Any hospital hiring new grads? anywhere in the country?

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Does anyone know of any hospital that are currently hiring new grads without any experience? I graduated May '09, and it's so hard finding a job without experience. Thanks.

Specializes in Foot care.

Yes, Nurse Nicole, please tell us about Tyler TX. I can't relocate but have always suffered from wanderlust, and I am always interested in hearing about new places. Especialy strange new places! And to a Massachusettsian, Texas sounds strange!

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Specializes in ED.
ANy hosptials hire new grads in FL? :)

lol stay away from here its dead for new grads :lol2:

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ANy hosptials hire new grads in FL? :)

Yes, there definately is. I just graduated in dec and have a job on an oncology flroor.

CHeck out Sarasota, Fl North Port, FL (This is only an ER), Venice, Port Charlotte (2 hospitals here), Englewood, and Punta Gorda. They all have hospitals that should be hiring new grads. I got in no problem- 1st application and one interview :)

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Specializes in Surgical, Community Health.

Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee, WI is hiring new grads. They are the hospital affiliated with the Medical College of WI and ranked 7th in the country among academic medical facilities.

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Yes, there definately is. I just graduated in dec and have a job on an oncology flroor.

CHeck out Sarasota, Fl North Port, FL (This is only an ER), Venice, Port Charlotte (2 hospitals here), Englewood, and Punta Gorda. They all have hospitals that should be hiring new grads. I got in no problem- 1st application and one interview :)

How long ago did you get hired?

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I see many posts on this forum regarding Dallas/Ft. Worth (DFW) Texas being the "hot spot" for nurses. For experienced nurses, YES. New grads, NO! I've lived here nearly all my life and I am looking to relocate elsewhere just to get a start on my career. MANY hospitals in this area are not hiring new grads... unless you happen to get lucky enough to find an open internship.

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Specializes in Foot care.

FWiW, Bridgeport Hospital in Bridgeport CT has a very friendly nursing careers website. They say that they have new grad opportunities in critical care, ED, burns, L&D, and NICU (wow!). They also have a post grad perio-operative program. When driving to a relative's house when s/he lived south of Bridgeport, I remember Bridgeport as looking bombed out. I think it's a city with a lot of problems. But it's evidently got jobs!

Here's a link: http://www.bridgeporthospitalcareers.org/nursing/

Also, the University of Rochester (NY) Medical Center has a very friendly nursing careers website. They specifically advertise a new grad position in ICU at Highland Hospital. Another hospital associated with URMC, Strong Memorial, has a generic nursing job listing that you can apply for, it's open to nurses with 6-12 months or less experience, what they call a Level I.

Check it out: http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/careers/

I visited Rochester several years ago on the way to Niagara Falls and thought it was a nice little city. I bet it gets cold there, though. Weather.com says it's 26F there now, going down to 23 tonight, with snow showers. I can't relocate but maybe some of you can!

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Specializes in Foot care.

Ok, here's another. Baystate Medical in Springfield MA has a posting on their website for an OR new grad training program. I don't want to work in the OR, but this sounds really good if that's what you want.

The website is here: http://www.baystatehealth.com

Job Title: RN-Daly Operating Room RN Training Program for New Graduate RNs (Full-time)

Job ID: 55366

Part of the description reads:

This is a full-time, 9-month comprehensive training program taking place both in the classroom and clinical setting. New graduate nurses or licensed nurses with no previous RN experience can apply for this program. The hiring manager requires a cover letter and resume with the on-line application.

Good luck.

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Specializes in ER, urgent care.

I finally got a job in the ER in Albany Oregon.:yeah: I graduated in Sept. and put in lots of apps. Things are slow for new nurses in Oregon. But just keep putting in apps. The best advice is meet the dept. managers and get to know them. I wouldn't have gotten this job usless I met a couple of managers and got to know them. They requested my app. from HR, because it originally was denied.... so it is all who you know. Melissa:nurse:

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Specializes in Foot care.

Ok, here's a question. I am very ... shy, I guess, about contacting a nurse I spent half a day with during the last half of my senior year. I was doing my practicum at her hospital. I was interested in a weekly meeting on a special topic, started attending on my own, met this nurse who practices in a (related) specialty area that interests me greatly, and arranged to spend some time with her after the weekly meeting one week, to talk about her specialty. I thought we had a great couple of hours together. I thought we had great rapport. I've been advised (by whom, I forget!) to contact this nurse; in effect, to "work this connection."

I hate doing this. I suspect the consensus here will be to do it.

If so, do you have any advice on how I can initiate contact? (I'm now regretting I never sent her a thank you note; that was such a busy time!) Do I just call and say who I am and what our contact was ... and then what if she doesn't remember me? I'm a little stumped when I think of the possibility this will happen. Awkward. Embarrassing.

Maybe write her a letter, sort of a head's up? Give her time to think about it? And in closing say I'll call in a week to talk?

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Specializes in NICU, PICU, PCVICU and peds oncology.

Sure you can send her a note, but wouldn't it be faster to just call her? Keep the conversation professional but do tell her how strong an impression she made on you and how much of a role model she is. If you can mention something specific you talked about that has stayed with you, that would be good. She might not remember you right away, but I'll bet that after you've talked to her a minute, she will. I know you feel awkward about this but what do you have to lose? The worst that can happen is that she doesn't remember you and/or isn't interested in helping you. On the other hand, you could make a friend for life and find yourself in a whole new world.

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Specializes in ER, urgent care.

yes by all means contact her. TO me the letter first sounds good then a phone call, but I am not an expert in proper ettiquete. But you have to do something. I also did job shadows at a local hospital just to meet some people and see what they do. Melissa

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