Anyone else's local hospitals doing this?

[Idiosyncratic]

Was looking at a local hospitals career page(overly curious, of course), and in a bright yellow box they have posted "We will not be accepting anymore RN New Grads."

Just wondering if anyone else has seen this? Kind of made me sad.

[amberdawn85]

I haven't seen that but alot of hospitals around here no longer accept ASN graduates, you must have a BSN to even be considered.

[IThinkICan100]

I've never seen it in my area (Oklahoma/Kansas). I live in a small-ish town on the northern outskirts of the Tulsa metro. All of the BSN new grads I know in Oklahoma move to Tulsa or Oklahoma City to start residencies in the larger hospitals. The ADN community college students usually find work in primarily rural cities and fairly quickly find jobs in small hospitals and nursing homes. It's a supply and demand situation.

One of my friends at my university just recently graduated last May with her BSN. I was talking with her about her soon-to-be employment situation. She explained that she was joining a residency program in Tulsa with a large hospital/healthcare system. They do pay her to be apart of the program because she does actual work, but the pay is very low. Pretty much you have a couple weeks of orientation and a diligent senior RN to babysit you and change your diaper. They gradually give you autonomy and train you to work on your own. After about a year, the hospital will immediately hire the residents. This is very common with our new grad BSNs. If not, new grads usually start in nursing homes or home health, especially in the metro and rural settings.

I've also looked at jobs in Tulsa and Oklahoma City (just for fun!). The job postings almost always say 1-2 or 2-4 years of experience preferred, based on the skill level of the job. So technically, you can still apply as a new grad RN, but the hiring manager will put your resume at the back of the pile. None of the job listings that I have seen in my area blatantly say that they won't hire new grads.

[RNsRWe, ASN, RN]

Hospitals in my area won't say this outright, they just won't hire new grads. What they WILL do is wave those stacks of applications under the noses of the experienced staff (figuratively!) to 'keep them in line', let them know that if they threaten to quit after yet another understaffed horrendous shift one too many times, a new grad will be shoved into their still-warm chair.

Lose-Lose for everyone. Staff nurses made to feel like crap, and new grads still can't get hired.

[Stephalump]

My areas likes to hire new grads in waves via infer shops and residencies. Which means you apply to start in January or May, and that's about it. I was looking at an add for a big job fair coming up and the entire healthcare section is requiring 2+ years of experience to attend since it's no longer "new grad season." Crazy.