if you graduated in the last 5 years

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If you graduated in the last 5 years, how long did it take you to find a job?

Specializes in Critical Care/Vascular Access.
@MrMurse nursing students can work as surgical techs?

I've noticed that depending on where you're from, people use different words for nurse's aids/techs/PCT/etc. I don't know if you could specifically get a position as a surgical tech. I worked on a GI surgical post-op floor.

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I've noticed that depending on where you're from, people use different words for nurse's aids/techs/PCT/etc. I don't know if you could specifically get a position as a surgical tech. I worked on a GI surgical post-op floor.

Ah, I think this was misunderstood to mean "surgical tech" as in someone who assists the surgeon during an operation

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Specializes in cardiovaslular PCU, inpt rehab, HHC, ICU, PP.

Graduated in May 2014, passed NCLEX in June 2014, was hired in July, and began orientation in early August. After 6 months, I was contacted by a recruiter at a large metropolitan hospital in their cardiac care unit. I accepted their offer this week!

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Graduated June 2011. 5 nursing schools in my area. Took 6 months before I got a full time job making 15.00 per hour. East Texas area

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Specializes in Peds, Oncology.

Graduated May 2011, BSN, had multiple offers that month. Started in June 2011 on an oncology floor and didn't take boards until the end of that month.

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I graduated Dec 2011 with a BSN. Passed the nclex Jan 2012. I got a job offer on my dream unit in Nov 2012 and started Dec 2012.

This is in northern California where the job market is saturated with new grads.

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If you graduated in the last 5 years, how long did it take you to find a job?

From graduation to signed offer letter / next new hire class? Approx 3 months.

I graduated June 2011. I had multiple interviews (peds med/surg, NICU stepdown, several others) during summer 2011. All my interviews were promising, I was an ideal candidate - didn't get the job because of licensure issues (state board of nursing had a worse than usual backlog following layoffs/budget cuts). I was licensed in late August 2011, job offer by Sept 10. I was asked to start late Sept, but had to endorse my license from my home state to a neighboring state. Secondary to the delay endorsing my license as a new grad my start date was pushed to October 2011.

This doesn't account for the fact that I began applying for jobs (new grad internships/residencies/fellowships) the fall (September-November) of my senior year of nursing school. I also interviewed for several of these, but there are significantly more people applying for those jobs (especially at "ideal" hospitals/medical centers and/or in "ideal" specialties) than there are spots.

I was very upset at first when my "ideal" job was not given to me secondary to how slowly the state was processing applications for new grads. The thing is - I have some AMAZING coworkers. I get to work with some very intelligent people who are very good at what they do, and are easy to be around/interact with. I wouldn't know these people, I wouldn't live where I live now, I wouldn't have the friends (work and non-work) that I have now - had I got the job I wanted. 90% of the time, I love my job. How lucky am I? Worked out better than I ever imagined.

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Specializes in Hospice + Palliative.

I graduated May 19th, took ACLS the week of graduation, kaplan the week after, nclex on june 10, had my first interview on june 14. got that job, started work on july 3 :)

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