Newly grad and needs advise...

RNHawaii34 · Jul 20, 2007

hi to everyone! i'm a newly graduate nurse and still waiting for the result of the licensure exam. well, i just need some advise for the newly graduate nurses esp. when it comes in applying for a job... i will really appreciate your advices! thanks so much!

wait for your rn license, then apply for a job. in the meantime, relax and take a break :-)

CassieRN, BSN, RN · Jul 23, 2007

Yah better wait for your license, while waiting you can actually do volunteer work in some hospitals if its okay w/ u. Or attend trainings/seminars,. But when you've got your license already, you have to be patient when applying to different hospitals cos it will take time to some to call you, depends if they are hiring at present,. For sure there will always a continous hiring due to nurses going abroad,. You be patient, ok.

Lightblue, RN · Aug 7, 2007

hi mitsie, same situation here :)

like you, i feel i should have been doing something while waiting for the nle results, like working perhaps. but the only hospital i know that accepts non-license newly grads as volunteers is QC Gen. Hosp. which is way too far from where i live. plus the fact that i have to pay 2,500 for the training

i did attend a training, though, at red cross two weeks ago, which most here say is just a waste of money because once we are employed in the States, we will be entitled to trainings paid for by the hospital we work for.

so right now, this is what keeps me busy..browsing the informative threads and absorbing as many info as i can, and also making myself useful to other users in this forum, hopefully as i have been to you

so, might as well do what RNHawaii suggested...relax and take a break :smilecoffeecup:

mitsie1926 · Aug 9, 2007

thanks to all who replied to my message! god bless you!

Lorodz · Aug 9, 2007

hi, i have the same problem too! i took the nursing board exam last june 2007 and im waiting for the results. waiting for two months is too long. piece of advice, get out, find work. I understand that we have to have excellent english if we want to get employed (aside from passing the NCLEX) in the U.S./Canada, thats why i applied as a call center agent. I have to admit my written and spoken english have improved a lot, but its still not perfect. I sound like an american too. :)

So whats your next plan? what is your next step if you pass the local boards or not? (heaven forbid) me? ill continue my work in the call center and quit 2 months before the december board exam to start reviewing. But if i pass, ill continue working and quit after 6 months (bond with the company)

by the way im earning BIG in the call center, bigger than what R.Ns are earning here. Im planning to use the money that i have saved to finance my nclex review.

crossbow · Aug 9, 2007

i am posting here for the first time but have been in nursing since 91.

for the new graduates, a little advice from an old man still on the job.

i'm afraid you're missing the point in getting another non nursing related occupation. i realize that money means a lot esp in manila but what about your nursing experience? don't you want to know which end of the foley cath goes into a patient before going to the us?

i pray that you look before you leap into american nursing. its not all about the exams, the nclex or the cgfns or the toefl.

for example you passed all the exams in guam and you are now a licensed rn for your state and staying in an apartment sponsored by your employer. you start on orientation on your floor/unit. what now?

will the call-center training help? please get nursing experience.

i've seen so many newly arrived filipino nurses go home or shuttled to another facility or remain a cna because of inadequate training. its sad. i feel helpless ....theres little that i can do to help my fellow colleague and fellow countrymen.

there are some good hospitals that offer excellent training. like phc (philippine heart center) for example. most nurses that have been there for over two years are better in reading single strip ekgs than most of the interns in the us. i believe st lukes, phc, and asian have multi icus that are common in hospitals here in the us.

go for a specialty. recruiters love specialties. or is an excellent specialty. icu is also very good. cardio thoracic icu is also even better.

nursing managers look for two things in a new rn. if you can do the job and if you can communicate well enough to do the job.

i hope i helped by shocking you all into reality. this is whats going on - on this side of the pond, folks.

