New Grads and Temp Agencies

No is not at all hard to land a job at a hospital,actually if you have your BSN you'l get hired without any problems,ADN nurses are the ones who really have the hardest time landing a job...

wow, where are you located if you don't mind me asking? where i live BSNs are also having a hard time finding jobs. i don't mind relocating for a few years

I wouldn't go into home care for the same reasons that I wouldn't work for an agency. I would never think about being on my own in someone's home without at least 1 or 2 years acute care med/surg experience first. I am not experienced enough to make those life an death decisions in the seclusion of one's home. VNA won't hire new grads for that same reason, so there is another option out for us new grads. Lack of experience pretty much excludes us from employment for any area that is not hospital based preceptor training.

I understand your frustration, as I have had my moments of wishing I never bothered to work my behind off for the past 3 and a half years to get my nursing degree.

Medication administration is just as much about knowing the drug, what it does, potential side effects and interactions as much as it is about following the five rights. We can train any monkey to pick up certain pills and hand them to someone. True nurses aren't procedural, they are hired for their brains.


Oh, and I mean this in the nicest way possible, but is English your first language? Your spelling, grammar, and punctuation leads me to ask.

At least I'm trying ,I learned english in 5 years Reading and Writing. If I had leasten to people like you who wants to put me down, I would never learn any thing. Now how many language do you speak? This web site is to help us with new ideas and to make us feel good stop being negative. Oh by the way Alot of americans have problems with there grammer too!!!! thanks

Thanks for helping but I have a full time job 7-3. I was telling my exp before I got my job. I don't think there is any grammer in writing your name, address, phone number, where did you work before!! so I never had any problems with filling applications.

No is not at all hard to land a job at a hospital,actually if you have your BSN you'l get hired without any problems,ADN nurses are the ones who really have the hardest time landing a job...