New Grad Moving Las Vegas

[llxzachxll]

Hello All,

I am a new RN grad. Ive been a LPN since '14 and recently got a ADN from Kent state in Ohio. Looking to relocate to Las Vegas. ( I cant deal with the gray in cleveland. Also not from Ohio)

Any advice to secure a hospital job? Im looking to work for a hospital. Ive applied for the HCA new grad program but havent heard anything. Do they accept ADNs from out of state? I see tons of nursing jobs, but they all require experience. Its a catch 22 sadly.

I dont want to move there without a job. I have no family/friends there to even put a Las Vegas address.

Any help will be appreciated. Im looking to move out there ASAP. I can liquidate everything and be out there within 2.5 weeks.

[Dean Uguan]

On 7/30/2019 at 8:36 AM, lezorp said:

Unfortunately, staRn stopped taking applications by the time I was applying. i have no idea how often they do the program in a year.

Yesterday Mountain View Hospital posted new grad positions. I don't have any personal knowledge of the hospital, but others have told me they hold it in high regard.

[lezorp]

On 8/3/2019 at 12:00 PM, Dean Uguan said:

Yesterday Mountain View Hospital posted new grad positions. I don't have any personal knowledge of the hospital, but others have told me they hold it in high regard.

Yep, saw that yesterday. I have submitted applications, so waiting game begins. Hopefully they’ll call. Thanks!

[Dean Uguan]

UMC just posted an ICU training program open to new grads that had preceptorships in critical care (and other RNs with experience).

[lezorp]

16 hours ago, Dean Uguan said:

UMC just posted an ICU training program open to new grads that had preceptorships in critical care (and other RNs with experience).

Hi there! Thank you for the info! I have submitted online application.

[Dean Uguan]

For what it's worth: UMC just posted an internal employee only posting for new grad med-surg. Because it is internal, the posting itself made not be useful for this conversation, but the three year commitment they're asking for seems notable. It asks for three years at UMC with at least one year on the unit that does the initial hiring.

Maybe I'm naive, but three years seems a tad excessive. I believe UHS and HCA typically ask for two years.

[lezorp]

2 minutes ago, Dean Uguan said:

For what it's worth: UMC just posted an internal employee only posting for new grad med-surg. Because it is internal, the posting itself made not be useful for this conversation, but the three year commitment they're asking for seems notable. It asks for three years at UMC with at least one year on the unit that does the initial hiring.

Maybe I'm naive, but three years seems a tad excessive. I believe UHS and HCA typically ask for two years.

Yeah you’re right, i had the same thought when I saw the post. Three years seems to be overkill - but I still submitted my application. We’ll see if they’ll give me a chance or anything.

I applied to HCA staRn programs for October but haven’t heard anything yet. No email or calls about it so I don’t know how it goes.

[llxzachxll]

Hello all! Its been a year..
I work at valley still. The pay is still extremely high from the average. I wont give exact amount ..

I work on a med surg unit. So if you can land an IMC/ICU/L&D its gonna be more..

But all the Californians are still increasing everything..

Ill be honest thought, the demographic of Las Vegas has a lot of poor and homeless people. So the unit I work on it kind of the dumpster of the hospital. Im talking about homeless, pain medicine seekers, and just people that dont even speak english... regardless the unit is hard, but if you can work this unit, I honestly feel you can work any unit..

[lezorp]

9 hours ago, llxzachxll said:

Hello all! Its been a year..
I work at valley still. The pay is still extremely high from the average. I wont give exact amount ..

I work on a med surg unit. So if you can land an IMC/ICU/L&D its gonna be more..

But all the Californians are still increasing everything ..

Ill be honest thought, the demographic of Las Vegas has a lot of poor and homeless people. So the unit I work on it kind of the dumpster of the hospital. Im talking about homeless, pain medicine seekers, and just people that dont even speak english... regardless the unit is hard, but if you can work this unit, I honestly feel you can work any unit..

Wow! That’s really good to know. I just sent you a message. Hoping you could help me or give some tips/advice. Thanks!

[Dean Uguan]

11 hours ago, llxzachxll said:

... has a lot of poor and homeless people.

Add in severe mental illness and substance use and you've named a good number of the reasons that make Valley, UMC, Sunrise and maybe Desert Springs interesting places to work!

[akanini, MSN, RN]

Any hospitals hiring right now there??

[Orca, ADN, ASN, RN]

On ‎8‎/‎8‎/‎2018 at 7:57 AM, Dean Uguan said:

Just guessing, here. Maybe, employers aren't convinced way-out-of-town applicants are serious about moving to Las Vegas.

Before moving here, I was flat-out told that by one recruiter. People come to town, they believe that it would be cool to live here, and they blanket the place with applications. Then they go back home and reconsider. Many local employers won't even contact someone with an out-of-state address for that reason.

Where I work, we once offered a position to an out-of-state applicant who we interviewed via telephone. She interviewed well, her qualifications were exactly what we wanted, and her move was imminent - until it wasn't. She asked for 60 days additional. Two months became four, then six. She finally started, worked for two weeks and quit. Since then, I have developed an almost complete allergy to telephone interviews.