Lorodz · Aug 9, 2007

i am posting here for the first time but have been in nursing since 91.
for the new graduates, a little advice from an old man still on the job.
i'm afraid you're missing the point in getting another non nursing related occupation. i realize that money means a lot esp in manila but what about your nursing experience? don't you want to know which end of the foley cath goes into a patient before going to the us?
i pray that you look before you leap into american nursing. its not all about the exams, the nclex or the cgfns or the toefl.
for example you passed all the exams in guam and you are now a licensed rn for your state and staying in an apartment sponsored by your employer. you start on orientation on your floor/unit. what now?
will the call-center training help? please get nursing experience.
i've seen so many newly arrived filipino nurses go home or shuttled to another facility or remain a cna because of inadequate training. its sad. i feel helpless ....theres little that i can do to help my fellow colleague and fellow countrymen.
there are some good hospitals that offer excellent training. like phc (philippine heart center) for example. most nurses that have been there for over two years are better in reading single strip ekgs than most of the interns in the us. i believe st lukes, phc, and asian have multi icus that are common in hospitals here in the us.
go for a specialty. recruiters love specialties. or is an excellent specialty. icu is also very good. cardio thoracic icu is also even better.
nursing managers look for two things in a new rn. if you can do the job and if you can communicate well enough to do the job.
i hope i helped by shocking you all into reality. this is whats going on - on this side of the pond, folks.

im still waiting for the results of the june 2007 nle. results will be out 2 weeks from now. waiting for the results took 2 months! i want to be productive and not a bum. i also need to earn to finance my future review. and oh call center experience for me is important in enhancing my written and spoken english, english is one of the battery of tests given right? so why not practice it?

i want to practice my profession, but i cant, im not an rn yet, if ever i pass the board exam, i will not hesitate to choose my pofession. ive worked hard for this and im not letting it go away.

crossbow · Aug 9, 2007

thank you for the update. i'm glad you're going in that direction.

actual bedside nursing can be a merciless master, once you reach a certain age. waste no time and prepare for the big move. get this experience, specialization and physical conditioning into you and your resume. get in while you are young!!

actual bedside nursing is where the money is. especially in the big hospitals..the pace is fast and brutal. if in the phillipines you feel rushed when you are doing only one admission into your unit. you'll be doing two or three here (at least where i work). if you got the experience, the guts and brawn to stick it out in the big teaching hospitals, the benefits are better(for you and your future family).

once you get here, lorodz, you will experience 3 successive 12 hours and sometimes a 4th or 5th 12-hour shift when you need the overtime or a second job and you feel you are physically fit enough to do the overtime.

i wish you the best!!

im still waiting for the results of the june 2007 nle. results will be out 2 weeks from now. waiting for the results took 2 months! i want to be productive and not a bum. i also need to earn to finance my future review. and oh call center experience for me is important in enhancing my written and spoken english, english is one of the battery of tests given right? so why not practice it?
i want to practice my profession, but i cant, im not an rn yet, if ever i pass the board exam, i will not hesitate to choose my pofession. ive worked hard for this and im not letting it go away.

g_l · Aug 10, 2007

So whats your next plan? what is your next step if you pass the local boards or not? (heaven forbid) me? ill continue my work in the call center and quit 2 months before the december board exam to start reviewing. But if i pass, ill continue working and quit after 6 months (bond with the company)

is taking exams both at the same year possible? i asked my professors and my aunt who is a nurse in saudi on leave, they said no. was i told wrong?

Want2bcomeAnRN · Aug 10, 2007

is taking exams both at the same year possible? i asked my professors and my aunt who is a nurse in saudi on leave, they said no. was i told wrong?

An examinee failed in June NLE can apply in December NLE... maybe your aunt or your professor were reffering to the old Nursing Law, which was already repelled on 2002. In the old nursing law, after 3 failures, succesive or not, an examinee is required to take a refresher course, but in the new law the "refresher course" requirement was already removed.

CassieRN, BSN, RN · Aug 10, 2007

is taking exams both at the same year possible? i asked my professors and my aunt who is a nurse in saudi on leave, they said no. was i told wrong?

Did u mean Ielts and NCLEX on the same year? If you think your preffered for the exams with enough time to review and financially, its possible.