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I am in Los Angles. I would be very careful and make sure they are willing to give you their business name and contact information. Don't give personal info or credentials for an "application" for department of health

How to children get into a facility like this? Are they referred by physicians, insurances, agencies? I emailed them back b/c they wanted to meet and lay out options. I knew they wanted some of my credential info for application process and I didn't feel right about that or the DON position. So I emailed them saying I have a few questions and that I would prefer to just be an RN interacting with patients; not a DON and I could not give my credential info for this application. Never heard from them after that....

Hello I wanted to know if anyone can give me advice about an opportunity to work in a pediatric daycare facility for children with moderate medical conditions. Children who require nursing care throughout the day but can't stay at home due to parents working. I applied to a craigslist posting: "We strive to provide the very best day health care to our little ones and are opening a new Pediatric Day Health Care facility. We are seeking an experienced and qualified RN who loves to work with kids and provide medically fragile kids care while they play and learn. We are looking for a positive, energetic and an enthusiastic team player with administrative skills. Full-time, promising career. Preferably Spanish speaking. If you are experienced and love to work with medically fragile children, then we want to hear from you! Please email your resume." Long story but I went for the interview and found the owners and manager waiting for me in a building that is not done with rennovations. They showed me the structure and said it will open in 2-3 months. They said they are in the process of getting reviewed by the Health Department and are looking for a DON as well as RNs to work the floor. I'm a masters prepared entry level nurse with a background in psychology for my first degree. They wanted to know if I'm interested in DON position. I told them I dont have the experience to be a DON. I do have the knowledge to work on advanced nursing projects involving administration work due to my schooling but I've never applied it in the work force. I have less than 1 year paid clinical experience. Its hard to find a job where I am as a new grad and I keep trying. So I want to keep my options open. I just get the feeling that they wanted me so they can use to show the Health Board they have an DON who fits all the required credentials. I say this because They specifically said they would have to know if I'm on board and willing to submit my credentials to the Health Department. I have to decide if I want to go and do a second meeting but I just don't have a good vibe about it. It doesn't make sense to me why they want to hire a new grad (less than 1 year) for a DON position other than they want to pay the DON less.... If anyone knows how these facilities work in more detail or can share similar interviewing experiences please let me know.

Thank you for your response mclennan, My own cover letters have been this length or a bit longer. I thought this was too short. How can it be shorter and still convey my strengths and talk about any particular experiences that relate to the position?

I am using a writing service to rewrite my cover letter for new grad/entry level positions. I finally received a draft and I feel like its too vague and not personable to me and my skills or experiences. I also feel like its very short. I just wanted to know if anyone can tell me if its better to be have 3 simple paragraphs and not talk about any specific experience. I feel like this letter is very generalized and is better to be simple and generalized? Also if you can look at this draft and tell me your thoughts on whether its a good cover letter to send out for new grad/entry level RN positions. Hospital Name Department Address To Whom It May Concern, It is my understanding that ________________ is searching for a qualified RN to fill its' ___________________ position. With my resourceful attitude and professionalism in the healthcare arena, coupled with my general nursing best practices and skills, I feel that I would be a strong asset to Long Beach Memorial's nursing staff. Having exposure to a variety of medical units during my clinical rotations, provided a footprint into the nuances of nursing . I am a quick-study and am always open to learning new and improved ways of skilled nursing procedures. I take a very forward-thinking approach to my responsibilities and ensure the value of patient care is at the forefront of every one of my tasks. I am confident that if given the opportunity to join your team, my passion and desire to impact healthcare and humanity, will show through my educating, implementing and assisting Long Beach Memorial's patient health and wellness practice. Please review my nursing credentials in the attached resume. I look forward to hearing about possible next steps to move forward in the hiring process. Your time and consideration are greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Sana Alam

Thank you for all your comments and stories. Unfortunately I had to make a quick decision that week and chose not to pursue this position. Right now its hard to be a new grad without 1 year experience. I have been trying to apply to ambulatory care settings and other outpatient settings. Applying to a med-spa was not my first choice but I have to eat and pay my $150,000 student loans. So I tried it out for a day and realized it wasn't for me. Its hard with this economy for nurses in my situation. We don't get many second chances.

