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I am a Filipino migrated last year here in US and currently based in LA. After A success of passing NCLEX for the first take last February, I was so excited to start my nursing career here in CA and immediately apply online to every hospitals here in LA and 40% of it already replied and informing me that they chose someone more qualified than I am without given me a chance to be interviewed. Sounds frustrating but keeping the faith that I will find the right job for me. Is it really difficult to find a hospital job here in California? Thank you!

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
Is it really difficult to find a hospital job here in California?
Yes, it is extremely difficult due to the surplus of nurses in the area. 60 percent of all internationally educated nurses (IENs) in the US are in California, yet there's no nursing shortage in most parts of CA.

You would most likely be working if you had picked another state to live and work. Good luck to you!

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Are you a new grad (graduated late 2013 to present) or an experienced nurse with several years under the belt?

If not hospitals, will you consider nursing homes, LTC, SNF, clinics or other non-hospital jobs?

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I am open with that option. Thank you. :yes:

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I am open with that option. Thank you. :yes:

New grad (2013 or 2014?) or experienced nurse (how many years)?

You're one of the lucky ones to get passed the CA BRN for the NCLEX-RN (given the concurrency issues)!

Congrats!

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Specializes in L&D, infusion, urology.

Even with other medical experience, most of the jobs I've applied for have sent me the same response. Remember that for every job posting, they are literally getting hundreds of applicants. It's impossible to interview everyone that's a tiny bit qualified. That's just reality, especially in major cities in CA.

The job I have waiting for me is one I lined up during clinicals. The nurse manager liked my performance, and we went from there. The couple of people from my class (we graduated a month and a half ago) that I have heard have jobs got them through people they knew or some other connection. None have been through submitting an app online. Now, that said, I did receive an offer for a full time psych position at a hospital to which I'd applied online, but it's also a position, like LTC or HH, where there's very high turnover.

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I worked as a Nurse for 14 yrs in the Philippines and last year migrated here in US. I took the NCLEX last Jan of this year and fortunately I passed. Now I am currently looking for a job preferably in a hospital but if not lucky enough I will apply to options you have given. Thank you for replying @steppybay!

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Good for those who have connections they can easily find jobs but those who don't have, we need a lot of effort and grab every opprotunity that comes our way. Anyway, thank you and congratulations you have a job! Yehey! Good luck RunBabyRun!

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I worked as a Nurse for 14 yrs in the Philippines and last year migrated here in US. I took the NCLEX last Jan of this year and fortunately I passed. Now I am currently looking for a job preferably in a hospital but if not lucky enough I will apply to options you have given. Thank you for replying @steppybay!

Of the 14 years, what was the area of nursing did you work in? ICU, L&D, Peds or ??

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Of the 14 years, what was the area of nursing did you work in? ICU, L&D, Peds or ??

I was assigned before in Medical Surgical unit and held a position for 6 yrs in Nursing Administration. I was actually looking for a job in a Medical Surgical Unit but what they were looking is those nurses with current experience. I don't have the guts to apply for Nurse Manager position because I am new and need a lot of clinical experience to make me fully qualified for that position. Thank you steppybay!

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