B4RN

If you look on MUSC's website, they have several new grad RN positions that are available. They are in downtown Charleston. Good luck! :)

Does large hospitals like Providence have a nurses union? Thanks for the info :)

Does this discourage people from going to nursing school?? How can a school jusify pumping out so many new nurses with no jobs for them?

Thank you. I "hope" I love the NW. It is a beautiful area. Someone told me the other day that many new grads have to go to other states to get the experience before being considered for employment in Portland. Why do they have so many nursing schools and saturate the market with new grads if there are no jobs? Does none of these schools do studies that dictate the market?

Like I mentioned in my post........my friend works for Providence and she was hired as a new grad just recently for nights and makes almost 100G a year. She was NOT an LPN before getting her RN. She applied right before graduation and phoned the HR office every Monday am to be a pest. Well, they finally got sick of her calling and asked her to come in for an interview and she got the job.

Like I mentioned in my post........my friend works for Providence and she was hired as a new grad just recently for nights and makes almost 100G a year. She was NOT an LPN before getting her RN. She applied right before graduation and phoned the HR office every Monday am to be a pest. Well, they finally got sick of her calling and asked her to come in for an interview and she got the job.

Also, Providence will pay your tuition ( up to 75%) for you to get that BSN if you are an employee there. I am taking mine through Indiana Westlyn, amazing program, all online and it only takes 18 months. I found, in my job search in OR that even through they say BSN, they are still more than willing to interview ASN's

Addendum: Providence is now in the process of giving all nurses until 2018 to get their BSN. Not sure if they plan on "removing" the ones that don't but since they pay 75% of your tuition, there dosen't seem to be a reason not to get it.

I will have to disagree with the posters on here but in my experience, there are tons of jobs. We are moving to Portland in a few months and I am flying out to interview with several potential employers in a few weeks. There are over 1000 jobs for RN's on indeed.com and I applied to some randomely that fit my criteria and WHOOSH........I had almost instant replies. The money is awesome, the benefits they are offering are unheard of here in the Midwest and they stated they are in "critical need" for nurses. They even offered a sign on bonus and relocation allowance grant. The one that has impressed me the most has been Providence. I have been an RN for two years but an LPN for 20 with an extensive history in hospital work. I had no problems finding work/people to interview me at all. My friend works at Providence also and she makes over 100,000 a year as a night shift nurse in the ICU. She was hired as a brand new grad about 6 months ago. True, most places do prefer nurses with more experience and I have heard that it is difficult to get work as a new grad but I also heard that WA ( right across the bridge) is hiring new grads like crazy. I also did a search for there as well and found, litererally hundreds of jobs.