I am a practicing Muslim Nurse and I was hoping if any Muslim nurses may have some advice for me about accepting a laser hair removal job offer I have. I'm a new grad nurse and its been difficult for me to find a job so I have been open to all types of nursing jobs and this opportunity came up. I would be performing hair laser removal on on female and male clients for all body parts. I know in Islam we should cover our "private" body parts from people (adults) of both sexes (men and women). I know some exceptions are unless its necessary for dire medical attention and the person cannot care for themselves. Since hair removal is a cosmetic procedure is it not allowed in Islam to perform hair laser removal on a person's private parts? I know I cannot say to the employer I can only do legs/arms, underarms, and face on people but not their private parts. I started observing today for my training and I know people come in for more than one area such as arms/bikini within one appointment. Majority of the clients come for their bikini area. I would not be able to work on most of the clientele. When it comes to patient care in the hospital setting as a student I helped bathe adult patients and perform urinary catheter insertions. This I see as "dire" medical need for these patients and consider it acceptable in Islam. I don't want to accept this job if its not permissible in Islam to carry out the full duties the job requires. I feel that its unfair to me and the employer. I would feel uncomfortable doing things I'm not sure is acceptable in Islam and the employer should have someone who can really carry out all the responsibilities in the job description. So if there are any Muslim nurses out there that can tell me if its permissible in Islam to perform hair laser removal on patient's private parts please let me know. Thank you

Hi I enrolled as well yesterday. I spoke with some one at admissions and asked how the refund policy works if we decide not to commit. We have till the 2nd class day and you need to pay $25 cancellation fee. I am still considering whether I should make the move and spend the money. I could do the Azusa Pacific program that starts in Feb in LA so I'm on the fence. Its a shorter program but I woudn't have to spend so much money on rent.

I am an unemployed RN with less than 1-year experience looking to register for the Grossmont RN refresher course in San Diego. So far what I've read on this site has been promising. If anyone has taken this course I'd really like to know your experiences with the theory and clinical portions. I also wanted to know what areas have you found jobs in since finishing the course. Also I will be commuting for LA county for this program. I wanted to know if there were other commuters in previous classes and what they did for housing. Also if you live in San Diego what are affordable areas to live in to be near the classes and clinical site. I would ideally like to rent rooms during the week and go home on the weekends if the schedule allows.

I was reading advice from different people on whether using a resume service is helpful for someone in a situation like mine. I found Nurse Resume Service | Certified, Award Winning, Writing Excellence that Works! and nursingresumepros.com/Get-Dream-Job‎ Can anyone whose been in a similar situation as mine use any of these services for cover letter and resume help?

Thank you all for encouraging me to try again. I have applied to a few residency positions and whatever I can in an outpatient setting - flu clinics, outpatient centers, and home health. I really want to get that one year of nursing down. I also have tried to apply to Clinical Research places looking for an RN. I got a call this week and from an immunologist whose willing to train an RN. The position involves talking to patients but its more heavily focused on research. The research is funded by NIH (National Institute of Health) and affiliated with UCLA. I have an interview next week. I definitely am going to the interview but I know I wanted to have few years acute experience before I went down the road to branch out into research and quality improvement. I just feel like if I do this it may be hard to get back into bedside nursing. If there is anyone whose been an Clinical RN Researcher want to share their experience or have done something similar please let me know. I'd like advice on the advantages and disadvantages of taking on such a move.

