Got my 1st official job offer several months before graduation!!

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Specializes in CrItical Care, Street Medicine/PHM, School nurse.

I'm super excited and a little shocked!! I was officially offered an IMC new grad position in a large urban hospital. I was originally doing clinicals on this unit and was asked if I would be interested in working here. I went ahead and submitted an application, had an interview and was offered the job in a span of 6 days. The interview went very well and the unit seems very team oriented. My ultimate goal is to work in the ICU but I feel that doing IMC work will help my transition.

I still have that feeling of "what if" since I have not applied to any other units/hospitals and graduation is so far off. But, I think I'm really going to enjoy it here.

I'm super SIKED!!

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Specializes in Critical Care, Education.

*Psyched*

Congratulations!!! You must be one smart cookie. You can focus on learning now that you've got that very important first job locked down.

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Congratulations!!

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Congrats! Now just be careful that along with this job offer doesn't come a lengthy and potentially expensive contract. That's one of the ways new grads get hooked into a job they don't like. Hoping for the best for you.

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Specializes in PICU, Sedation/Radiology, PACU.

That's great! I, too, was offered a job a couple of months before graduating. This was a particular relief because I was moving to another state after graduating and my ability to travel for interviews was limited. Good luck on your boards, and in your last semester.

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Specializes in CrItical Care, Street Medicine/PHM, School nurse.

Thanks everyone for all the encouragement and advice! I'm going to concentrate on studying for NCLEX and passing my last semester until graduation.

Congrats! Now just be careful that along with this job offer doesn't come a lengthy and potentially expensive contract. That's one of the ways new grads get hooked into a job they don't like. Hoping for the best for you.

Thankfully this job does not require a contract with the nurse residency program, but they do require a 2-year contract if I follow through with a 6-month nurse specialty fellowship after the initial 14 weeks of the residency program. I don't plan on applying to the specialty fellowship until I have a good feel for the company. So far, it seems good. My clinical advisor is working on setting up my final Capstone rotation on this same unit. Hopefully, this will also help me get a better understanding of the culture here.

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