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I'm a new nurse to. When I started looking for jobs after I got my licence everyone was looking for at least 2-5yrs experiance. "You got to start off somewhere" so I looked at area nursing homes. Its not my dream job however its going to give me some experiance under my belt so when I do look for my new job I can say look I did this for x amt of years. Also I have actually learned a great bit from working in LTC the older adult patient usually has a bunch of different drugs with even more side effects so I have been looking up more and more drugs and learning even more about disease processes. Which I think its really sad that someone takes a drug for one disease process and then have to take another drug just for the side effects of that one drug. (Just a food for thought) Also the place I work is willing to pay up to 50% of my school if I choose to go back to get my RN. Yea I'm going to be under contact to work for them for x amt of time, but its a job and sometimes jobs for new grads are hard to come by. Good luck on your job search!
Nekozuki, Where do you live? I want to move there, lol Seriously, and how long ago was this? I don't mind moving elsewhere for a while until I have that one year under my belt. I am that desperate because I'm worried that it would be too long before I can find a job and my license would go to waste if I dont find a job.
halleghir
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Why hasn't someone come up with a program that can facilitate newly licensed LPNs? It is so hard to land your first job as an LPN. Everyone asks for at least 1 year of experience, and there is hardly any volunteer or externship opportunities out there.
Well, that's something I feel I should work on implementing in the future.
I got my license in Dec. of 2012 and starting looking for a job after the holidays. I feel very complacent right now because I am anxious about being out of the field for too long. I wish someone can empathize with my situtation and give me a break soon.