Stcloudmnnurse

Stcloudmnnurse has 6 years experience and specializes in Urgent Care.

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1. New Grad RN Can’t Find Job

   Stcloudmnnurse replied to Stcloudmnnurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I have found a position! Sorry I haven’t updated but after not getting an interview for months I had 3 job offers in a week! I am now working a MedSurg RN position in a hospital that will cross...

2. New Grad RN Can’t Find Job

   Stcloudmnnurse replied to Stcloudmnnurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I’m not on the Minnesota border but your area sounds similar to my situation. Minnesota in general is Saturated with nurses. I close to going

3. New Grad RN Can’t Find Job

   Stcloudmnnurse replied to Stcloudmnnurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Yeah it’s a hard line between trying to get your skills and abilities across and sounding like your a “know it all” even if I just mentioned I’m good at EMRs, LOL and helped nurses that...

4. New Grad RN Can’t Find Job

   Stcloudmnnurse replied to Stcloudmnnurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Minnesota and my area has 4 nursing schools within 10 minutes of the hospital. A lot of competition but yes I’m open to all shifts floors ect. I wish there was people recruiting and excited to...

5. New Grad RN Can’t Find Job

   Stcloudmnnurse replied to Stcloudmnnurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I’ve found that the new grad preceptor program is great but it does have limitations to its usefulness in some cases. New nurses were complaining that it goes over things 3-6 months after they were...

6. New Grad RN Can’t Find Job

   Stcloudmnnurse replied to Stcloudmnnurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I would absolutely travel but I agree I would need at least a year in a hospital specialty to feel secure in traveling as a new nurse. But if it comes to it I might have to to get experience. I am in...

7. New Grad RN Can’t Find Job

   Stcloudmnnurse replied to Stcloudmnnurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I have worked in nursing homes before and was a CNA for about 10 years. I did long term acute respiratory unit during Covid. I’m not against it but was really looking at hospitals. I’ve been told...

8. New Grad RN Can’t Find Job

   Stcloudmnnurse replied to Stcloudmnnurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I agree and since I didn’t work for the health system before graduation they don’t wNt to pay new hire bonuses on top of the cost of training new grads. I think they are super short from what I...

9. New Grad RN Can’t Find Job

   Stcloudmnnurse replied to Stcloudmnnurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I’m in a fairly large city and hospital system. The current urgent care I’m part of is a rural hospital about 45 minutes from my house. The hospital that is closer to me is a 487 bed facility...

10. New Grad RN Can’t Find Job

    Stcloudmnnurse replied to Stcloudmnnurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thank you! I have talked to my nurse manager and currently there is no open RN positions I. The UC right now. I wish I could get an interview to explain my current skills and everything I’m willing...

11. New Grad RN Can’t Find Job

    Stcloudmnnurse posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi! I’m a new grad RN with an associate degree. I am having the worst time finding a job and am practically in tears every day that I get one of those “we went with other candidates” emails....