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Bay Area, CA

Graduated August '13

Passed NCLEX 1/25/14

Applied to over 120 jobs

Have ACLS, PALS, and NRP

STILL NO JOB!!!!

How about you??

Specializes in Telemetry, IMCU.

South Florida

Grad PN: August 2012

Passed Nclex PN: October 2012

Started RN: May 2013

Applied to 20 jobs between graduation of PN and current in RN program. 5 job offers. Cleveland clinic, psyche ward, DNA swabbing center, pediatric home health, hospital.

Turned down all but the home health and hospital (waiting for call).

Start home health 08/27.

Finding a job or jobs is hard! :)

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Graduated with ADN in Illinois May 15, 2014. Passed NCLEX July 31. Began submitting job applications in April. Applied for over 100 openings. First interview is Thursday, fingers crossed!

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Specializes in Telemetry, IMCU.
Graduated with ADN in Illinois May 15, 2014. Passed NCLEX July 31. Began submitting job applications in April. Applied for over 100 openings. First interview is Thursday, fingers crossed!

Congrats!

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Specializes in Peds PACU & Peds Psych.

I graduated May 2014. Passed NCLEX in June. Started my first RN job in July and accepted a second position in August.

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma.
I graduated May 2014. Passed NCLEX in June. Started my first RN job in July and accepted a second position in August.

Congrats! :up::up::up:

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Specializes in L&D.

Omaha, Nebraska

Graduated August 2, 2014

Still yet to take NCLEX

Applied to about 50 jobs total between two major hospital systems in the city I live

Have BLS

Got job mid-July, before graduation

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Specializes in Hematology/Oncology.

Bismarck, ND

Graduated Dec 2013

Passed NCLEX 1/2014. Applied to 25+

No certs,

2 weeks after I started applying.

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Specializes in L&D, infusion, urology.

**Updated** (and continually changing, in my case)

San Francisco North Bay Area

Graduated 5/2014

Passed 6/2014

Applied to close to 1,000 jobs since February/March

Will have NRP tomorrow, but not listing it on anything until it's passed!

Started doing health fairs in July, home infusions in August (accepted job in July, but didn't get clients until August), and starting at a SNF in September. Still applying for acute care stuff. One ED interview where I was passed up when a last minute internal candidate entered the pool (at least the manager was nice enough to call me and fill me in!). That one may present itself in time...

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South Florida

Graduated: December 2013 ASN

NCLEX: February 2014

Certs: ACLS, BLS

Starting RN-BSN program soon.

First job: home health February 2014

Applied to over 200+ jobs. Feels like over 1,000

4 interviews since. Turned down 3 interviews after the offer

August 2014: 1 job offer so far at a Hospital nearby. I start next month

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Central gulf coast FL

Graduated July 2014

NCLEX mid-August 2014

Certs: BLS, ACLS, PHTLS, NIH Stroke, Paramedic

RN job offer to cardiac unit August 28th, start in two weeks. Was rejected from many applications prior to this one! My preferred areas all required >1 year experience in acute care.

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Graduated May 2014

Passed NCLEX June 2014

Certs: BLS, NRP, ACLS NIH Stroke

Hired as tech May 2014

Hired as private duty nurse June 2014--hated it

Got dream job in L&D Aug 2014

Recently started and lovin' it.

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I graduated in May of 2013. Took me 9 months to find a job which was in a prison. I worked there for four months and now I'm working at a SNF. I kinda feel like I jumped from one hell to anther, lol. Hang in there. I know it's hard waiting for a job after working so hard in school but it will happen.

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