Are doctor offices likely to hire new grad RNs?

[emptyboxcars]

i am strongly considering seeking employment in an office as a new grad. are offices open to hiring new grads? or do they prefer experienced rns? i would very much like to go straight into an office over a hospital. another question:

as a new grad rn, are you more likely to be hired into a hospital or an office? the job market for nurses is not very good where i live, so i will most likely be limited to what is available to me when i graduate. but, like i said, i really would like to avoid a hospital setting if i can help it.

[gkvegan, MSN]

What you new grads that work in offices making? I was just offered $20, which seems really low to me, and I am trying to decide if I should take it. I rather not work in the hospital.

[littlekaneRN]

Hey gkvegan, I make 23.50/hr as a new grad in an office.

[gkvegan, MSN]

littlekaneRN: Where and what type of office?

[littlekaneRN]

I'm working at a dermatology practice in PA, outside of Philadelphia

[granite3005]

I am a new grad who was hired into a specialty clinic. I know everyone says get med/surg experience but with the job market the way it is it may be hard to come by. Anyways, I am happy with my decision to accept the position and actually am got a better offer than some of the girls who got med/surg jobs. Not only is the pay better, but the benefits of not working nights, weekends and holidays plus getting more vacation time than my fellow new grads makes it a no brainer. Good luck to all of those who wish to work in an office. And don't listen to the nonsense that all office RNs get paid less than those working at the hospital. Maybe nurses on the med/surg floor want to believe this because they want to feel superior or something. Working in an office may not require you to use all the skills you learned in nursing school, but it is definitely a professional position. You are still a "real nurse" but instead of running IVs and pushing meds all day you get to do a lot of patient education, management and still get opportunities to perform (gasp) skills. Don't be discouraged! I think it largely will depend on the practice what role you will play.

[danarooo, BSN, RN]

What about long term care?

There are very few nurses working in doctors' offices anymore.

At offices, the medical assistants run the show.

I know of one RN at my 6 doctor OB/Gyn; she does telephone triage, which I think you need experience for.

Other than her, the only other nurses I have encountered are a couple of LPNs at my children's pediatrician, and a NP at the neurologists.

I am a new grad, and looking all over for work. Great suggestions above but LTC typically hires more LPNS with only a few RN's to run things. I have been using the phone book and calling LTC's in my area and that is what i'm told "we primarily use LPN's" so RN positions are not plentiful in this setting. At least in the area I lived in and the new area I live in now (totally different states across country from each other).

[mama.RN]

I got a job in an office setting as a new grad....it is a very small specialty practice. I LOVE it. However, I am getting paid about 5 dollars an hour less than in hospital or LTC. But, definitely worth it. These jobs are out there....I have seen new grads hired at other doctor's offices too. Just depends on the doc(s). As was mentioned in a previous post, many places see a new grad as a great thing as they can be trained to do things exactly as the doc wants it done. Depends on the specialty too, i.e., I wouldn't expect a cardiology practice to hire a new grad. I have seen new grads hired in infertility/reproductive medicine, dermatology, travel medicine, and GI.

[lebelesprit_]

LTC is super hard on you. I did a CNA rotation there in school and I all but hated it. People told me that I wouldn't be successful as an RN but I didn't want to work in a LTC. Im sitting there thinking "how ignorant can you be?"

My neice worked nights in mother baby for 3 months. She found a job in a multi-physician office practice. It will vary depending on where you live.

Do what you think is best (in many areas any job is a good job).

IMO if you think you don't want to work in a hospital setting you really wouldn't want LTC. I had experience and left 2 hours into my orientation.

Good luck, you can try anything you are offered that doesn't mean you have to stay there.