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Well that's good to hear, because I definitely don't feel ready to take care of patients just yet ?

Thank you all for your advice!! This is golden, and I will follow it closely!

Hey there. New nurse here, about to start my first position in the E.R. at a busy, inner-city level-1 trauma center (full-time, nights) in one week. I'm moving all the way across the country for this position, away from my family and my friends, and I'm not gonna lie... I'm excited, but also a little terrified. I don't have much experience in the E.R., but I sincerely want to become a really good E.R. nurse, who contributes to my team as much as to my patients and their families. I want to succeed in this position more than I've wanted anything. And I know that so many good nurses are burning out right now because of COVID, and I understand why. But I also want to hold onto my love for nursing for as long as possible... I have way too far and too long a road ahead of me in my nursing career to crash and burn just yet. If possible, anyway. ? Do any of you more seasoned nurses out there have any solid advice for me to help me succeed, stay sane, do well, make the most of being a new grad nurse in the E.R. during COVID-19? Experienced or new grad...any insight is welcome and appreciated

Just an update, I heard from H.R. that if my licensure by endorsement continues to be delayed due to COVID-19, they will start me with the November cohort (instead of October), and my employment won't be affected ? And @klightwood my official offer letter was made available the same day I received my offer, but I'm guessing that can vary from person to person. It will be sent to you via email, but it's also available on Success Factors, by going to the "Options" tab on the upper right hand corner, clicking on "My Offers", and then "Offer Letter" under your position. That is where you will "Accept" or "Decline" the offer. You'll also see next to it a Scrubs Ordering Guide and the RN Position Description. Congratulations! ?

Random question for you guys. Is anyone else on this thread from a non-compact state and struggling to get their RN license by endorsement in the state of Maryland? For me it's just been kind of painful. And I'm starting to worry about what happens if it doesn't go through by my start date on 10/04/2021 ?

Hi, @ellendeenurse: My offer letter was for full-time / 40 hours / nights at JHH, but my guess is that could differ for new grads based on the position, unit, and/or location. Hope this helps ? Andrew

@Future PICU nurse congrats to you as well! Are you starting in October or November? I'm personally looking in the Mt. Vernon neighborhood next to Midtown just because it's more my scene. But here's a link to some blogs (see below) that summarizes the neighborhoods pretty throughly based on safety. I personally have family that lives in the Baltimore area and it's not as bad as many cities in California. Definitely some areas to avoid, but I guess being from Modesto I'm just kinda used to that ? https://upgradedhome.com/safest-neighborhoods-in-baltimore/ https://www.niche.com/places-to-live/search/safest-neighborhoods/m/baltimore-metro-area/ https://www.renthop.com/studies/national/6-baltimore-how-safe-is-your-neighborhood

Hi, @ShellztheNP2b! So the Johns Hopkins Hospital has a rolling, year-round Nurse Residency Program, and they hire on a monthly basis (approximately 35 new grads hired per month, 350 total per year). The different campuses, specialty areas, units, and departments that are hiring aren't always the same, and they hire based on need at the time. Nurse Recruitment prefers that you apply about 4 months prior to your graduation date. That being said, I got hired 6 months after my graduation date, my 5th time applying to Johns Hopkins Medicine, so there's wiggle room: especially if you show your passion. Here's a link to the JHH-NRP web page, I recommend checking it out: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/nursing/jobs/nurse-residency-program/ I would also recommend that you make a Linkedin profile based off of your resume, that's where I found/applied to my new grad position in the ER. Or when you're 4 months out, you can start looking directly on the company's careers website at: https://career4.successfactors.com/career?company=SFHUP&site=VjItSE43VDBudHJlU3UwSGpKcUVacWFRQT09 Hope this helps! ? Andrew

I actually just accepted an offer in the Adult Emergency Dept. at Johns Hopkins Hospital's Nurse Residency Program! So I'm going to be withdrawing my applications to UCSF, but definitely keep this thread going, and good luck to all of you guys! ? Andrew

Congratulations, @claireRN, and to all the new grads who got offered positions! I was also offered a position at JHH yesterday, in the Adult Emergency Department and I'm excited to be part of the Nurse Residency Program with you guys!! I'm moving to Baltimore from California, and I'm really stoked to be starting at my number one choice of hospitals and specialty areas for the next 12 months. It's gonna be great! A little scary... but also great ? Andrew Rohrer

Hey @abrow283, I didn't end up getting that position for ED Float Pool. But I did get invited back to interview for the new grad position in the Adult Emergency Dept. @ the JHH Nurse Residency Program, and I am currently back in the same boat after my interview earlier this week... my status is "pending" ?? What about you?? Did you get the position on your unit? And did your status ever end up changing??

