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It is hard work, but some places have little or no lifting or moving of patients. Nursing home? Lots of lifting, moving, bathing, feeding etc. A clinic? Mostly vital signs and blood draw. We have CNAs in our clinic, but they call them PCAs, dont know why, but there is no physical labor to aggrevate your neck and back issues.

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Go to Lincoln Hospital. They love new grads with associate degrees and you are more likely to get on staff right away than someone with a BSc and experience. They leave. I asked someone on staff what was the reason for this, she said, and I quote, "Associate degrees are more likely to stay because not many places will hire them, so we take them to decrease nursing staff turnover". If you speak spanish it is almost guaranteed you have a job there.

Nursing school painted an ideal picture, but in reality, your description is exactly what is out there. What can you do? People are people.

It depends. Some patients will not budge. I had patients who were raised not to bathe everyday so they will not wash the oils out of their skin. They did not use deodorant either because the chemicals were dangerous. The charge nurse used to send them to psych, but there would come back cleared. No psych issue. They were raised to bathe only once a month or when they were going someplace special. Just like some people were raised to take a shower morning and evening. We had to keep offering.

I am sorry to hear this, but you cannot blow up. Not to say that I am never tempted, but I have a groove in my tongue from biting it. By blowing up you owned her bad behavior. People take control where they can take control. Again I am sorry that this is happening to you. Try to learn your responsibilities as fast as you can and it will be over soon. Nothing lasts forever.

I know someone who retired to the caribbean, bought a house on the beach and works as an expat nurse educator. She keeps just about all her paycheck. She is in her 40's but was experiencing depression (winter) and burnout (fixed schedule and long hours). Try the agencies and see what they have.

Pick your battles. Someone like that could be very spiteful. If the school is hard-up for instructors she will be right there next semester. What do you want? To see her gone or to graduate? Lets just say when I was in a similar situation I picked graduate. You will have co-workers just like her and worse.

There are nursing positions out there for new grads. It took me 2 years to find a full-time nursing position. Think far outside the box and talk to people. Hospitals, LTCs, clinics and doctor's offices are not all that is out there for nurses. I found a position in an Adult Day Health Center - Medical Model. I never heard of any such thing in my life. Had no idea that a new grad could be considered for case management. They were asking for "3-5 years experience in med/surg, or ambulatory care, case management experience preferred." I had no experience, no money and no confidence left. I tried out anyway. I got it. The director later told me that she met with me first to see if I would "fit". Believe me, you will meet that person willing to give you a chance and train you. Keep your chin up. Some ideas, try lesser known hospitals, school nursing, working with the differently abled, drug rehab centers or diagnostic/imaging centers. Per-diem nurses and travel nurses are also good resources because they work or have worked in many different environments and may be able to give u a lead that you never knew existed. Good luck.

Networking is key, and do not just depend on family an friends. Tell everybody! I have never got a job any other way.

Do not worry about this person and do not complain about him either. Yes he is dangerous, especially in the workplace, but the people that need to be aware will be more convinced when they figure him out on their own. Do not try to make it your business to convince anybody of anything.

sorry about your disappointment. that said, be thankful you have a job. it took me 2 years to get a nursing position, and yes i was at my lowest low at times, but i forgot about my preference a looonnnngggg time ago. i am not saying to do this, but some good may come of it. i am in a field of nursing where i had no interest. none. and i like it. i have wonderful co-workers i must say. keep your chin up. i hope you find some happiness in icc. maybe make some great friends or learn some helpful skills. hey.

sorry you had to go through this. i have been called for interview by a state agency four times and every time i go to the interview the same person tells me "you have made it through round one, now you have to meet the director and the ...". i reminded here that it was my second, then my third, then my fourth. like they never saw me before. another nursing home called me and said if i wanted the job and can get there in 45 minutes it was mine. she cancelled me 20 minutes later after they scheduled me. i was already on my way. i never got dressed so fast in my life. i thought that i was being punked!

I do not have a problem with being a sole bread-winner, especially in these times I am happy to have an income. I love to work. If my husband loses his job because of the sluggish economy, I can pick up the slack. I am thankful for that. If it is the other way around, we expect our husbands to do more. Why can they expect the same from us. If hubby don't want to work, thats different. This may make me unpopular. So what if a woman is the sole bread-winner and is tired after picking up extra hours? Then she must rest. Schedule life so things can work and you can get some rest and alone time. Hubby has to participate more in the household. Be very firm. Being the sole breadwinnerI comes is the much-demanded bag of equality for both sexes. We as women have to be able to re-group when things happen.

Their mind was already made up.

Be firm and set boundaries. Some male patients will be severely incapacitated, post a stroke or have their southern parts not working or are highly contaigous in some way and they will still make a pass at you. It is in their charts and they act like you dont know. Do not get mad, get firm. They usually stop.

They need to take half of that $20 million and fund some new grad internships. What sense does it make to funnel people in the direction of nursing and there are not many jobs to absorb them.

Tutoring students at a community college and teaching microsoft word and internet skills to older adults.

Sorry to hear that you cannot find a nursing job. I am also in the same boat and spent some time thinking about other places where I can use what I learned in nursing school and combine that with other jobs that I have previous experience. I tutored for many years and through networking I found a job teaching CNA students Anatomy and Physiology. It pays as well as nursing in NYC and better. The down side is that you only get two days of work initially. I still want that nursing position so I volunteer in the specialty I want and although they dont let me do too much with patients I see another networking opportunity. It is an idea. Hope it helps.

I thought of that, but would like to work as an RN full-time and teach part-time. Right now I am getting my teaching feet wet by working on a contract basis. This gives me the option of taking up an assignment if I feel like it and refusing them when my schedule is too full. It pays like an RN so I dont have to take less pay to take a part-time.

I am in the same boat in NY. I have taken-up two part-time jobs to live and continue to apply. I am saving to relocate. Its tough out there. My next step is going to the caribbean to work for 1 year. Pick your island carefully and do research if it is something you want to consider. I heard that some of them are on recruiting drives for foreign medical personnel. Not sure which ones, I am still in the early stages of research. Let's keep each other posted.

Please do not do that. It is not professional. Potential employers, current employers, and co-workers are NOT your facebook friends. This is where people get in trouble and loose their jobs or opportunities. Also, there is no telling what your friends or their friends will post. And if you have enough friends you may forget who is on your list. Too much can go wrong. Also, Remember six degree's of seperation.

This is 8 hours and 54 minutes away from me. I wish I had the resources to relocate.

Go to the nursing department. They have all the answers.

Congratulations!!! I am in NYC and it is BRUTAL here. I am volunteering right now and networking. They know what we, the volunteers who are new grads, are here for and some people admire our attempts, but there are a few who do not. I am not giving up though.