Drop off where?

Call the personnel office or human resources office of each hospital you want to apply to. Ask them when a good time is to come in to fill out an application for an RN position. They will direct you from there. From what I know of the process, many would like you to do it in person. However, some ask that you apply on line. In any case, they usually want to look over an application first before calling you for an interview. If you have to apply on line, don't wait too long to give them a follow-up call if you haven't heard from them. Call them, but be pleasant. This keeps your name in their face and gets their attention. Most hospitals are hip to new grads applying to every hospital in the area, so you need to do something to stand out a little more from the rest of the crowd, so don't be afraid to show up in person with your application, resume and cover letter. This will be noticed, I guarantee it! You never know, that particular day the nurse recruiter will want to talk with you there and then. Also, the clerks you deal with will make a quick assessment of you as well. I used to hear our nurse recruiter ask the clerk what they thought of the person when the clerk brought her an application someone had just handed her. If the clerk told her she had seen the applicant acting with attitude or in a condescending way, she wanted to know about it. Remember I said in my other posts that she had her ways of assessing people. This was one of them. Be aware that from the moment you step into the human resources office you are being watched and assessed, so you want to leave a good impression. You want to have some interaction with the office people. It's too easy to hide on the Internet. It's very important to see how people treat each other in the facility you are thinking of working at.

I also try to talk with the manager of the unit that I am interested in...our human resources department is horrible and lose apps all the time...I would send one to human resources/online and hand deliver one to the unit manager- that way you can meet her/him as well (but i would probably call first!)

Ummm, I'd suggest you take a resume to a unit manager. If she's interested she can call human resources and ask about your application. If she goes to human resouces with an application she's going to be stepping on some toes down there and that puts her in an awkward situation where she has to defend herself.