Help "New Grad" can't find a job

Sour Lemon · Nov 9, 2020

2 hours ago, Kittykatx said:

Hi I need advice or help,

I graduated in august of 2019 with my BSN, In October I got a new graduate job. A week before I finished my new graduate experience I had emergency knee surgery. I couldn't work till late feb early march and thats when covid happened and all the new grad nursing experiences froze. I started doing agency nursing thats the only thing I could find. I've been doing agency sense march. I want a new graduate job again but I don't technically qualify as a new graduate but I also not experience enough to get a hospital job. I'm just stuck and I feel unmotivated now I don't know what to do please help.

Each employer sets their own "new grad" parameters. You might meet them at some places. Beyond that, just apply for everything. A few hospitals I've worked at have hired new graduates, although they didn't have a formal program or specify that the position was open to new graduates.

Jedrnurse, BSN, RN · Nov 9, 2020

A lot of sub-acute places have patients that essentially receive med-surg level of care. You may want to look at that type of setting in your area.

Home Health Columnist / Guide · Nov 9, 2020

See if you have Long Term Acute Care (LTAC) hospitals in your area. Their patients have acute illness, some at ICU level but have exhausted 30 days in regular hospital so moved to LTAC to convalesence. Large wounds, REspiratory failure on vet/trached, O2 dependent, long term IV antibiotics,

Help "New Grad" can't find a job

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