KaliNurse19

Thank you Chare, I tried to call different facilities but they all say the same thing: due to covid there’s less staff working in the recruitment office, send us an email. I’ve sent emails and nobody replies, so frustrating. I just don’t want to get stuck at a snf forever...?

Hi, I’ve been a nurse for a year and a half and I’ve been working at a snf and a clinic. I Would like to work in a hospital but they ask for at least one year critical care experience. Do you think I could apply at a new grad residency program even if I’m not that new? I read that they want nurses with less than a year experience but I still feel like a new grad. What should I do?

Hello everybody, I’m here to seek advice because I feel overwhelmed and helpless with the lack of opportunities out there. So, I’ve been a nurse for a year and half and immediately got hired at two jobs right after graduating. A SNF and an outpatient derm clinic. I started looking for hospital jobs/grad programs even before getting my RN license, I think I’ve applied to 400 positions, I have my license in CA and in FL. Never found a grad program in the Bay Area so I thought about Moving to Florida and getting my license there. Now I’m getting denied again because they say I need at least one year of critical care experience but I’m also considered NOT a new grad anymore. They told me a year experience in a snf would get me a job in a hospital. It’s the chicken or the egg, they need nurses but they rather hire travelers than getting new nurses during a pandemic. Is there something I should write on my resume that would get me a foot in the door in any hospital? My heart is in the emergency dept but I would start on any unit. I’m planning to move to the Tampa Bay Area this Summer but I would stay in the SF Bay Area if anybody would give me a chance. So I’m constantly applying to both states. Please help.

Can wait to meet you all, especially my cohort Group #2!

@mgh3478 do you have an email address where I can contact you?

I got my letter today!! YES!!!

@Stephymicah Didn't do any of that yet, I'll wait for their letter and instructions, also because I'm going through my finals this and next week!

They didn't yet, but they said that we will hear back between now and June 9th....I know it's nerve wrecking but we'll hear back sooner than later I think. We all just want to see it in writing I guess:)

Passed the TEAS and under 36!:)

Did you take the TEAS at COM? I got my results printed right away last thursday!

Did everybody pass the TEAS at COM?

Plenty of people told me it's impossible to work while in nursing school, did you work?and if so, how many hours a week? I'm a single mom and trying to do both. Thank you for your reply.