I could have written this as I too have recently moved from home to another state for my first nursing job (well the first hospital one anyway) which also has me on a 2-year contract. However, the...
gizmojamz replied to Just Dave's topic in Nursing Career
Yes, things are very different now. I'm a new nurse and I've heard stories like yours from other seasoned nurses who have also been able to get into their specialties with little to no med surg...
gizmojamz replied to Just Dave's topic in Nursing Career
I agree with this. I graduated from nursing school in fall 2018 and it took me 1 year to find the current hospital position I have now. Within that year, I do feel like my skills have collected dust,...
Wow that is crazy. I'm sorry this happened to you. I have a friend who went to a for profit school and had a scenario like this happen to her as well. She was able to graduate 6 months later after she...
Hello! This was from months ago and I actually took another RN position in my home state but this interview wasn't as stressful as I thought. It was pretty straightforward but the formatting was...
gizmojamz replied to sarah512's topic in Texas Nursing
Wow, interesting what a small world. It's sad how it is right now. If you don't mind, I'd love to PM you some companies that have reached out to me previously (and still do
gizmojamz replied to sarah512's topic in Texas Nursing
Exactly and that's why I've kind of accepted how picky they are being. It's like this with all of them as of late. I'm guessing you're a new grad from May 2019 correct? I'm an "old new grad" from...
Congratulations on graduating. I'm going to be honest with you, DFW has been extremely competitive lately for new grad nurses in particular. It's mostly because this area is saturated with nursing...
@brightfutureRN Initially, in Fall when graduation was approaching I applied for most critical care positions as well as med surg. Since then I've had a total 4 interviews within that specialty (In...
Thank you so much for the words of encouragement. I'm so happy you were able to find a good position (and in the specialty you desire too!) Unfortunately, in my case, it's been almost 5 months now...
@brightfutureRN I know this post is at least a year old but did you manage to find a full time position? I'm currently dealing with something similar to this