Making yourself marketable for higher pay

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Hello,

I'm a new grad and I am getting ready to start work at a nursing home until the hospitals start opening up again for new grads. I will be making 19/hr on weekdays and 20/hr for weekends. When I do start applying to the hospitals again I want to be more marketable so that I can get higher pay. Does anyone have any suggestions? I plan on getting my BLS and ACLS certification while I'm working at a nursing home as well as following the treatment nurse around on some days I have off so that I can watch what she does. Any other suggestions would be appreciated! :wink2:

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apply for a prn/flexy position @ a hosptial, that way u can get some hospital exp and ur n their system. some hospitals don't consider nursing home exp as hospital exp. start on a bsn if u've got a adn.

it always seems easier to find a job when u already have a job.

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Thanks for the advice! I already have a BSN. That is a great suggestion though for me to apply for PRN work as a nurse though. Any other suggestions?

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I wouldn't recommend PRN as a new grad, and chances are good you wouldn't get hired for that as a new grad anyway. You need a set period of orientation (whatever the facility in question requires) and then you have a probationary period you have to get through.

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Thank you for the suggestion. You are probably right about that. I would need more experience before doing something like PRN.

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