I'm really depress, mad and confused..

Music in My Heart · Jan 11, 2011

Three interviews since December is pretty good, IMO, though it does sound like you need to work on your interviewing skills.

I personally thought the NCLEX was about the easiest part of the whole process.

Why don't hospitals hire new grads for those posted positions? Because they need help *now* not months down the road. They hire the new grads into positions where they have the time and budget to nurture them into independent practitioners.

MsPC · Jan 11, 2011

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chinacatSN · Jan 11, 2011

This may not be what you want to hear, but here's what's been working for the new grads in my area.

In my area, it can be extremely difficult to get work in a hospital if you're a new grad - the new grads that were hired into the hospital setting from my school are the students that graduated with honors. Many new grads are getting jobs at LTC facilities so they can get some experience right away and not be out of work until they can find the job they want. After about 6 mos to a year in LTC, you'll have much better chance in getting hired at a hospital. That's just my area though - the LTC facilities here are extremely desperate for help and they'd hire just about anyone, whereas the hospitals aren't so desperate and they can be more picky and choosy. I understand if you don't want to work in LTC - neither do I - but it's better than nothing. And there are some perks - the CNA ratio in LTC is much better, so you'll be doing more nursing type work and less CNA type work; in my area nurses in LTC get paid much better because of the environment they're in and the amount of work they do; you'll get to know your patients because they're there all the time, so it's easier to tell if something is wrong with them.

I don't know where you live, but if you live in a city or are only applying to larger hospitals, you may consider trying smaller hospitals. Usually, smaller hospitals aren't as picky as larger hospitals and you'd still get to work in the hospital setting.

Hope this helps!

Jen_Jen88 · Jan 14, 2011

wow.... its hard enough to get in to nursing school... now its hard to get jobs???? i thought we needed nurses..

Thirdwatch · Jan 14, 2011

wow.... its hard enough to get in to nursing school... now its hard to get jobs???? i thought we needed nurses..

That's what evrybody in my pre-reqs classes said when I told them that it was hard to get a job as a nurse.

Jen_Jen88 · Jan 14, 2011

It's insane. I might as well work in Puerto Rico for a while get experience and then come back

ejm99 · Jan 20, 2011

I think there is still a demand for Nurses...RN's in particular. It's harder to get in a hospital as a LVN here in Houston...but you can go to a stepdown hospital or specialty hospital...first..then in a bigger hospital.

But I think the problem is that the Hospitals themselves are causing the problem now. They have gotten accustomed to understaffing, floating nurses around and using what some could consider unsafe nurse/patient ratios...and consider this NORMAL. BUT IT"S NOT!!!! This isn't the way to give good care but if they can get away with using 4 RNs instead of 6...they are thinking about the $$$ more than anything...and will do it until something bad happens and they determine that isn't working...so they will throw in an extra Tech/CNA... That's my 2 cents...

I understand why it happens but I really don't know that's it's a really smart thing to do when hospitals are becoming more about hospitality/service type than actual specialized care.