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hi there irish6363, i'm so sorry to hear this. if it helps, it's the same here in san diego right now. i graduated bsn and thought it'd be a piece of cake to get a job. luckily a good friend of mine graduated six months before me and we learned from her experience. maybe you could look into smaller, less desirable facilities? get a phonebook and go down the list of hospitals, snfs, home health, hospices, clinics. i even tried stand alone radiology and orthopedic clinics. just call and ask if they hire new grads. you could also volunteer to get around the "over qualified" line but get to know the staff and develop a good reputation. these places look for new hires through promotion first, then through agencies and then through online applicants because they want someone they can trust. you can apply for these agencies for free, and they train new grads. their services are free to you because the hospitals pay them to "filter" the applicants. have you looked out of town? do not give up, you have earned a wonderful, fulfilling job in this field of service and you will get a chance to prove yourself. i'll be praying for your search.

Hi everyone, My ultimate dream is to work in a labor delivery unit. But I loved every single solitary nursing class I took so I can see myself pretty happy anywhere but OR. Thing is it is very tough to get a new grad program in my neighborhood, so if I don't take some form of RN job I'll be unemployed until summer and I can't wait that long to move out and get my own place. So, right now I know of a home health place that takes new grads year round and the blood bank and both are interested in hiring me. Which would make a better first/temp job do you think?

Hi everyone, I'm trying out some different test banks. I have an VATI Coach that keeps telling me passing her tests with a 65% is great ( I get 66-77), that it's a 98-99% predictive of passing NCLEX first time. I don't know that I believe her. :) I'm used to doing much better on test in school, ut this is so different. I'm doing even worse in Kaplan, getting 55-65s. Is this normal??? Suggestions?