Job crisis

Lovely_RN, MSN · Sep 3, 2008

Is it possible that you aren't being considered because you haven't physically received your license yet? When I was job hunting at the beginning of the year a lot of places didn't even want to speak to me until I took the NCLEX and even after I passed they still didn't want to be bothered with me until I received the paper license from Albany.

SuesquatchRN, BSN, RN · Sep 4, 2008

She has her license.

I don't know. I was hired as a GPN immediately.

Have you looked for night shift? You'll probably be picked up in a heartbeat.

Lovely_RN, MSN · Sep 4, 2008

I see that she passed the NCLEX on 8/25 but has the OP received the actually license/registration yet?

She has her license.
I don't know. I was hired as a GPN immediately.
Have you looked for night shift? You'll probably be picked up in a heartbeat.

RNDreamer · Sep 4, 2008

Apply in person:

Queens Nursing Homes:

http://nursinghomes.nyhealth.gov/browse_search.php?form=COUNTY&rt=queens

Nassau:

http://nursinghomes.nyhealth.gov/browse_search.php?form=COUNTY&rt=nassau

Suffolk:

http://nursinghomes.nyhealth.gov/browse_search.php?form=COUNTY&rt=suffolk

Congrats and Good Luck!

Maybe someone could help me out....I have been looking for a job now for awhile I didn't think it was going to be like this. I thought as soon as I received my license, there would be numerous jobs for me to choice from. I have taken my resume to over 20 nursing homes, as well as faxed a few from newspaper ads. I have been on monster, career builder...... So far not one call. I am puzzled since you always hear that there is a nursing shortage. Does anyone know of any nursing homes that are hiring in the Queens/Long Island area? Any help would be appreciative.