New Grad Positions Available

herowneulogy, BSN, RN · Mar 4, 2011

That was sweet of you!

Hopefully the staff can move this to the NC State thread so more of their resident new grad nurses can see this.

VickyRN, MSN, DNP, RN · Mar 4, 2011

I have a close friend who is employed with the education staff @ WakeMed. They have many applicants for each open position and prefer to hire from within. (In other words, they prefer to hire new graduate nurses who already are working for them as CNAs).

rachelshusband · Mar 5, 2011

I have a close friend who is employed with the education staff @ WakeMed. They have many applicants for each open position and prefer to hire from within. (In other words, they prefer to hire new graduate nurses who already are working for them as CNAs).

A successful business always hires the best candidates

VickyRN, MSN, DNP, RN · Mar 5, 2011

a successful business always hires the best candidates

this may be true to a degree, but the new reality in healthcare is that many organizations are only hiring new graduate nurses who are already working for them. most healthcare entities nowadays are strapped for finances due to the state of the economy and shrinking reimbursements from medicare and medicaid. hospitals often spend upwards of $60,000 in training each new graduate nurse :eek: . the exorbitant amount of money it takes to train a new graduate nurse is essentially wasted if the new grad decides to "jump ship" even before the first year of employment is completed or they stay only 1 or 2 years before pursuing other opportunites or venues (such as crna school). hospitals want longterm solid licensed nursing employees in exchange for their considerable investment of time and treasure in the new grad. new graduate nurses who are already established employees (cnas) are considered a better financial risk for the organization, since they already have a proven track record of performance within the company. the nurse managers (who most often do the hiring) have opportunity to personally know the applicant and they are able to evaluate the quality of the person's work and whether he or she is a "good fit" within the unit. don't shoot me... just the messenger here. this is the new trend in hiring new graduate nurses. the moral of the story is... if you are a nursing student and want a better chance of getting hired upon graduation in a certain facility or unit, be sure to get employed as a cna within the facility while still in nursing school. it may only be one shift per month, but so worth the effort. be advised that this will not guarantee you employment, but will give you an enormous competitive edge :up:

carolmaccas66, BSN, RN · Mar 6, 2011

It is great you are putting this on here. Keep it up!

NC Girl BSN · Mar 6, 2011

I work at Wake Med. Get those applications in early because they get thousands of applications each week. It also helps to know someone in the system. Good Luck!