Alaska here I come!

Yea I have been here about a month and so far I love it! There are somethings that I would say are backwards but the people are super nice and I enjoy working with the patients. There is so much to learn culturally and its really interesting. Its different then anything I would have expereinced if I stayed at home so I am glad I came. What unit will you be working on?

I have never picked berries before coming to AK! Any way, I'm working in a family clinic. Its a lot of fun and I enjoy being able to work with peds and adults. Where did you move from? I just moved from CA.

I really like it but I would like some experience in medsurg too (-: Maybe we could swap for a few weeks. JK. Any way, we had the same problem in San Diego as well. To many new grads and not enough jobs. I plan on doing school on line too while I'm here.

I hope things work out for you! I started applying before I graduated but in all about 6 months. My hope was to get a position in ICU or ER but a couple of the hospitals in our area had hiring freezes for new grads and the hospital I worked at only hired 1 new grad for SICU and it went to a BSN student because I was only an ADN. So I was bummed about that and decided to look outside of what I thought I wanted. Part of the reason I chose to move is because I get loan repayment since its an undeserved area. The loan repayment I got through Indian Health Services their website has postings for other positions. Most of the are for a specific amount of time. For instance I'm contracted for two years but the company paid to move me out here and I get help with school loans. I found the position by searching for "rural nurse positions" a lot of them seem to have pretty good deals if you don't mind moving. Plus you will probably get an expereince that you never would in a big hospital!