just passed NCLEX, what's next? help!

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hi guys! help please...i just passed the nclex exam and i am on the hunt for a job. i would like to work in ICU but i don't think they accept newly grads without experience and according to my friends i have to complete special classes for ICU in order for me to get accepted. is that true? if it is true what are those classes? and there are some who claim that some ICU units accept newly grads? true? i am here in california. so please help me guys!! thanks..

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congratulations on passing

:balloons::balloons:

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Specializes in Travel Nursing, ICU, tele, etc.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! RN!!

The only way you will know is if you ask. Hey, why not call a couple of human resource departments today and find out what they say. That is what I would do next. The recruitment people will be very helpful in guiding you in what to do after that!!!

What an exciting time for you!!!

:yeah::yeah::yeah:

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Specializes in Did the job hop, now in MS. Not Bad!!!!!.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! RN!!

The only way you will know is if you ask. Hey, why not call a couple of human resource departments today and find out what they say. That is what I would do next. The recruitment people will be very helpful in guiding you in what to do after that!!!

What an exciting time for you!!!

:yeah::yeah::yeah:

yeah exciting De! :barf02:

I'll let you know. I sent out resumes today and darned if I do say my resume is short on nursing experience, but still kinda purdy! :w00t:

(P.S. You are such a good supportive nurse!)

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Specializes in ICU, PACU, Cath Lab.

Congrats on passing!!! like some others have said...ask ask ask!!! I am a new grad...and I am working in the ICU..so it can be done! Good luck with your Job Search!

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Congrats!!!!!!!!!The hospital I work at hires you into med surg then rotates you to ICU after 6-9 mos. That way you get good skills if you don't have any experience. I believe any additional classes are done thur the education dept of the hosp.

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Specializes in LTC, cardiac, ortho rehab.

congrats on passing your test. usually, they say it is good to have atleast 1 year experience doing med surg. im not quite sure about that because my older brother is about to graduate from an lvn program and he already has a job offer to work in the ed of a local hospital. then again, he also spent 7 years as a coreman in the navy. also, having your acls makes you more marketable, specially if your gonna work in critical care. one way to know for sure is to try it out tho.

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