Any hopefuls? I literally applied to all of the units, LOL Andrew R.

@StudentNurse1221 I totally feel your frustrations, and many of us are also highly qualified and diverse candidates with a lot of personal and professional experiences. It's always an extremely tough market for new grads, especially in CA, and especially at any of the University of California campuses, as we are the highest paying state for new grads in the United States (if not the entire in the world) and the location is very desirable. This is why on average, California new grads have to wait 6-12 months after graduation to successfully accept a job offer and start working. And that's under normal circumstances. We are currently in back-flow from all the new grads who couldn't get employment in 2020 because many new grad programs shut down all together, and hospital funding was redirected to the frontlines. Because during the pandemic, everyone seemed to want experienced RN's while we were more or less on the sidelines... but even then, unemployment for RN's actually increased overall (surprisingly) . So now that things are back on track, you're not just competing with new graduates from your cohort's graduation period. You're also in competition with recent new grads who are sill unemployed from my graduation period (December 2020) and from the period before me (May 2020). All this to say, don't take this as too much of a loss if you don't get your first job that you applied to. Because it is 100% not a reflection of you, your capabilities, experiences, or your ability to be an incredible nurse someday!! You're going to get there (we all are). And who knows! You might just get the call soon that you've been waiting for from UCSD. We just have to be patient, stay positive, and learn from each experience applying as we go. I mean that's really all we can do, right? ? Hang in there

Hello, question for anyone who can answer: I interviewed yesterday for the New Grad Adult ED Float position at both the Johns Hopkins Hospital and JH Bayview Medical Center, as part of the JHH Nurse Residency Program. My status has changed to "pending". My question is: Did anyone else's status change to "pending" after their interview, and did you receive a job offer? And also, how long did it take you to hear back? Thanks so much in advance for your help ?

Update on Tele PCU: my status has changed to "Others More Competitive" ? I am still sitting as "Referred to Hiring Manager" for IMU / PCU and no word at all on ED & Burn ICU.... But Monday is also my panel interview for the Johns Hopkins Adult ED / Nurse Residency Program in Baltimore. Really hoping for good news there ? And I'm rooting for all of you who are still in the running at UCSD! If you've made it this far, you're doing something right and you've got great things going for you. Whether or not you get a job offer!

Congratulations @kmbxo that's amazing! Where did you get an offer in Seattle?? That's a big deal, I've heard it's as challenging to get a job in Seattle as a new grad these days as it is here in California. And congrats to everyone who's gotten interviews so far at UCSD!!

Hi @sd nursing student, my status also changed for 2 out of 5 to referred to hiring manager and I passed my NCLEX in March ?‍♂️ But I'm also just an ADN new graduate (+ RN-to-BSN student)... So if I can get referred, I feel like it could definitely still happen for you! ? *** For anyone following the thread: Still no call for me yet (Tele PCU / IMU-PCU)

Has anyone heard back from ED at all?

@livlafrn as far as application statuses changing, yes. But no phone call or email yet ?

