soon2begrad2010

Congratulations! L&D is my passion also ,I wish you the best,I've been a nurse for a little over a year and never thought to apply at shands gainesville.

Here where I live at ,me and a couple of nurses who now work at a hospital all were previously at LTC facilities, I got hired on at the hospital I work at now after working 6 months at an LTC,it all just depends I guess where you live at and their views on nursing homes.

Yes please try PSA or Integrity,I just started with PSA and they have no problems hiring new grads and I just started with Integrity,they don't mind either, I started off in a nursing home on the northside of jax that had a bad reputation also,if you do take a job with them and you feel like you may lose your license don't stay it's not worth it.I have given up on trying to get on with any hospitals ,and so far I almost have 6 months exp.

I can relate,LTC is very stressful,I did LTC for 3 months after I graduated and I would sometimes be in tears from all the duties and having 30 residents,and a unit manager who dare not help any floor nurses at all on the wing I worked on. I now do home health full-time and I love it,and I don't have to constantly worry about losing my license when I go to work everyday because management used to put new nurses on the sub-acute side quite often.

Wow!I am happy to hear you found a work place that values you,I personally know nurses also who had to leave their previous place of work due to their nurse managers treating them crappy also.

Thanks for the advice,I guess I was freaking out,I was just started to feel less overwhelmed at this LTC facility and afraid this may cause me to get overwhelmed again.

I was waiting for my supervisor to come back from vacation then I will. I just they may try and talk me into training anyhow and I don't want to have to deal with that.I have another job on the side, I wouldn't be quitting without any job at all,I learned that lesson some years back.

Ok,don't get me wrong, I'm happy I didn't have to wait long to find a job as a new grad, but so far all I have is 2 months and 1 week of LTC nursing home experience,and the ADON/DON see no problem with me training a new nurse? I was told LTC's would throw you to the wolves, but geesh! anyhow I plan to talk to my supervisor but I already know I won't get anywhere, so I'm thinking of quiting ,I am not even closely qualified to train any new nurses! I'd love to get some advice on this dilemma and if anyone else has experienced this also.

Thanks rainbowsandsunshine,you hit the nail on the head,I attempted to talk to the DON,but she had already left,my problem is the medpass and reading the MAR is no problem,I've also gotten to know the residents pretty good also.But oh my the paperwork is no JOKE! and I have been left hangin a by myself some and I know charting and doing paperwork is very important and I'm not taking that lightly,I have no intentions on losing my license because of LTC , I was told a month orientation,but I haven't gotten oriented on any paperwork but the bare minimum and then I ask for help and everyone is tied up in their own duties or they stress to me it's end of shift and they leavin quick cause they got stuff to do after work.

kinda thought that ,thanks

Ok, I have been working as a RN for officially a month this coming friday, when I was hired I was told a month of training ,the 1st week was ok, the 2nd week I was put on another wing of the ltc with a nurse who was definitely helping me get the grasp of some things. By the middle of the 2nd week I was working the med cart by myself.Now mind you this was okay with as I finally was getting to know the resident's and their schedules. But my problem is all the paperwork that is left over afterwards, no one seems to want to help me nor or they around when that time comes,I all know how to do so far is charting in the MAR/TAR and what we have called 24 hr report and care track plan, and I just recently got the hang of faxing over the doctor's orders about meds and skin tx,but other than that I feel I don't know crap and I have been so overwhelmed. I even told my unit manager but didn't get a reply,the nurse who was training me was always getting help from her buddy when it came to paperwork and would always mention the goal of clocking out by 4:00pm, the way I been getting most paperwork done is by asking the oncoming shift nurses questions and they would help as good as they can,I still don't understand how to call pharmacy for meds, do an admit or a discharge and a plethora of other paperwork,asked a nurse oncoming about a patient's prescription for eyeglasses and she stated she didn't know.I am really frustated and feel I'm not getting trained good enough, if it's me I'll tighten up as good I can,but is anyone with some experience know's if this is good or not please let me know,I was planning on talking to the DON next,but have a feeling I might not get anywhere with that either.

