New grad vn seeking job

[nurse.ng]

Hello nurses

I just moved from California at the end of December to the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, and found out that I had passed my NCLEX on January of this year. Before I left California, I took a shot at my NCLEX after a few tries, and I unexpectedly passed!

I have submitted an endorsement application with Virginia and all I have left for the application to be completed is for the California Boards of Vocational Nursing to mail a License Verification Form to Virginia so I can get my license here.

I have been looking for jobs online, and have submitted a few applications while waiting for the situation of getting licensed in Virginia to be completed.

I was wondering if there are any hospitals accepting new grads? ... possibly?

I am barely getting to know the area and it is kind of hard trying to find a job with no connections or not even knowing anyone..

Thank you, in advance!

[nurseval86]

I had new grad friends get hired from Sentara- Hampton Roads. Try there!

[nurse.ng]

Thank you, so much, for replying :)

I didn't think anyone would come across this and bother to drop an answer!

So I didn't specify what license I have, but I have my LVN/LPN license.

(I'm still getting my endorsement application completed with Virginia, but California is so difficult when it comes to trying to contact them. So I have no idea how long it will take for my Virginia License to process.) So right now, I have my California license.

I did hear that Sentara hires new grads.

I also found on indeed.com a link to Sentara jobs for LPN's, and I clicked on it and there was an "Apply" link. Did your friends get hired at the hospital? or?

I've actually been out of school since August 2014.

[nurseval86]

Yes! Everyone in my class got a job pretty quickly. The job market here for nursing is great!

[nurse.ng]

Was it for RN or LPN?

I've applied online, so far for my applications. I don't have a Virginia license in hand yet :/