Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
this program is funded by the san diego workforce partnership in order to:
*use federal workforce dollars to train rn's in specific long term care issues
*increase facility's rn ratio for new five star ratings
*use rn's to increase your staffing ratios during training period
*develop large pool of rn's experienced in long term care for future hiring needs
read between the lines. this flyer is for internships in long term care (a.k.a. nursing homes and snfs). only medicare and medicaid-certified nursing homes use the five-star rating system. although i have worked in nursing homes for the past five years, i am also congizant that many new grad rns do not want to start their careers in a nursing home/snf setting. but, hey, it is a wonderful start for those who want to make it work.
Specializes in med/surg/tele/neuro/rehab/corrections.
I didn't think it was reading between the lines but thanks for pointing out these things. It stated plainly LTC and I thought LTC was better than no job at all. I didn't understand that thing about five star ratings though. That must be a LTC issue?
Another thing I don't get is that LTC's are hiring all the time aren't they? Why would they need fed dollars to train new RNs? Aren't those jobs easy to come by? My friends who have just graduated got jobs right away in LTC and then moved on to other LTC's when the first and second job didn't work out.
I was hoping that there would be some other kinds of jobs available through this federal money because some hospital representatives I've spoken with said they were going to have new grad programs that would be funded by fed money.
I guess the only way to find out for sure is to get the scoop on it from the source.
Hi All: I just got back from my local hospital, where I expected to be interviewed for new grad program in March. (I was told this by the nurse recruiter last November.) My husband is a patient there right now and I was just leaving after seeing him and bumped into one of my former colleagues (who works there as a CNA) from nursing school. She is also planning to be interviewed as are many others from my school who still do not have work. She told me that the nurse recruiter, whom she has been stopping by to see every week, that the interview dates may be pushed back to maybe April, May or June and that if people have other hospital job offers elsewhere to take them. This does not sound good. Also, I was in pre-op holding area with my husband 2 days ago and was talking to the nurses. Most of them know me from several prior clinical rotations I had there, so they talked to me relatively freely. They told me there was a hiring freeze on and that the hospital was only hiring "from within" and that they only wanted experienced people whose work habits they know. I knew right away this was going to put on the kabbash on new grads. Anyhow, my colleague also told me that another one of the friends from our class had applied to Kingston Hospital (NY) and had an interview scheduled and they called her back to cancel it an hour before she was due to arrive. Apparently this also happened to several other people. There was no rescheduling of any interviews. Apparently budget related. St. Luke's Hospital in Newburgh, NY is also not hiring any more new grads, which I heard from people who have applied and been told this. St. Francis Hospital in Poughkeepsie has its doors closed to outsiders entirely. Unless you are a CNA there, you will be not be getting a job as an RN.
So, here we all are, stranded by our schools and their misrepresentation of the non-existent nursing shortage. This fact was talked about over and over in class, was in our notes and in our textbooks. So, it is not like they can hide the fact that this issue has been misrepresented.
The problem is if you live in a Metro Area such as LA, SF, SD, OC you are competing with a million people for that great RN job, you most likely will not get it unless you have serious conections.
If you take a job at a SNF (with a goal of acute later) they will then not want to hire you because your "experience" is in a SNF, not acute care.
So there is a slim chance for new grads to get a job in an acute hospital in a metro area, there is just too much competition.
The longer amount of time since you graduated will also hurt you.
So if im interviewing 2 people, one just graduated December 2010 and the other graduated December 2009 with zero job, or a year in a SNF, guess who i will hire, the recent graduate, as all the skills he/she learned in school are still fresh.
Really what i'm seeing alot of people do is go to little towns 2-3 hours out from a Metro area, like Coalinga, Hanford, out of the way places, working there for a year in Med/Surg then going back home with the experience.
In those small towns, they often do not have a nursing school, so they have zero graduates, but they still need nurses to staff their hospital, they also understand that they will have a high turnover because people don't want to live in Coalinga, they want a Fun Metro area.
So if you really want that acute job, you most likely have to leave your Metro area for a year, and yes, i understand people have houses, kids, spouses, etc.
Sometimes you just have to make those sacrifices for a year.
Yeah, some people get lucky and get that great Acute job in their home city, but that is not the rule, it is the exception.
Myself i don't plan my life by the exceptions, but rather what is likely to happen, and then i try to be proactive and change it.
Getting an Acute Hospital job as a New Grad, or SNF experienced nurse is not likely to happen.
Just like getting an ICU, PED's, or specialty job out of school rarely happens. Though years ago it could happen.
If you get a 12hr shift, in a town 3 hours away, its not that bad, you just have to stay in a hotel 2-3 days a week before coming home on your off days.
Many times you can rent apts. for super cheap in rural areas.
If your goal is Acute care as a New Grad, I myself would not go the SNF or Clinic route, nor would i remain unemployed for a year while I search for the "right" job.
urfoxyrn
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Hi Faeriewand! Where is this flyer from?