Yes,try LTC/Rehab facilities,I just recently took the boards and received my license and within 10 days of applying to hospitals and ltc's I finally got a job offer and so did another classmate of mine at another ltc. I live in jax,fl and I really want a hospital job,but I was in dire need of some of a job asap also. Also up here I know of 2 home health agencies that hire new grads, I was getting ready to start working for a home health agency but was not comfortable having rusted skills.

Someone shared this article with me and I thought it was interesting http://nursingcrib.com/nursing-jobs/10000-nurses-needed-for-dohs-rn-heals-project/

one of my classmates was just telling me about shands fellowship program but I don't know when they will be accepting applications, and I knew memorial hired new grads but,I thought they only did 2 or 3 times a year,do you know when shads will start their nurse fellowship program?

I've applied to a few places,a few of my classmates have gotten jobs thru homecare and one at a hospital and nursing at LTC. I have a potential job (maybe) with homehealth,but there keeps being a delay

I've recently gotten my license as a RN and I would be lying if I say I'm not worried I may not get a job even in home health? so how is everyone else coming along who just got licensed or graduated?

I took my test on Jan 05, 2011, around 1:00 and yesterday after 2:00 I got my quick results, I live in Florida too, so yes it takes 48 hrs and it drove me crazy almost having to wait 48 hrs

with me being an agency sitter I really would have to go out of my way to speak to the nurse and who know's the nurse could have threw me under the bus to in order to not be in trouble themself or either the patient's family was just plain old wicked. anyhow I agree with kayern maybe I should just walk away but I'm hanging by a thread financially. I was already advised by another agency nurse who has 5 or more years experience that this was not a good organization to deal with but I know that probably of been her opinion. I just feel like I got screwed without vaseline seeing how I can't even begin to make a decision of who or who doesn't get put in restraints.

Oh I wish that were the case the patient's family member knew darn well I was the sitter,this person insisted I call the nurse,and also was curious as to why I was there because when there the other day, there was another sitter who I ended up relieving,and that was a weird thing also to happen,seeing how I had been to work a few hours already, any how the patient told me in so many words it was my fault that their loved one was put in restraints b/c I was not caring ,loving etc,etc, I was speechless

Yeah, I thought that's what it was too, my supervisor said she's not going to fire me and if when I move on to get a career as a nurse she will give me a good reference,but I may not be able to work again for that particular hospital and being how new grads already are having a hard time getting employed this is a door closed for now with this hospital.

I don't know I am agency and I only sit with patients,I do know in times past that a confused or sundowners patient wouldn't be put in restraints unless they hit someone,usually I walk around with them on the floor till I can get them in their room again

I am a new graduate nurse who graduated in august for a year and a few months I have been working for a staffing agency where I am a sitter, since I have been working there I never ,ever got into any trouble nor did any nurses have any problems with me. But the last time I worked I had a patient who got sun-downers and wanted to leave out the rooom,so to make a long story short. The nurse decided to call security and put the patient back to bed with restraints. Next thing I know 15 minutes to the end of shift the patient's family member walks in and is LIVID that their loved one is in restraints. Fast-forward a few days later I get a call from my boss that the patient wrote a letter that she wasn't personally mad at the hospital but that I should not be able to work for them anymore and I had to write a letter and waiting for a response to see if I will be able to work there any longer, I do want to mention the patient did get a restraint loose and I had gotten up to get help and thats when the family member walked in. I am distrought, I was planning to try and apply with this hospital when I got my licensce and now I'm screwed,the patient also made some other allegations that I swear I never did nor said,the last thing I ever do is disrespect any patient,staff or family members,just venting

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I just graduated from nursing school 3 weeks ago and a hospital I do agency with has a New Graduate program that is to start in october, I went to the HR department and the receptionist informed me that there was only eight positions left,I really would love to get hired by them, but I think my resume skills may be lagging due to the fact that I appliec to other hospitals and have not gotten one phone call. If anyone has some advice on how I could my resume noticed it will greatly be appreciated, where I live at we have to upload or copy and paste our resume's , not sure if trying to hand my resume in person would be wise either.

Well I live in Florida and the hospital where I work at will give nurses up to 13 patients at times.