New Grad Nurses struggling to find jobs - CNN Reporter wants to hear from you

[Brian]

allnurses.com appreciates how difficult the job market can be for new grad nurses.

We are working with Annalyn Kurtz, a CNN Money Reporter get info for an article that will highlight this nationwide issue. We have created a form where you can share your story with the reporter.

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Thanks in advance! - Brian Short - Founder of allnurses.com

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[DoGoodThenGo]

I have a asn degree and most hospitals in in nyc want a Bsn.The poster that you quoted most likely has a bsn, while i will not have that degree till 1 1/2 from now.When i do graduate from a bsn program i will not qualify for a new grad position even though i have never worked in an hospital setting. The hospitals do this so they dont have to pay your for experience. I have found a job after 4-6 months, what i wanted to state is if new york wants to hire bsns in the hospital do away with aas degree but they wont do that because it is a money maker bottom line .Most of my nursing instrutors that have thier msn currently started out with thier aas.Everything leads back to money most of the leaders in the nursing profession started out with an aas and worked thier way up to an msn, but i guess they think nurses of this generation do not want to continue thier education which most actually.Most people i graduated with are enrolled in an bsn program.

There are still more than a few RNs even in NYS/NYC that started out as diploma grads and have gone onto their BSN and above. The last class of Saint Vinny's school in The Village graduated in 1997 for instance.

Healthcare facilities do not control nursing schools other than those directly or indirectly owned by them such as Beth Israel's nursing program. Even there from what one understands Continuum Partners (umbrella group that owns Beth Israel Medical Center, St.Lukes-Rossevelt, etc) does not promise grads from Beth Israel's school jobs upon graduation.

The *money* in nursing education is in Albany who controls education in NYS.

[whichone'spink, BSN, RN]

Will you let us know when she writes up her story?

[Nightingallow]

Hi,

I have been a nurse for 20+ years. Due to an accident injury and a health issue, I can no longer work the floor. I am having just as hard a time as the new grads trying to find a job that is not on the floor...and I have my Masters! How about us with this issue? I have lots of interviews and then nothing. I feel like as soon as a couple of the major health systems in my area get my resume`, they toss it out and sending the reject letter! I was perfectly qualified for one position and found out later it went to a new grad! I feel very discriminated against. I am not the only one with this issue either. If so many places won't hire the new grads and won't hire experienced nurses like me, what the heck do they want?

Thank you,

Sandra Arens MSN RN

I'm sorry to hear this. Maybe we could team up and come up with something. "Formerly" experienced nurses (sic) and new grads could team up somehow. Maybe open up a clinic together, could get some sort of funding. New grads have the numbers, you have the experience. Both of us are being passed over. Also there's a whole lot of new grad doctors looking for residencies...just a thought.

[LadyFree28, BSN, LPN, RN]

This was my problem. I got offered one LPN job (I had been an LPN for years before my RN) but it was a huge pay cut and it seemed stupid to take it. But there was a chance I'd become elligible for an RN job so I was seriously considering taking it....thank goodness I finally got a job offer for an RN job!!!

As a LPN in my program, there were people who had no prior experience doing direct pt care who were getting jobs sooner rather than later...I'm starting a job 8 months post licensure...I was not "snapped up"...it does feel good to start a job, but I would feel better if there were more nurses who did not have a difficult time finding work.

[sweetlilwolf]

For nursing jobs, new grads need not apply - Jan. 14, 2013

Article is posted

[redmel]

I graduated from CSUSM with my accelerated BSN in 12/11. It is my 3rd bachelors degree. I also have a BA in psychology and one in sociology from 08'. Even with volunteer nursing experience in Swaziland, Africa during my last semester of nursing school, as well as volunteer work with our pediatric population at Loma Linda University Children's Hospital and fundraising for RAINN, I still can't find a job, let alone get an interview. I've even applied for CNA and patient care assistant positions and can't get an interview for those positions because I'm 'too qualified.' To sum up, I can't get a nursing job, and can't get a health care job...I'm back at home under my parents' roof with nowhere to go.

[Not_A_Hat_Person, RN]

Every new grad nurse wants to work in hospital and truth be told inpatient beds in many areas of this country are decreasing. Between shorter patient stays and the growth of out-patient, ambulatory, and home care, coupled with an almost laser like focus on staffing ratios using such tools as call outs and so forth facilities are becoming very efficient in how they use their professional nursing service.

Unfortunately, most out-of-hospital jobs want nurses with hospital experience, and many hospitals won't consider a nurse without hospital experience. Starting in LTC or home health often leads to to more jobs in home health or LTC, but not in a hospital.

[dance4life]

This is odd to me as a Traveler who has worked in many hospitals across the country. I can't even land a permanent job because the hospital says they have no openings, but they hire two to three New Grads instead. Just thought it was getting better for them.