KattyRN

I've seen a number of clinic positions posted on Craigslist. Also maybe you can try Googling clinics in your area and hopefully some phone numbers will show up and you can call and ask if they hire RNs.

Maybe an adult day care center or home care as another person said.

Hello, I'm a new grad RN having trouble finding work like most of the new grads I see posting on here. I was just looking for some advice on whether it might be good to take an extra class to help spruce up my resume. The Red cross offers a 6 week phlebotomy & EKG class for $800 and I thought it might be good to take to add to my resume and to learn a new skill. We weren't able to do blood draws in school so I really have no idea how and EKG reading isn't my strongest area so I wouldn't mind extra help with that. I guess I'm just asking if taking the class would make me more appealing to potential employers. Thanks!

I'm pretty sure you don't HAVE to aspirate. During my first semester of nursing school we held a flu clinic and we definitely didn't aspirate but I guess it depends on how you were taught and the method you use.

I went to school in Philadelphia and many of my classmates were able to find jobs after graduating this past May but they also worked as externs during school so that helped. There's a lot of teaching hospitals in Philly so I'd think they would be more willing to train but first priority would probably go to those who worked there during school. Try Einstein, Jefferson, UPenn, also CHOP and St. Christopher's which are both children's hospitals. Also try looking into the Main Line health system. Good luck!

dudette10, Thanks SO much for posting your "script". People always say to just call human resources but I always wonder what I'm gonna say when I call. I'm gonna tweak it a little and try it whenever I call HR. Thanks so much!

I'm no longer in Philly because I moved back home but I went to Temple University. I haven't heard about any schools there offering an opportunity like the one you mentioned in Miami. There's definitely a ton of hospitals in the Philly area but I wouldn't pass up a good opportunity for something that's uncertain either. Many of the hospitals are teaching hospitals so first priority will probably go to people who either had clinicals their or worked there during school which is the case with many of my classmates. But you never know unless you try. Good luck whatever you decide!

Thanks! I mostly used the Q bank from Kaplan but also Saunders for content, LaCharity and Poorman. I had a lot of prioritization, about 10 SATA, ONE med math (I expected a lot more), a few med questions but I was familiar with all except one, one put in order question, about 3-4 questions where they asked something and the answers were just pictures but I can't think of the specific name for that type of question. Definitely know endocrine, I had a lot of diabetes, thyroid and ESRD questions. There was also a good amount of GI too. Good luck!

I also took my NCLEX today and got the good pop-up when I got home! I seriously started crying. It's SUCH a relief but I still need to see it on paper to REALLY believe it.

Pennsylvania. I graduated from school in Philly this past May and many of my classmates have jobs already lined up at local hospitals. I also want to point out that many of them worked as externs at the hospitals which definitely helps.

Nope. I'm graduating in May and I have no intention of deleting my facebook. I don't see the point. A lot of people I know who graduated just changed their facebook names after the fact. Most of them have just their first and middle name or first name and last initial.

My favorite so far was maternity and pediatrics was a close second. I always thought I wanted to do L&D so I was excited about maternity from the jump but I found out what I really love is postpartum. Maybe it's because I spent the most time over there practicing my mom/baby assessments but I really loved it. I especially love first time moms. They're so cute and eager to learn, it was really great. I also liked working in the NICU.

I don't really think there's anything wrong with looking at notes but I had one incident with a clinical instructor who made it seem like it was a bad thing. I was doing a postpartum mom/baby assessment and I stopped to write down some number for vitals and she told me not to. She said to just put the number in my head and keep going with the assessment. This really threw me off because I didn't see what the big deal was and it's practically impossible for me to remember all the numbers I need to remember accurately without writing them down. I guess that one incident had me a little iffy about taking notes but now I don't care.

I have the same problem. I'm still a student and a couple of my clinical instructors have told me that I need to be more assertive and let people know that I know what I'm doing. I'm naturally pretty quiet, reserved and some would say shy (even though I don't think I'm that shy) so sometimes it's hard for me to be assertive. I'm still working on it. I do the same thing with going blank sometimes when my instructors ask me something and having to look at my notes and getting tongue tied. I guess it just takes practice.

I'm a nursing student and I wasn't taught to do this but I have seen a nurse on my clinical unit take bp using the forearm. I was supposed to do it but I was having trouble finding a cuff to fit the patients arm and when I told the nurse she just did it on the patient's forearm. I assumed it was okay because she was the RN and I'm just a student even though I had never heard of that being done before.