RN4S22

You make a good point but I never told the unit that I was a nurse or anything I went there and did what they asked of me.

i think volunteering is a great idea because it lets you network i know i would never have got a job if i didn't volunteer. honestly i had several job offers and it helps that once you volunteer it shows that you are serious because i was out of school for a long time i applied for like 100 jobs and i had only one phone interview and she asked me what have you done since you graduated? and for me it was nothing. so i decided to volunteer and after 1 month of volunteering i found a job because they put a face to the name and i have to say i wish i volunteered even sooner. so for you all of you new graduate nurses that can't find a job be proactive and do something about it. if been a nurse is your dream give volunteering at a hospital a chance and i really think you would find a job. good luck to all of you guys i am not saying this is the right way but it worked for me.

You are right you do seem like you are in a little of a mess. But don’t worry and follow your heart I know a nursing job is hard to come by but you don’t want to take a job you don’t love. I also understand that at a doctor’s office you might not be learning a lot. I think you really want the summer job and you should take it always follow you passion you would probably learn a lot doing that job anyway. You never know they could love you and offer you a full time job after the summer. I think you will always second guess yourself if you don’t take the summer job so it’s a chance that you have to take. But no matter what choice you make you should stick to it and not second guess your decision. Good luck and I know it’s hard but just think about it and do what feel right to you.

i just got a job after a year of graduating the way i got my job was by doing volunteer work at the hospital i wanted to work at. i didn't do it to get a job but i just want to get out of the house and not forget my nursing skills. after a month and a half after networking and talking to different department i got a job interview and now i have a job. so if you can volunteer. good luck and i hope you get a job soon i thought i would never get a job but if i could get a job you can too.

I have been looking in the Huntsville area still no job offer. I must have applied for about 100 hundred jobs and out of those only one call back and I didn't even get that one. Good luck to everybody that is going through this.

Sorry to hear that but if you love your job that all that matters you should not care what other people are saying. It's not just in nursing where people gossip it's everywhere but you just have to mind your own business and do your job. You will go crazy if you involve yourself on what they are saying. Good luck but please don't stress about this you should be lucky to have a job and people like that are everywhere you can't avoid them.

Thank you guys, This is very helpful now I just need to find a job you don't know how hard it's now a days to get a job.

Congrats! So happy for you I know it's an exciting time for you. You are lukcy to geat a job I am still looking but you never know maybe I will get lucky like you. Good luck and let us know how it goes.

hi guys, i have been out of school for about a year now and i am so nervous i feel like i have forgotten everything. i just want to ask what area of nursing or departments you guys would recommend for a new nurse. i want a department where i am going to learn but i just don't want to be overwhelmed and not enjoy it. thank you guys and any information would be so helpful.

I am actually going to do volunteer work at an endoscopy unit, and I hope I like it, I am a new graduate RN, but right now, I can't find a job, so I decided to volunteer and give back to the community and also I love nursing, and I don't want to forget all my training.

sorry to hear that i know it must be hard for you. i am actually in the same boat as you are. i keep applying for job online but i have yet to get any respond and i have thought about going in person but since everything is online i don't think it will make a difference. but i think you should call the nurse recruiter or the hr department and keep checking on your application status it would never hurt. just keep calling them and ask if they are hiring new graduate. good luck!!!!!!!

i am in the same boat. i can't find a job and i just feel like giving up for the whole month of february i really didn't apply for any jobs i was just tired of the same old stuff not even getting phone calls back except the whole time i have been searching i got one call back and still no job. i am going to start applying again to see what happens, i really feel sorry for all the new nurses that can't find a job and they really need a job to pay their bills. good luck to all of us!!!!!!

Sorry to hear about that,and the shooting is so tragic and unexpected my prayers go out to all the people that are involved and the whole UAH.

sorry to hear that so are you an RN or a student how did you get to precept there? Do you think they give RN a chance to precept without even getting paid or anything?

Nursesha, Just keep applying for every job position that you see for new grad LPN maybe nursing homes. Good luck!!!!!!!!!