no new grads allowed in hospitals?

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If most of new grads not allowed in Hospitals, where do they work to get the experience? For example, to work in L&D?

really? how long ago?

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma.
Sacramento

I suggest for you to go to the California forum to get a more realistic response on that particular job market.

Most major cities on both coasts have not had a nursing shortage in at least a decade, and it got progressively worse due to the economy.

That doesn't mean you can't do nursing outside of the hospital; I have extensive experience outside of the hospital and have dabbled in critical care because of that experience and recently been increasingly getting call backs from hospitals though I work currently outside of the hospital; it will be a matter of time that I gain that experience.

It will take some longer than other to get into a hospital; some don't even bother and have wonderful careers in the community setting.

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
They tend to quit before the hospital receives a return on investment (read: many new grads do not stay at their first jobs longer than 2 years)
I was one of those and not ashamed at all of it. I got my experience and left as fast as I could.
Same here. I'm not knocking any new grad for resigning before hitting the two-year anniversary, but it is a reason why many healthcare facilities are leery about spending the money to hire and train new nurses.

I secured my first nursing position in February 2006 and resigned in February 2008, several weeks prior to hitting that two year anniversary mark. I quit because I found a job that offered me $4 more per hour than what I had been earning at my first job.

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Specializes in Emergency, Trauma, Critical Care.

Sacramento is rough for new grads. It helps if you have your BSN. Some units hire new grads, some don't. I recommend taking your NCLEX as soon as possible after graduation, it helps. Apply everywhere. If a position is Clinical Nurse I that usually means new grad. Good luck

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It took me a year to find a job as a new grad in 2010. And I worked in a hospital on L/D as a unit secretary for almost 4 years at the time!! L/D was not accepting new grads. It was such a frustrating process. I finally was hired into a new grad med/surg fellowship program within my hospital. But I was one of four accepted. I'm glad I did it though. I learned so much. I eventually went back to L/D after my year of med/surg. In which they finally started accepting new grads! *face palm*

I've come to realize that finding a job as a nurse is all about patience. Or at least in Maryland

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Specializes in Critical Care, Postpartum.

You may have to explore other options that are willing to hiring new grads, such as SNF, LTC, public health, and so on. Any experience is better than no experience and you're still using your skills in many of the places I mentioned.

Every state is different, my hospital hired a lot of new grads in L&D, PP, Antepartum, and NICU. A couple years back you couldn't get in so easy as a new grad.

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Specializes in ICU/PACU.

If you are willing to relocate there are hospitals in CA that hire new grads. I am not sure of the market in Sacramento, but look into southern CA, the central coast or more inland. Yes it is competitive but I have seen new grads at hospitals in CA I have done travel contracts with.

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Specializes in ER, Trauma, Med-Surg/Tele, LTC.
If you are willing to relocate there are hospitals in CA that hire new grads. I am not sure of the market in Sacramento, but look into southern CA, the central coast or more inland. Yes it is competitive but I have seen new grads at hospitals in CA I have done travel contracts with.

Yes, there are lots of hospitals with new grad programs. But the number of spots relative to the number of applicants is EXTREMELY low. Almost half of all new grads are unemployed after their first year in California. To get into these new grad programs you need to have atleast a BSN and some luck on your side.

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
If you are willing to relocate there are hospitals in CA that hire new grads. I am not sure of the market in Sacramento, but look into southern CA, the central coast or more inland. Yes it is competitive but I have seen new grads at hospitals in CA I have done travel contracts with.
New grads are getting hired at hospitals throughout CA. However, several hundred applicants are applying to each new grad job opening. So although a community hospital in Fresno, Santa Barbara or Long Beach might have hired 20+ new grads this summer, be cognizant that nearly one thousand people applied to those positions without making the final cut.

The new grad RN unemployment rate in CA is approximately 43 percent during the first 18 months after initial licensure.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Oncology, Epic CT.

New grad here. Got a job in Oncology. Networking helps!

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It depends on how saturated the market is when you graduate.

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