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1. How to get acute care experience when you are no longer a "new grad RN"

   arose26 replied to arose26's topic in General Nursing

   I was offered a nursing position on medsurg/ortho floor despite being overqualified. Its all about selling yourself and explaining your long term and short term goals in your career. Nothing is impossible you just have to believe in yourself, know ho...

2. How to get acute care experience when you are no longer a "new grad RN"

   arose26 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi everyone, I am looking to get experience as an RN preferably in the acute care setting but it is so hard to get a job in the hospital when you dont have any hospital based experience. The hospital environment is perfect for me to further my skills...

3. NP new grad How to get experience???

   arose26 posted a topic in NP

   Hi everyone I graduated from my MSN FNP program in september 2016 and passed my boards in November 2016 and still have not being able to land a job as a FNP. Its already been about 4-5 months and I am struggling get any type of experience I can to ge...

4. First nursing job LTC facility need advice on how to survive !!!

   arose26 replied to arose26's topic in Geriatric

   Initially yes I thought this was going to be the perfect environment for me to get experience but it did not work out and had to resign fory own well being , standards and need for quality training . I should have done better research and I take the ...

5. Need Career Advice

   arose26 replied to arose26's topic in Career Support

   I knew there would be a bigger patient ratio but I thought I would be able to adapt to it and manage that workload of patients but that plus how the place was run and the environment was not conducive to me. I know there is a smaller ratio of patient...

6. Need Career Advice

   arose26 replied to arose26's topic in Career Support

   my curse for every nursing job now is that im over qualified and underqualified at the same time Can NP new graduates work in home health? I was contacted by some NP recruiting agency that will hire np new grads to do independent contractor work out...

7. Need Career Advice

   arose26 replied to arose26's topic in Career Support

   I have learned now that bedside nursing especially in LTC nursing home setting is not for me . I do want to practice as a FNP and am still looking for a place to hire me. I am willing to build on my rn experience in the meantime. I have not had one c...

8. Need Career Advice

   arose26 replied to arose26's topic in Career Support

   I was told throughout my MSN clinicals by preceptors that I need to work as a RN before I will be considered or be able to get hired as a NP. I thought a doctor would look at my work experience and see I do not have a foundation of RN experience behi...

9. Need Career Advice

   arose26 replied to arose26's topic in Career Support

   I was hired as a charge nurse (RN) for this LTC facility but I currently hold a ARNP (FNP) license with my RN license. I have little less than 2 years experience in home health doing insurance based/plan of care assessments and medication management....

10. Need Career Advice

    arose26 posted a topic in Career Support

    Hi everyone so I just resigned from my first real nursing job at a LTC rehab facility. It was just not the right environment for me for multiple reasons. A lot of the reasons why I left is because of the lack of quality training/orientation I receive...

11. First nursing job LTC facility need advice on how to survive !!!

    arose26 posted a topic in Geriatric

    Hi everyone , so I got my first real nursing job in a LTC/rehab facility and I am excited for the great skilled experience I will get but also very nervous and overwhelmed. I had a week orientation and my preceptors were competent and knowledgeable n...

12. can per diem RN turn into full time work?

    arose26 replied to arose26's topic in Home Health

    The agency I work for is a very well known Home Health company and they would not frown upon me for bringing in more buisness and clients for them. Not all agencies are the same so before you try to generalize all nursing agencies as being the worse ...

13. can per diem RN turn into full time work?

    arose26 posted a topic in Home Health

    Hi I got hired recently to an Elder Care home health agency doing some per diem work. Basically i'm on call to do an in depth head to toe physical assessments on the clients that are part of this agency. I know as a new graduate it was a great opport...

14. what makes you stand out ? why should we pick you?

    arose26 posted a topic in Job Hunt

    Ok so I ve been on a handful of interviews and this is a very common question I get. I had one nurse manager ask several times this question in different ways like why should we hire you? What makes you stand out above the other applicants? How will ...

15. Cant get a job almost 1 year later

    arose26 replied to arose26's topic in Job Hunt

    Thanks ive had a lot of ppl try to discourage me from going straight into a masters but how can it hurt? Im still always gping to be looking for rn ecperience befor I ever work as a np. I applied and should hear back soon if I got in