@FutureNurseMack nice!! That's great news... I'm in Modesto (we're neighbors!) and I am here to tell you, we have it easier in the Central Valley than almost anywhere else in the state of California. In fact, many people in our cohorts will already have a job offer lined up before they graduate. That's unheard of in LA, SF, or even Sac! In that case, you might want to consider staying in California if you want to come back here anyway. You can find work.... you might have to be willing to go anywhere from Bakersfield to Stockton those first couple of years, but you'll likely end up getting a job in the Fresno-Clovis area. That's great that you want ED, but I would try to get a job as an ED tech/EMT while you're in nursing school. It will help you out tremendously because it's one of the most competitive department areas to get into as a new grad...usually (but not always) the lucky ones who get hired in the ED have ED experience already. Just to give you, or anyone looking into moving to CA as a new grad RN, an idea as to the hardest specialties to get hired into as a new grad since like Summer 2020, in order from hardest to "less-hard". This is just what I've seen over the past year. Not based off real life numbers, just off of close observation between myself and my fellow nurse-geek friends ? 1. Labor & Delivery (L/D) 2. Emergency Department (ED) 3. Any Intensive Care Unit (IMCU, SICU, CVICU, PICU, NICU, TICU) 4. Mother-Baby (postpartum, antepartum, newborn nursery) 5. Pediatrics (especially Peds ED or PICU) 6. Progressive Care Unit (PCU) / Step-Down CCU / Intermediate ICU 7. Telemetry(renal-tele, cardiac-tele, or med-surg-tele) 8. Med-Surg (medical, surgical, renal, cardiac, ortho, respiratory) 9. OR / PACU (Except at some hospitals, where its most competitive) 10. Oncology/Infusion/GI, Outpatient doctor's offices 11. Dialysis (inpatient or outpatient), COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics 12. Home Health, Palliative Care, and Hospice 13. Nursing Homes: Acute Rehab, LTC, SNF 14. Psych/Mental Health/Behavioral Health Centers 15. Prisons and correctional facilities *2 and 3 are basically tied, but sometimes can be reversed as well. **Because I know someone's thinking it: no, travel nursing as a new grad isn't a thing. 1 (usually 2) years of experience is the minimum

Yesssss... Congratulations, @kmbxo that's great news! Celebrating with you!! My IMU/PCU application was also referred to the hiring manager today! Still no word on my Telemetry PCU application that got referred last week, but I'm staying close to my phone and checking emails... Also, @Doglover16 all of my applications say "open" whether or not the status has changed. I think this is pretty common on job apps, so I wouldn't worry too much about it. And @sunflower97 I wouldn't worry too much about the signature on the PDF application, it's just an automatic form that they use. We did have to enter an electronic signature by typing out name and the date on the original applications, so my guess is that's the only signature they need from us at this time... but don't quote me on that! LOL Rooting for all of us! Andrew *Side Note* I also learned today that I made it a step further toward a new grad position ED at Johns Hopkins that I applied for, like over a month ago!! It's been a minute since I had a day with two wins, so I'm super happy... feeling like maybe I should drive up to the casino or something?? ?

I mean I sort of get it, if you're coming from a place of really wanting to uphold your state's Nurse Practice Act. Fraudulent nursing practice is no joke. But even then it would only be an issue if he was providing services, treatment, or health advice and saying like "You can trust me! I'm a Registered Nurse / BSN / basically a doctor..." ******** Warm/friendly new grad-to-new student nurse advice: (1) Don't take all the comments on this thread to heart. They're laughing with you, not at you ? (2) If you ever have an issue with another student or a nurse, unless they're immediately putting someone's safety at risk or they're impaired- like you smell alcohol on their breath and they're on duty... 99.9% of the time it's best to first address the problem with that person directly, and in a non-confrontational manner, before you report to another nurse to a charge, nurse manager, or nurse faculty member. Who knows, right? There may just be more to the story that we didn't know about. (3) I'd let this one go, though, for sure. It's a non-issue Just something to consider ?

@FutureNurseMack that's a tricky one... the same thing happened to me, I got accepted into an ADN program in Cali and had to wait half a year before my 1st semester started. Your chances of getting hired as a new grad are a lot higher if you apply wherever you did your clinicals and preceptorship, which is another one of the main reasons I suggested staying out in Utah for a couple years after you graduate (if you do end up going to school out there)... but it's definitely worth considering staying if you've already been accepted into an ADN program out here, because it's so competitive and that's half the battle, you can be done with your BSN online in as little as a year after you graduate if you wanted, and already be working as an RN to help pay that off. Let me ask you this: where are you at in California? Certain areas are much easier to find work than others. Also are you hard-set on what kind of floor or specialty you work in, or are you pretty flexible?

@Spinnurse I think it's totally appropriate to email the manager your resume and cover letter. Although I think it would be more effective if you actually print it out, swing by their office, introduce yourself, and give it to them in person... Just make sure to dress nice and call ahead and ask the receptionist when the best time is to swing by. I used to work at an outpatient clinic and people who did this had a much better chance at scoring an interview ?

@RN2FNP_Someday Don't even trip! Honestly, only 1 of my 5 applications has been referred... all the rest of mine still say "Received" ? You've got plenty of time yet!