New Grads and Temp Agencies

now! here is someone who has a clue!!!! thank you

I understand what ou saying but beleive me" you are not in need yet" you might have some savings here or there orany type of help some wher maybe . first of all , I didn't apply for any agency yet allthough I was looking for job over 5 months. It is not about me more than about the pt safety what do I know?. I'm just saying Ther is few agencies who can match your skills with a case. My causin lives in TX,he is a new grade too when he went to work for an agency they sent him to work in "prison" . All what he had to do is to give medications now HOW HARD IS THAT? don't tell me anew grade can't give meds. You have your MAR and meds. So do you still think this is not safe as well?

Thanks everyone for posting. I have been getting a lot of calls from temp agencies. They get my resume off of a major job site.

New grade can do certain skills we are not that bad! so we will not put our PT in risk if the agency will match us with what will fit our skills such as G-tube PT.

I understand what ou saying but beleive me" you are not in need yet" you might have some savings here or there orany type of help some wher maybe . first of all , I didn't apply for any agency yet allthough I was looking for job over 5 months. It is not about me more than about the pt safety what do I know?. I'm just saying Ther is few agencies who can match your skills with a case. My causin lives in TX,he is a new grade too when he went to work for an agency they sent him to work in "prison" . All what he had to do is to give medications now HOW HARD IS THAT? don't tell me anew grade can't give meds. You have your MAR and meds. So do you still think this is not safe as well?

New grade can do certain skills we are not that bad! so we will not put our PT in risk if the agency will match us with what will fit our skills such as G-tube PT. Please If you have ajob and the economy never affected you or your spouce don't say " Oh , I know how is the economy, cause you don't". New grade are looked at as something bad to the healthcare know. Do you know how long it takes to get a new job now. What do you wants us to do? I was thinking about going back to work as a C.N.A just to pay my bills or at least my student loan. If you have some thing nice to say it your are more than welcome if not please keep it to your self. THIs web site is my escape now don't ruin it for me or others. yesterday I went to look for ajob from 11-4 pm filling applications and taking tests. I was so tierd when I came home. this morning I started again after I dropped my daughter to school. I am afraid I can't do this any longer cause I have no money for gas !!! At the store I had to choose between buying "pull ups " to my 2 years or Milk and bread!!!! GIVE US A BREAK PLEASE.

That may involve relocation. This concept is not unique for nurses. People all over the country are wiling to move for employment. We have fallen into hard times and the days of rolling straight into a job at you local hospital are over. I am a fairly experienced nurse with specialty certifications, and I have to commute just over 100 miles one way to my place of employment. We are all effected and it is unreasonable to think we should have a plethora of jobs open in our local areas. Additionally, no body is forcing you to move; however, you may have to move if you want to nail a job. This is an unfortunate reality most people in this country face, not just nurses.

Then hopefully you can find something with the upcoming flu shot clinics, or something similar. I think that whoever posted that they are a charge nurse has it dead on...it's not about "oh no, the new grad can't handle it", it's about protecting the new grad's license as well as the pts.

I'm a new grad myself in my first year of nursing as an RN and was an LPN for the year prior. All told, less than two years of experience as a nurse. Now that I've been at the same job (LTC/TCU) for going on two years, I'm charge on my shift, as well as responsible for doing new nurse orientation. There IS a learning curve. At the same time I just went through orientation at a local hospital. Very, very, very different experiences.

At my LTC/TCU job, I'm confident and capable. It was very hard going into the hospital. While we do IVs at my first job, we don't do them routinely, and this was a skill I needed to brush up on. On the other hand, I'm very comfortable with wound care. The cardiac pts. at the hospital are a challenge for me; I had no experience with telemetry and EKG's. There are heparin protocols to learn, cardiac protocols to learn, and new meds to learn.

I hope you get the point--that if you step right into a job without proper orientation, as a brand new grad, you will be putting that hard earned license in jeopardy.