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Ha! That's what my gut is telling me. Your response is super helpful :)

Missouri isn't awful. I have been a nurse for 9 months and working two separate jobs, a full-time and PRN position. Not in my ideal location, but made a crapload of money, and now my experience has...

My referral e-mail wasn't, unfortunately. Boo. It seemed to good to be true! Very happy for all that got positions though - how exciting and congrats! :)

Ok - odd career path due to drastically different economies in drastically different areas - I am leaving my first nursing job after 9 months to relocate for personal reasons. I did Med/Surg at a big...

I did too...scared me to death before I opened it, haha! My eyes are glued to my phone until I get a call or an e-mail :whistling:

I am in San Francisco (city). I picked Geriatric Psych as my #1 because it truly is my passion - it's what I did my senior synthesis in nursing school so it's obvious I'm not picking it for other...

I am about to go down for an interview today, they just called this morning. Stoked, in a minimal way to describe how I feel!

Hi all, Just landed a job at a SNF - I'm still a newer grad, coming from a busy Med/Surg floor at a hospital - I know things will be different, but I'm curious about the ratio. I'll be on day...

Thank you all for the feedback, and the honest feedback. It's unfortunately a huge step forward for a lot of personal reasons, so I won't be able to say no. I am very nervous, but, I network for...

Hi all, About to move to my dream location but am making an odd career change to do so - I have a little less than a year experience at a Top 10 Teaching Institution on a busy busy Med-Surg floor,...

I did the new grad thing and finally got a job way far from the Bay Area to gain my experience after I graduated in May, but I'm looking to move back to CA this summer, closer and at my one-year...

Dude, you'll be okay. I failed my exit HESI miserably - first time ever failing something in my life. However, I didn't really study... ANYWAYS: for NCLEX, I studied for four days before taking it...

I do not agree with all the above posters - life is too crazy to be miserable. That said, there's a difference as a new nurse between feeling "lost" and then hating your job. Also, it sounds like...

I do the opposite - full-time Med/Surg, PRN psych. I love Psych and put myself in a good situation. However, I can't stand my Med/Surg job. I am thinking about moving fully to Psych...if you really...

MO, Saint Louis, is pretty new grad friendly. It's still "tough" b/c it's a metropolitan area, but if you network and give yourself a few weeks, you'll likely find something. I graduated in April and...

I feel for you, OP. I was in the same situation as you; but I had no savings, no parents to live with, anything like that - and I was offered a job before I even graduated in Missouri, so I am here...

Thanks all for answering, even the ones bickering - I'm always enthused to hear both sides of the story :) I had to laugh at some of the responses, haha, I definitely don't have a drinking...

You guys rock - thanks. ;D

I am a new grad RN - got a job before I graduated on a high-acuity, fast-paced medicine floor at a top 5 (inner city) hospital, where everyone is super sick (or super MEAN). I've got a lot of...

Yes, my advice is to network and get yourself a job! That is a hard area to enter, with and without experience. Most places often require that you have L&D experience to get an L&D job...so network...

Thank you SO much for your reply! I don't get shaken up easily, so I'm thinking I can handle it. Thanks again for your help.

Hi all! I am a newer grad and I am so excited that I just landed a PRN psych job at a State Hospital to supplement my full-time job on the floor. I wanted my "medical" experience, but psych is my...

This is awesome to hear. I'm a new grad on the floor, but interviewed and wanted the ER so bad. The floor is tough, but it is good experience. Corrections is also my other secret area of choice, I'd...

I'm in the same position you are (huge Top 10 teaching hospital, lucky to have job as new grad,etc.), except I am orienting on the floor for 8 weeks. It's a stressful place, but I knew that going in....

Definitely a dark sense of humor, among other things. And tolerance to sit and listen...for extensive periods of time.