Is there any place hiring new grads?

[cisa04]

Hi,

I am willing to relocate to just about anywhere to get my first RN nursing jobs. The two states that I want to live in (AZ & OR) are not hiring. Do you have any recommendations of any places hiring new grads?

Thank you

[Concrete Girl,RN]

I appreciate your post..however I am referring to the NC area....I have no interest in moving my family to Texas. I would love to get some insight from those around either Charlotte, Raleigh or Wilmington areas...Thanks!!!

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

I appreciate your post..however I am referring to the NC area....I have no interest in moving my family to Texas. I would love to get some insight from those around either Charlotte, Raleigh or Wilmington areas...Thanks!!!

Then you might want to post your questions in the North Carolina Nurses forum to increase your chances of receiving feedback from local people. Good luck to you.

https://allnurses.com/north-carolina-nurses/

[cisa04]

If you are willing to work somewhere other than a hospital for your first RN job, the metro area where I live will hire new grads into nursing homes, rehab, hospice, home health, and private duty. However, since every other new grad wants to work at the almighty hospital, getting employed by one is very difficult around here.

I don't mind working in those areas. Where is it that you live? Thanks!

[Picklefreak]

I also graduated from a school in Oklahoma last year, and I can see why there's still a shortage in that state. The nursing pay rates are so low that it is laughable ($18 to $20 hourly for a new RN), so many nurses leave the state after earning their degrees and obtaining some experience.

Although I realize that Oklahoma has a low cost of living, other low COL states manage to pay their nurses much more competitively.

That may very well be true, but the question is, are those states hiring new grads?

I am in OKC, btw. I'm not sure how the job market is in the rest of the state.