best place for a new grad to get a job.

Nurses LPN/LVN

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graduated about a month ago and would love to get feedback on where the best place to go to get hired..thanks for any input

ALF= assisted living facility. This is different from an SNF (skilled nursing facility). No I didn't already work there. I'm working full time in the teens per hour. Not very high, but a lot more than I made as a CNA.
lol thank you for clarity good luck at your new
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Specializes in Critical Care, Med-Surg, Psych, Geri, LTC, Tele,.

Thanks mswan! This far it's been a great experience for me as a new grad. Passing meds,doing tx, supervising UAPs, and lots of documentation and communication.

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Thanks mswan! This far it's been a great experience for me as a new grad. Passing meds,doing tx, supervising UAPs, and lots of documentation and communication.
can u shed a little light on how was it for yiu in your first day,and how long before you felt comfortable in yiur skin I start on monday and maybe its just nerves but its good to get feedback from someone who know exactly what your going through
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Specializes in Critical Care, Med-Surg, Psych, Geri, LTC, Tele,.

Mswan, keep in mind I am an ultra new grad!! I graduated in November and was hired in December. I started working the floor, orientation, on Jan 1, so I've only been working 1 week.

I really like my job. I've tried to keep my expectations low because in the field of nursing care, especially LTCs, all that glitters is not gold. My unit is a 40 bed dementia care floor in an assisted living facility.

I supervise 4 UAPs (caregivers). All of the administrative staff and administrator nurses leave before 5 and I work until about 11, so I am by myself for most of the shift. (However, I'm in orientation, so there is another person with me now, whose job I'm filling)

Thus far, work is a lot like school. In my school, you were responsible to get the most out of your time by trying to figure out for yourself what the heck is going on. Work is like that, too.

I did my 2 med passes and treatments on time yesterday pretty much by myself so I'm pretty proud of myself. I've worked hard my first week to learn most of the residents names.

Every shift, there's some charting to be done and usually also physician communication that needs to be done. Incident reports and calls to the families are about every other day.

One of the hardest things is getting used to working this shift. I get off around 11 and don't feel sleepy as soon as I get home. I wake up around 8-10am and only enjoy a few hours of the day before I have to get ready to go back to work. It's just an adjustment.

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vintagemother thank you for responding will keep you posted on my journey :yes:

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Hi i seen that your in dallas tx i want to go for my lvn but i unsure what school to go to where did u go is it a good school how are the loans if any. Do u have.any advice for me ms.nurse lol congrats on being.coming a nurse!! Good luck.and.thank.u

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