Advice Needed!

[RN Jon]

Long story short, I am a newly licensed RN looking for my first position in psychiatric mental-health nursing. There are a number of jobs I want to apply to ASAP, but I currently only have one written letter of recommendation. So I have a few questions regarding the situation.

Should I go ahead and apply, and possibly go into interviews with that one letter?

Should I continue to wait and keep trying to get a second letter from my previous nursing faculty?

Can I use one letter from a clinical professor (the one I already have), and a second letter from a previous employer? This would be from a veterinarian.

Thanks so much in advance for everyone's input.

[NurseCard, ADN]

Well, in my career, I've only applied to maybe, one or two places that even required letters of recommendation. I've applied to MANY MANY different places. MANY.

Do most places in your area require, like, 2-3 letters of recommendation?

It sounds to me like you have plenty to go on. I would use the letter you have from the professor, and the letter from the previous employer, and start applying.

Good luck!

[loriangel14, RN]

Go ahead and apply to whatever you want. Many places don't require a letter of recommendation . I just needed names of references. Best of luck.

[Cat365]

I've never used a letter of reference. Just listed references.