shynurse

Your lucky just to land a job. i graduated in jan 2010 still no job. Went to coney island hospital one day to fill out an application after sending my resume via fax. When i saw the stack of resume's in the lady went through to get my resume and attach it to the application i almost cried. Worse of all i have a associates degree. GOOD luck...practice with someone,google intreview questions, keep good eye contact, be charming, knowledgable about everything and relax.

Question for all you nurses that agree that nursing ages you. Do you think if staffing levels were up that things would be better?

you have a very good friend ....

This is the cry of all the new nurses, i know how you feel. (How can we get experience if we arent hired, & stop lying to us....right). Its a long road traveled with a mighty long way to go. All you can try to do is stay positive.

This post makes me laugh because thats all i can do right now. My humor comes from remembering people saying nurses were in such high demand when i was in school. I think its easier finding a Home Health Care job or Lpn job than a Registered Nurse job. The lower the pay the easier it is to find a job. If i had the guts i would relocate immediately. When i went to a open house fo a Home Care Facility they told me they would be hiring in January 2011 & would call me for an interview but i guess so many nurses with experience went there after i did that they probably filed my information behind all of them or probably they shredded my information. To sum it all up finding a job in New York is like finding a needle in a hay stack. Good Luck though because everybodys luck is different.

Thanks for your responses. i just wish there was a way to do some clinical work along with the case manager position i never had the chance to use my clinical skill and dont want to lose them. One additional question. as a case manager to you atleast retain and build on the nursing knowledge you acquired in school?

I recently went to an open house where the recruiter offered me a case management position. Thankful i am that someone wants to hire me with no experience, however if you start as a case manager is that considered experience when i try to apply for a job at a hospital. My other concern is that i know that a case manager advocates for her patients and with this particular job i will be in an office does anyone know what i may have to look forward to doing. Finally in you opinion should i just wait or take the job?

When the going get's tough the tough get going. Nursing is a challenge even though i havent had the pleasure of working in a hospital yet, i know what i went through in nursing school. Every situation we were handed had us with our backs against the wall and we had to rise to the occasion, similar to life. If she feels like this now can u imagine when she gets into the hospital. My advice if that she should research what she is getting herself into and the beauty of nursing is that you have the ability to be much more than a nurse with your degree, u can continue to so many other areas.

thanks to everyone that has answered my post. i am just so afraid that when i do get an interview i will be stuck when asked questions on medicine and interventions. thanks again.

Hello everyone. I am a Licensed Registered nurse in New York, i graduated in Dec 2009 with my ADN, i have been looking for work since i received my license in April and have no luck. All i want to know is what should i do to retain my knowledge. I am slowly losing the things i learned in school, although i frequently review my Med Surg book i just wanted some ideas on other ways to review.

Honestly...anyone can buy scrubs and a lab coat come into a hospital and pretend to be a nurse. The way you wrote what the nurse manager said sound snotty, rude and condescending. In general nurses are uppity...(sorry dont get mad not all nurses but the ones i come across) when i was in school most of the nurses were rude. No matter how nice i tried to be most of the always seemed annoyed when the students asked them anything, it was like we came there to take away there jobs.If that yound lady was acting snotty from the start probably she was praticing for when she really becomes a nurse or maybe she was emulating the NM.

I've heard that alot of seasoned nurses are supposed to retire @ the end of this year due to something with there pensions and then there supposed to be a need for nurses so im holding on to that dream.

When were you accepted?

Well i am trying to volunteer hoping that will work as some kinda experience because EVERBODY wants you to have experience. I went to a agency and the guy was almost laughing at me. First question he asked is "Were you a Lpn before" my answer "No i have no heatlh care experience". Five minutes later he ask's "So you havent even been a CNA" my answer "No, is it easier to get a lpn or cna job" his answer " Well RN have alot more responsibility so your chances are better to find a job as a new grad when you have that type of experience". Those words are enough to make a grown woman cry.

Good luck i've had my License since april 2010 & no job so far. Its very hard in New York right now and nursing schools are pumping out new nurses like nobody's business.