Need Job For New Grad Rn

Def go to the mainland and get experience...California in particular. Every hospital we did rotations at were so eager to get your info and couldn't wait till you graduated to train you. Most training programs are 3 months long and pretty thorough. Im lucky that I finished my RN there, graduated, and got my years of experience there. Even though it doens't seem to be helping out here on Maui! Gotta say..I had 'jobs' lined up before I even took my boards. Although this was 5 yrs ago...my friends and family that have since taken up nursing have found the oppurtunitites to be endless! Unless you have a job waiting for you on the Islands, I would consider getting some training on the mainland..plus when you finally find a job in Hawaii after getting your experience, Hawaii hospitals will be a walk in the park If you like Kaiser, you can always find a Kaiser job on the mainland and it will be easier for you to transfer to a Kaiser job on the Islands.

Post by QuoteTheRaven. I have read so many posts about new nurses not finding jobs, or at the very least not finding the ones they had hoped for. It's this way, pretty much, all over right now. I know it's very disheartening, to wait, finally get in, pass, and then this huge wall before you. Don't give up, hang in there, keep yourself fresh in the knowledge you have gained and just keep trying.

The economy is horrible. So many, including my husband, have lost jobs, or taken huge pay cuts. My husband lost his, at age 61. He found another, but at way, oh my, way less wage. Of course our bills did not go down along with the wages. In fact, taxes went up this year, even though our house value dropped. Not a fair world at all. I haven't worked since starting school. We don't make enough to really live on. Robbing Paul to pay Peter these days, but if I take a low paying job, then I don't qualify for a grant, and without that, no school for me.

We were the upper middle class and have slide down to; well, don't know what we are now. Holding on as hard as possible. New Grads of all studies are finding it hard to find work. My parents were young adults during the Depression, so I grew up hearing tales. We are not far from that in my opinon. Things will get better eventually, nothing stays the same, kind of like the law of gravity. Cut costs, turn off what you can, plant a garden and keep applying for any type of nursing job; schools, plants, doc offices, anyplace that would employ a nurse.

And some of you, young enough, don't forget the military service. It's not high pay, but it is job security. I did 3 years and if I wasn't too old, I would go though school and sign up again. Nice to go back as an officer. Keep hope going, hunker down and ride though the storm as best you can, things will get better in time.


I read the above post from QuoteTheRaven, a lady who lives in another state. I'm guessing she's in her 50s. I think it has lots of value, so I'm putting it here, in the Hawai'i forum.