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I'm a new grad RN, BSN; was jobless after 3-months of depressing job-hunting. After applying to countless hospitals, SNF's, LTAC facilities, and behavioral health facilities, I finally landed my first nursing job at a small hospital less than 10 mil...

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Thanks for the book recommendation! I too, am interested in breaking into this lucrative, exciting field! Off to amazon.com to purchase the book! :)

I'm a new grad, it's been 2 months of working on my own on MST. A lot of things are still new to me and I'm still learning and doing my best. I know that I'm doing a good job because I've already gotten 2 excellent customer service cards from my pati...

I totally agree. It was a "lesson learned" indeed. Never again will I associate myself with this woman again besides the absolute bare minimum. I don't know why I could ever trust her, she used to gossip about other nurses during my orientation with ...

Thanks dudette10! I've already lost respect for her. I thought we were cool, but never again will I use her as a resource because she surely isn't the type to welcome my "stupid" questions. She is not the type of nurse I aspire to be AT ALL. She has ...

Thank you. I think I can muster up enough courage to do this, but am afraid it will somehow backfire on me. To answer the other poster, during the time when she was my preceptor, she was for the most part condescending, and would often point out how ...

I'm a new grad and just started out on a med/surg tele unit. I am very grateful for having a job and for all of the things I am going to learn. But after just 2 days of actually working with my preceptor (who is somewhat abrasive, passive-aggressiv...

I work full time with benefits...would I lose benefits for not making up those 12 hours? Do we have the option of using our vacation hours to make up for lost time? Thanks for your help!

Thank you so much everyone for the useful info! I really appreciate all of your answers. :)))

I work on a med/surg tele unit and worked damn hard to land my first job with the constant rejection of new grads, bad economy, and "come back when you have 1 year of experience" line. I was so, so, sooooo excited to start in the beginning that I eve...

Congrats KaLynRN! I am very happy for you and glad it worked out for you :))

Whenever I'm with my preceptor, it seems like she always knows EXACTLY what to say to the patient when we make our initial rounds...they always ask her questions and she always knows the answer...how do I do that?? So far, all I'm capable of doing i...

Thank you very much for your informative answer!

Hi there! I'm a new grad RN, about to start in Med/Surg/Tele in a hospital that doesn't have a new grad program. I will, however, be assigned to a preceptor. I don't start until another week or so, and I want to be as prepared as possible. I have...

@ fireline: My resume was 2 pages long and my CV was also 2 pages long. I also made business cards and got them for free at vistaprint.com. All you need to pay for is shipping, which was under $5 if I remember correctly. Good luck!! @ herowneulogy...

As we all know, it's really, really, really, super-de-duper hard for new grads to land that all important first job. I have applied online to all of the major hospitals in my area and followed up by emailing, calling, leaving voicemails, and then go...

Congrats on all your hard work and finally getting a job!!! :yeah:It's been 3 months as a jobless new grad for me as well. Things are starting to look up though. I just got accepted into an unpaid RN internship and now have a med/surg interview com...

i'm a 3-month-jobless-desperate-new grad and am currently trying to get into a med/surg/tele position. i have a potential interview coming up, and i need to be prepared as much as possible. i would appreciate advice on the following: 1) which meds ...

Actually, I MUST sweat the details! At this point, RN positions for new grads are very competitive and I've been to 1 interview where they asked me what kind of medications would I anticipate giving to someone in chest pain. I completely choked (bu...

I have an interview for an unpaid 2-month internship. I've been job hunting for about 3 months with no luck YET. I've been applying everywhere so I haven't lost hope yet. I did a board search and it seems like allnurses.com doesn't approve of new ...

Thanks guys. I just found out that I've been accepted, but it seems like they've "clarified" some things during the interview that was quite different from what they said over the phone. For instance, although we get to work with a nurse and learn...

Call the nurse recruiter and ask about unpaid new grad nurse internships. A lot of hospitals are doing this now. In fact, I just had an interview today with the nurse recruiters of 3 hospitals. It's not a paid RN job, but at least it gives me a ch...

Huh? It's not like I'm making up stories just for fun. I network with ADNs and they tell me what's going on in their new grad programs, and who they're working with. They tell me that there are only few BSNs, if at most, one in their programs. I'...

To my understanding, the bigger hospitals in my area that either have Magnet status or working towards it, mostly hire BSNs over ADNs. I've been told by nurse recruiters that they are willing to invest in BSNs because they have more education that w...