sweetrvr

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1. New Grads! Check it out!

   sweetrvr replied to sweetrvr's topic in Career Support

   Hey, at least we can laugh at the situation, right?

2. New grad? Here's what you can expect..

   sweetrvr replied to sweetrvr's topic in New Nurse

   new grads and the nursing shortage: a tragedy pretty much sums it up!

3. New Grads! Check it out!

   sweetrvr posted a topic in Career Support

   New grads and the nursing shortage: a tragedy good for a laugh or two..

4. Is it true that male new grads are not struggling

   sweetrvr replied to gtshin30303's topic in General Nursing

   BS, BS, BS....

5. New grad? Here's what you can expect..

   sweetrvr replied to sweetrvr's topic in New Nurse

   Funny thing- when my little sis graduated (2004), they announced the place where every new grad was working as they handed out the diplomas. She was offered a job in the PICU at UCLA over spring break... So how did we get here? First off, the "for pr...

6. New grad? Here's what you can expect..

   sweetrvr replied to sweetrvr's topic in New Nurse

   Perhaps I should be more specific: It's improbable that the typical new grad will get a job for at least 6 months. And you're right the situation is not hopeless, but again for emphasis, new grads and nursing students should know what they are getti...

7. New grad? Here's what you can expect..

   sweetrvr replied to sweetrvr's topic in New Nurse

   I just want to re-emphasize that the reason I posted my experience was to let potential new grads understand the reality of the situation. I don't think that getting a new grad job is impossible right now, but it is very improbable. It's also importa...

8. New grad? Here's what you can expect..

   sweetrvr posted a topic in New Nurse

   I know this topic is getting a lot of ink these days, but here's my experience on the issue. I post this because I think that there are still an abundance of people struggling to get into nursing schools, and uninformed soon to be new grads. I grad...