Lynn2

Freestanding detox center 24 acute unit beds and 3 triage beds. Admits 24/7, 365 days a year. 2 RNs in triage, 2 LPNs in acute, 4 detox techs.

Really? I see a big difference between the 2. A PA can have any kind of Bachelors degree, and get their PA training in 2 years. A NP on the other hand has a BS or BA and a MSN and now more recently has to have a Doctorate in order to become a NP. And for the record the fact that a NP can practice independently as where a PA can only practice under a MD makes the NP role above the PA as far as I am concerned.

exactly! Every single hospital I did my RN clinical rotations in was severely understaffed, with any RN who you asked privately and directly about the situation would state that they were overworked, with not enough staff and no time to eat, let alone go to the bathroom!!!!! But these same places are not hiring new grads, go figure.

A friend here in CT told me to apply to prisons/correctional systems also, but when I looked into it even they were asking for their applicants to have 2-5 years experience and were not considering new grads. After 4 months of looking, I have taken a job in retail for minimum wage! to help feed my family. I will continue to apply and hope for something in nursing. It frustrates me that I can't even work as a CNA because I have an RN title, which I think is stupid, even a CNA makes more than minimum wage and I certainly could do the work.

How in the world does a new grad RN get nursing experience when all of the job postings state a minimum amount of experience required and/or "new grads not eligible to apply for this position"? I graduated nursing school in June, passed my nclex and have been applying like crazy for 4 months with not even 1 call for an interview! If the system will let me I apply even for jobs that state minimum 1yr of experience required, but I have never seen any jobs for new grads. I don't see a nursing shortage at all, except for experienced nurses, and how in the world do the administrators expect to hire experienced nurses when they don't offer or hire new grads to get experience!! I see only 5 student nurse jobs available at the local hospital each year for student nurses to get experience, but that is hardly enough positions for the hundreds of students that graduate each year in nursing. So how does a graduate who was not lucky enough to get a student nurse position get that experience?? Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks