Graduate Nurse Job in New York City

alem-tsahai · Oct 2, 2009

In a word, no.

No hospital/SNF/nursing home/clinic in NYS is going to hire a registered or licensed practical nurse without a NYS license. And with the economy going the way it is, no place is going to save a spot for you and wait for you to get your NYS license. Not with as many unemployed NY state licensed nurses as there are now.

FYI, if a hospital does hire you without a NYS license, then they are NOT hiring you to work as a nurse.

Your best bet is to get your experience in the state you currently reside in before heading out here. Not to sound like a broken record but the job market is mad tough out here. And new grads, they have it the worst.

Best,

JasonReem · Oct 19, 2010

I'm not trying to scare you, but even when you get you license you will have a difficult time finding a job. Hospitals are not hiring new grads and nursing homes are only hiring LPNs... I'm a new graduate and I've been looking for a job for the best 9 months.

DoGoodThenGo · Oct 19, 2010

Hello everyone! I am a graduate nurse without a license from New York City. Currently, I am reviewing for the boards and while reviewing, I want to work as a graduate nurse in any hospital or nursing home here in New York City.
I have a question: Does anybody know any hospitals or nursing homes in New York City particularly in Queens or Manhattan that accept graduate nurses without license like me? If somebody knows any, what are these hospitals and nursing homes. Your reply to this post is highly needed. Thank you very much.

It's been years, maybe since the 1980's or so since a majority of hospitals hired GNs (graduate nurses). Still it's worth trying, nothing ventured nothing gained.

Little history: before there was a national NCLEX exam for all 50 states, each state gave their own board exam. Some offered it twice a year, others only once. Depending upon when one graduated, you could have a wait of a few months to nearly a year before the next exam came up.

Hospitals et al then would hire a GN, but you could only work under a RN's license, this meant you could not (and still cannot), be scheduled to take a full patient load on your own without another nurse. In today's healthcare economy, hospitals, nursing homes and so forth either cannot afford, or are willing to pay full wages to a nurse who cannot work on her/his own.

Mind you, today the boards are offered often enough, and results are much faster than the old three day paper and pencil exam days. So in theory there really isn't a need to hire an "unlicensed" nurse.

Finally the risk all hospitals took when hiring a GN back in the day was what happens if said nurse failed the boards. Yes, she/he can retake them, but what are they (hospital, nursing home, etc), going to do with him/her until then? As stated above, such a nurse cannot work on her/his own, and then is also the matter of recouping costs associated with orientation. Normally this comes over the working career of the newly hired nurse, but if she leaves/has to go, that is money out the window.

Just a bit of knowledge, do with it what you will. :D:D

Good luck on your boards!