New BSN-RN.... trouble finding job

SummerGarden, BSN, MSN, RN · Jan 20, 2011

your post is missing so much... how much experience do you have? what kind of experience? does your resume or application reflect your experience in detail? do not respond to these questions in this thread i am only asking because these are questions you need to consider when describing yourself to a nurse recruiter or writing it down on an application/resume. have someone go over your resume with you and read your application, it may be a simple fix.

on the other hand, the job market in the area you are looking to move maybe dead to even experienced nurses. therefore, go to the regional forum to find out what the job market is like in the state you want to move. also, you will have a better idea of who is hiring and what that hospital is looking for at this time. gl!

msmcmom · Jan 20, 2011

Link to reference is below.

California - My daughter is in the "new RN grads can't find job" group, graduating with a BS in Nursing, May of 2010.

I read everything I can find regarding this issue but no one mentions the Nursing Initiative that Arnold Schwartznegger, our previous governor, put into effect in 2005. The goal of this program was to increase the number of nurses educated and working in the medical field in California.

Millions of dollars has been infused into education programs all over the state to increase the number of qualified nurses graduates. The documented initiative, updated March 2010, tells exactly how much money, who received it and when. This was a 5 year plan ending in 2010. As documented, there has been an increase in nursing grads, many of them are jobless today owing thousands of dollors in loans. Many of them have left the field.

The question that keeps popping up is ""why?".

My question is to all of the health facilities that were given millions of dollars to pay for the additional training of these new nursing grads after they hire them.This same document I am referring to, reflects how much money was granted to each facility, how many new nurses should be trained with the money and the matching contribution from the facility.

Are these the same facilities that state "NO NEW GRADS" in their job postings? This was money that we paid in taxes that was to be used to train additional nurses and provide us with better care when it is needed.

The same document includes the figures showing the increases in new nurses grads, for each of the educational faciities receiving the funds.

CUDOS to all of those instructors and students that worked hard to improve our healthcare.

Too bad no one checked up on the facilities that were supposed to hire and train all of these new grades. All of that time and money spent to educate these awesome indivuals desiring to make a career taking care of us at our worst, means nothing but wasted time and money, if they can't get jobs.

I have read and reread this document. If my interpretation is wrong please let me know. I am anxious to hear if anyone is aware of this initiative and realizes the significancs of it. in light of the nursing shortage/jobless grad overage. If you are interest in reading this document the link is below.

http://www.labor.ca.gov/pdf/CNEIAnnualReport100406.pdf