bigtim

While it is unfortunate that many new graduates are having a difficult time finding jobs, it is even more daunting for ones that have not worked on the field before graduating with a Masters degree. Your friend will find a job, just not a job that she may have had her sights on before she received her degree. Hiring managers will see this as a red flag. Many nurses who receive their RN work part time while pursuing MSN/BSN. There would be little to no excuse viable for anyone graduating as an advanced care nurse without having some form of nursing experience. Even if you worked home health or nursing home (not to be disrespectful as I worked there for years). And if/when you get hired, they would question your loyalty to the unit/hospital, since now more than ever, new graduates are not getting paid like the 1990s, and probably would see you getting one year and applying to Kaiser like I see everytime.

Yes I forget that it shows your loyalty in question. I remember my last interview where I got my job I asked the manager why he hired me. His response: 1. Flexibility (work any shift any time any day ) 2. Loyalty (wont jump ship after a year) I agree. The way I directed my question to the manager was in a way that showed that I was never fully satisfied with my current nursing knowledge. I reiterated that many times over. Of course I asked the question since they had a bachelor degree program offered in the hospital, so that was fair game to further investigate.

I hope you prospective new grads realize how big of scam it is to work for a hospital for free. I am not a anti government 99% vs 1% person, but you have to look at it realistically. If the opportunity to work at a hospital is not there (as in you are not hired within 2-3 months of graduation) try to work there as a CNA or phlebotomist or monitor tech. It is much more reasonable to work there (as a non nurse) and have a good work ethic, which nursing managers may see, and may hire you instead. And you are being paid. I have yet to have one good reason to work for free. Just go find a job at a nursing home. You are guaranteed to have a job within a good month of applying. At least in California.

LPN LVN can get a job easily in California. I know that for a fact. Its just the places that hire is limited to just Long Term Care facilities. I worked as an LVN at a nursing home, then referred 5 other classmates to the same nursing home. They all got hired. The application online says for 1 year experience. All 6 of us were new grads. The difference? We went in and handed in our applications in person. With the rate of LVNs becoming RNs, nursing homes are having a tough time keeping LVNs for longer than a year. The nursing home practically begged me to stay and work there as an RN. The only chance of LVNs getting a job in a hospital? The nursing manager is BFF with you.

I will be honest, outpatient clinics and general doctors office are cutting down. The one I used to work for had 10 employees working...12 years later down to 2. The best place an LVN will get a job: Long Term Care. Pipe Dream job for an LVN: Hospital

Another good question: Do you offer any educational reimbursement for further training like BSN or MSN? I always asked this question in every interview; always shows them that you are never satisfied with your current nursing knowledge etc.

Panel Interviews is more efficient than the traditional one on one, so this is going to become more common than rare. Preparing for an interview: 1. What makes you different from other applicants/new grads? This has been a question posed in 90% of all the interviews I had. 2. What is your weak point? Never leave your answer without stating how you are addressing your weak points. My go to answer: Being too nice. Neutral, to the point, and easily remedied with stating "I tell the CNAs that they have a job to do, and I have a job to do." something along those lines. 3. What have you done ever since graduation? I hope you answer with "I went and got an EKG certification, ACLS, PALS" 4. Go back to point number 3 and read the underline portion of it. That is how I got landed my job at a hospital. 5. What goals do you have? Why do you want to work here? Research about the community, the hospital specialty floors, etc. 6. DO NOT USE ROTE MEMORIZED terms. When the other 999 applicants say the same thing, the hiring mangers will roll their eyes in disgust. I am a team player. I am a caring nurse. I like patients. THOSE TERMS better be used with : I am a team player as I have shown at my previous employment that I go out of my way to help etc.... 7. Be yourself. If you are a robot and show no emotions, no expressions... then you are like the other 999 applicants. I made my last interview where I landed my job from a typical 30min interview into a 1 1/2 hour engagement. Make yourself stand out. Engagement with good eye contact, SMILE. 8. Go back to number 3, again, this is what my manager told me what was the deciding factor.

Sent August 27, got the real license September 28.

"So what do you do?" "Im a nurse." "Nice..." Problem solved. Most ppl I know dont know the difference between an LVN and RN. But the bigger picture here is that we are all nurses regardless. Dont really get the ppl who make a big deal out of being an RN or a NP or a CRNA or a FNP, etc etc. In the end, we all take care of people, we love our job, and we have a bonus of not being ruined by the stupid hedge funders at wall street.

Go to the local adult school for the LVN program. I went to a private one and Im down 31,500. So in the end you win since youll pay roughly 4 figures rather than 5. And about the education, I learned more at home than at school, so it doesnt really matter where you go to school. About the job market for LVN. Its better to become a nurse asap and hit the job market NOW rather than wait an additional 2 years + and hit the job market later. Reason why I say that is the mere fact that SoCal is saturated with too many nurses. And waiting to become an RN when thousands of RNs are coming out means that youll be in the same situation. But thats my opinion on this

at least its a confirmation unless you take offense to that

CNAs are being let go at my local hospital. The per diem ones were axed off. On the other hand, I know some nursing homes near orange county that are looking for fresh CNAs, meaning fresh legs and backs to help the slacking nurses who watch the cnas do all the work.

Our school consisted of old geezers who read off a book, whos favorite phrase was "back in my day," whos nursing experience consisted of tending soldiers from world war 2, and the list goes on. Every test I had, half class failed. In the end it drove the entire class to study on their own. We fought against the teachers, petitioned to get the teacher out, argued with the dean (well the class president did), and in the end we were fighting a losing battle. None of the materials came from the book, none from the powerpoints, it all was coming from a testbank from another publisher. Even the values for the labs were way off, even compared to the typical NCLEX values. If one thing I learned, everything is now self study. I lost my faith in teachers in america, and in st francis career college. I hope your situation doesnt turn out to be like my school did.

U realize he posted that comment 2 years ago? Its like me saying the war on iraq is wrong when the war already started years ago.

How about set aside some money and do the Indiana State University bridge program since its online? Thats what Im going to do if I dont get into the lvn rn bridge program at my school next year.