No FNP jobs????

AAC.271 · May 24, 2016

Go to a less saturated market. You sometimes have to make sacrifices to get what you want.

Dranger · May 25, 2016

What setting are you looking for to work in?

Aromatic · May 25, 2016

Look to move. Avoid the coasts. Go to rural areas.

I plan on living rural my whole life. Monetarily it pays to do so when in the medical field. Never lived in a city, can't stand it lol

Dumplins, MSN, RN, APN · May 25, 2016

Yes I agree with the others. If you're in a very saturated area, it'll be very difficult. Where are you located?

I'm in the NJ/NY area. It can get pretty competitive, but there are definitely new grad openings from time to time.

I'd look to relocate if it is indeed very difficult. For a new graduate with your RN experience, it shouldn't be too difficult to at least land a few interviews.

morglan · May 25, 2016

Thanks for your responses. I live in Kentucky, so already fairly rural. Louisville is fairly saturated at the moment. Moving or relocating is a little tough as my kids are pretty involved with programs...I'd hate to move everybody up just for my initial 1 or 2 years of experience and just end up moving back since we are pretty rooted. It seems like other students I know end up working where they worked before, just as a NP...unfortunately this has not been the case for me as it seems everyone is in a hiring freeze!

Do any of you think it's worth it to mail out resumes to individual doctors' groups/offices? Or would this just be disregarded? Also I've read where new grads have offered themselves as an internship/volunteer position without pay for one or two days per week -- any ideas about this? I wouldn't even know how to go about that...

morglan · May 25, 2016

At this point, I'd work for any setting...my RN experience is hospital ICU for over 10 years, but I've applied to urgent care clinics, doctors' groups, home health, derm, geriatric, even correctional care...

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · May 26, 2016

I'm considering a post grad psych certification to make myself more marketable.

In the area where I live, several prominent psychiatrists utilize FNPs instead of PMHNPs. Therefore, obtaining a post-masters psych certification might not be necessary depending on your local employment market.

carachel2 · May 26, 2016

Heck forget about mailing your resume...stop by and drop your resume off in person! I have many many friends who found jobs that way..usually in privately owned practices. The physician owners are too stressed and too busy to hunt for an NP. You should go to them!

Larry3373 · May 26, 2016

Everyone I know in south MS able to find a job with no difficulty

PhillyFNP, DNP · May 27, 2016

I graduated in Nov 2015, took boards in April and passed first time around (thank God). Had a bit of a break in between due to a family emergency which resulted in my parents moving in with me and my family.
Anyway, I'm having the worst time finding an NP position. I've worked in a major trauma teaching hospital for over six years in ICU/CCU and there are no jobs available there...the other major hospital organization requires at least one year experience as an NP or they won't even look at your resume. I've sent out tons and tons of applications, resumes, reached out to preceptors...all say the same thing, just no jobs right now.
Is anyone else having this problem? I'm considering a post grad psych certification to make myself more marketable. Just out of school and I really don't want to start again, but not sure what I'll do if I can't find something soon! Student loan pymts just started up and I really thought I'd be in my first NP job by now...

Where are you looking? I get calls and emails everyday from recruiters with jobs.

Trauma Columnist · May 27, 2016

Have you joined your states' APRN organization? Go to CME offered in your area, anywhere where APRNs gather. Networking is what gets jobs.

Join a professional organization - they frequently have job listings.