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Sep 06, 2007 06:35 PM

applying for medical surgical new grad


I am a new grad(LVN)...wanting to go into med surg...but how do i do it...if i dont have any experience in medical surgical...anybody from medical surgical that knows how the process goes? please help...thanks


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Old Sep 06, 2007, 08:30 PM

Default Re: applying for medical surgical new grad
I don't know how it is with LVNs, but lots of LPNs & RNs (we don't have LVNs here) go to Med/Surg first to get experience. Some go there to stay. But either way, Med/Surg doesn't usually require experience...just the license.
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