcare experience when I graduated, but I lived in a good market and found a job easily. The manager did mention that she loved my stable work history.

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

Moved to another forum for more answers.

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Use your informatics degree, work full time, make money. Switch to PRN with your tech job and work every other weekend.

This!!! Make the green. Then save some money up go PRN jump into an accelerated BSN.

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