New grads in your workplace?

Me. It'll be a year since I got licensed on 6/30.

Holy moley!

I am a new grad as of 5/3/07. I work on a nurse residency floor. It is for new grads. They have specially trained nurses to be mentors for us and you stay as long as you need to.

I am a baby nurse- licensed RN since February 2007. Loving every moment!

I Just graduated in May and got my license a few days ago. While in school I was applying everywhere, but the only place to get back to me was a LTC facility. I interviewed right away and it seemed great. The staff was very friendly, and it was familiar because as a teen I worked in the kitchen there.

When I told people that I wanted to work there, many nurses and fellow students turned up their nose and seemed disgusted that I wanted to work in LTC. Some were very supportive and said that I should do what I'm interested in. My clinical instructor also thought it was an excellent place for me to work because the stability of it would keep me organized.

I get aggrivated when other nurses say I should work in a hospital. I havent been able to get a single interview at a hospital, and I already have worked as an aide on a med/surg/telemetry floor for the past year and have come to hate the way it is run. Not a big fan of hospitals at the moment.

I actually just called the facility this morning to let them know that I had gotten my license and would be thrilled to work there. They were excited as well, and I'm going to get everything squared away on Wednesday!

Congratulations on passing your exam!! Most of my nursing staff is comprised of nurses who have less than 3 years experience. I have several new grads--LPNs--and one who is just about ready to take her license.

i'm here and i'm new, i graduated a year ago, but started working a month ago, i was in school full time for my rn!! that accounts for the big time gap.