New Grad RN-->No Jobs, Then what?

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dosborn04

4 Posts

I am a new graduate RN, and I can't find work anywhere. They all keep telling me the same thing " Times are getting hard, and it is very slow in the nursing workforce." However, I was a LPN for 2 years prior to me going to school. What I seen then was over worked nurses. They spend money on all of these new technologies and they need to spend money on more nurses. I graduated in May and took boards in june(passed). I need a job and want a job badly. Nursing school put me through so much financially, emotionally, and mentally! You would think all of that hard work, I would have a job waiting on me. How long do I have to wait till I find a job. I live in Northeast MS. In order to find a job, I have to relocate to Memphis TN or Jackson MS. Right now I am not willing to relocate. This sucks!!!!! I don't know what else to do!!! My husband is trying to take care me and our little girl with the income he is bringing home for teachers. You know teachers don't make anything!!! I would love to find a job at a womens hospital working with babies and mothers, but it is so hard getting there as well. Right now I will take anything but I am not having any luck anywhere!!!! I am so desperate that I have been willing to just accept some prn jobs. I thought to myself if I can get 2 or 3 prn jobs maybe it can equal a full time job. However, I have to worry about insurance!! ::crying2:

lola88

10 Posts

Specializes in RIPPED OFF BY NURSING SCHOOL.

Continue your education? Are you for real

why - so a person can be even more in debt wihtout a job

people sacrifice to attend school and many older students and second carreer students take the two year asn so they may begin working --while they continue their educatioin at least that is the lie they are told when considering nursing school.

We all don't have the luxury of being endless students -

the nursing associations and the nursing schools are frauds!

Lululi

9 Posts

wow i will look into that thanks so much

JDuzich

1 Post

Specializes in Family Practice, Pediatrics, ER.

Kudos to your post! I think this stupid obama healthcare stuff is the biggest problem with why we as qualified United States nurses can't find jobs right now. You see, he is even trying to make it so that illegal immigrants can come into our country and work as "nurses" just so he can get their votes. I am so afraid that it is only going to get worse!!

Here is a news segment regarding this situation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgydCh2BTYY

Send it to your family and friends. The public should be aware of what is happening (the segment could be better, and the news reporter sends a couple of inaccurate messages, but the description is good).

Also,

Here is a USA Today article: http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-07-09-1Anurses09_ST_N.htm

Another good article regarding this situation: http://www.rwjf.org/pr/product.jsp?id=41728

hayde215

1 Post

I am an April 2010 passer of the NCLEX-RN but graduated in the Philippines in 2004 and have been working in hospitals there for quite some time until I moved here in CA. Am I considered as new grad on my application? I have tried applying to hospitals and nursing homes but no luck as of this time because most of the facilities are requiring atleast a year rn US experience. Do I better apply to some new grad rn programs since I am a new nurse here in the States? thanks..

ileyana

1 Post

Hello,

If you are interested in a position as a Home Health Nurse, there are a couple of companies in New Jersey that are hiring new grads, straight out of school, they will train and specially if you speak another language you have more chances of getting a job. One of the companies is Promise Care NJ, here is the link Promise Care NJ - Coming Home Never Felt Better I have a friend who got a job there starting salary 33/hr straight out of school with all the benefits (fluent Spanish). Since I do not speak any other language fluently, I decided not going for it but definitely for you out there that speak another language, home care is the right place to start!!!

missriss

3 Posts

I am really nervous reading all of your posts :( I just decided to make a career change after working in the corporate world for 10 years. I just began taking some pre-reqs and won't be able to apply and attend nursing school until next year. I really hope the job market picks up by the time I am done with nursing school. Good luck to you all!

gemimi

38 Posts

OGUESSWHAT...I was a nurse at a hospital in MI down by Detroit, can't name it but think cars.... they only hire RNs and I loved working there before we moved. There are many hospitals in that area (approx. 7 within a ten mile radius I think....) so you might want to give it a try. Also a lot of LTC and SNFs around the Belle Island area, if you can work in one you will easily be able to transfer your organizational skills to hospitals in time ~ not necessarily the same going the other way. Big organization if you can take care of 20 people who all need something at the same time and many of them cannot always understand what it is you want, but they KNOW what they want. Good luck.

rainbow11

33 Posts

Right now I'm training to do patient teaching and referrals. It's not as hands-on with the patients as I was hoping, but it's an area they really needed someone in so I took it...and from the looks of it, I'm going to become an expert on many different drugs pretty fast :) And patient teaching is one of my strongest suits.

I just started, so right now I go in weekly. But I figure in a month or so if I have no luck on the job front I'll add another day or two or three to gain different experiences. They do have nursing duties there that involve more assessment and use more skills...it's no hospital-level experience, but I figure any experience is better than no experience.

Hi Meriwhen,

Did volunteering help you to land a nursing job?

I'm considering working voluntarily at some place where I can have at least some kind of hands-on nursing experience. Where should I look? What are free clinics? Are they community hospitals? Does anyone know a good place in Chicago area? A few hospitals that I contacted told me their voluntary service wasn't really nursing related, like directing patients & visitors etc. (it sounded really boring). Any input will be appreciated greatly!!

Does working in a SNF count as the fabled "One year of experience in an acute care setting?" I have heard various opinions on that.

Secondly, to anyone who like me was thinking the military is their plan D, last ditch plan, you won't want to hear this but I just spoke with a healthcare recruiter and the only branch even considering new grad nurses is the AF, and they only consider you if you have >3.7 gpa. AND those that are interviewing for that position, are interviewing for a position that won't even allow them to ship out until 2012, AND being a nurse in the nurse in the military pays less than half of what a staff nurse gets in a hospital, and they are still overloaded with new grad applications...sad times.

VanessaRN

88 Posts

Specializes in Cardiac Telemetry/PCU.

Hi hayde215,

I think the best thing to do would be to contact each (if possible) of the hospitals/facilities you are considering to ask them personally about your situation. I'm assuming that you would be considered a "new nurse" since you don't currently have RN experience here in the U.S., but I could be wrong. It's always better to double-check. Good luck! And congrats on passing the NCLEX, I have several friends from the Philippines who studied nursing there but are having a hard time passing the NCLEX here...

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