Thank you to those of you who replied to my post with your encouraging words and sharing your experiences with me. During my orientation I also felt like bedside nursing wasn't for me. Originally I thought I would do bedside/acute care nursing for a few years and move on. I am finishing my masters in Ambulatory Care. I took the Masters Entry level route and did an accelerated program after getting my bachelors in a Psychology at UCD. I have volunteer experience in quality improvement and I did really well on my residency project since I have a lot of advanced nursing classes under my belt. I see myself in this area of nursing in the long term future. Sadly I just feel stuck b/c most jobs I look at that are not in acute care want at least 1 year minimum past acute care experience. Most of them want more than 1 year acute care experience. I definitely understand the importance of having such clinical experience in order to do these non-acute care jobs. My question for you is how did you make yourself marketable on your resume and cover letter for the following positions you got after your orientation. So far when I apply I just put RN I for my first experience instead of RN Resident. Is that wise? Also since you live in CA can you please tell me which LTCs are more likely to hire new grads? At this point I am going to apply to residencies, outpatient, and non-clinical positions. I don't know if LTC are for me based on what you said but I am willing to explore and figure it out.

Thank you for replying to my post with your encouraging words and sharing your experiences with me. During my orientation I also felt like bedside nursing wasn't for me. Originally I thought I would do bedside/acute care nursing for a few years and move on. I am finishing my masters in Ambulatory Care. I took the Masters Entry level route and did an accelerated program after getting my bachelors in a Psychology at UCD. I have volunteer experience in quality improvement and I did really well on my residency project since I have a lot of advanced nursing classes under my belt. I see myself in this area of nursing in the long term future. Sadly I just feel stuck b/c most jobs I look at that are not in acute care want at least 1 year minimum past acute care experience. Most of them want more than 1 year acute care experience. I definitely understand the importance of having such clinical experience in order to do these non-acute care jobs. My question for you is how did you make yourself marketable on your resume and cover letter for the following positions you got after your orientation. So far when I apply I just put RN I for my first experience instead of RN Resident. Is that wise? Also since you live in CA can you please tell me which LTCs are more likely to hire new grads? At this point I am going to apply to residencies, outpatient, and non-clinical positions. I don't know if LTC are for me based on what you said but I am willing to explore and figure it out.

Since I graduated nursing school I have always found great advice on this site to guide me along the way. Unfortunately I never saw myself in this situation. It took me a almost 10 months to find a new grad job in California and I was so excited it was a great hospital and in pediatrics med/surg. In my second phase of of residency I was unable to handle 3 patient load required on our unit. I made some medication errors, not that I hurt the patient thank god. However it showed to my managers that I was unsafe. Part of my anxiety was having more 2 preceptors who just very different. One made me feel super confident and I did work smoothly and the second was always picking on each step and undermining my confidence. Her expectations were so high and she made me feel stupid. I finally was given one more chance and the managers helped me by giving me new preceptors and gave me room to grow. I switched to night shift and had an extension for 1-month. I was always so uncomfortable and anxious that I was going to make a mistake. I was doing well and then made the mistake of forgetting to double check insulin when multiple things came up. I was in my last week and I was felt like I was going to make it out of residency! Since I was making such progress they said they wanted to give me the option to resign and I had to choose right at that instant or they'd have to terminate me. It was the hardest thing to do as I signed my resignation letter, turned in my badge, and walked out the door. I've been quite lost for some time and am trying to get back into the applying game. There are so many questions I don't know the answers to. For instance if I worked for 5 months do I still qualify for a new grad residency program? Do hospitals hire someone who was at another residency program? Can I apply to another Versant residency program or would I get denied? Should I list my 5 month experience on my resume as Registered RN I or RN Resident? I would like to try outpatient clinics or home health jobs but I don't have the minimum 1-year experience. I feel embarrassed when I read about other new grad's experience with getting fired. It seemed they had worse situations such as more patients in their work load and in more harder specialties. I was on a transplant med/surg unit and I usually got RN I assignments. I find more fault with myself than I do with my place work except for how they trained preceptors. When I reflect on all this I dont know how to respond to the burning question about why I resigned when people ask? I would really appreciate some guidance. I just want to get back into the game and I try again to see where I fit in. If there is anyone else whose left pediatrics or in a similar situation I 'd like to know what areas of nursing you chose next.

Is there any one who can give advice on what to emphasize on resumes for CNA positions?