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  1. Will I be at a major disadvantage for the rest if my career? where I am from, the hospital job market is OVER SATURATED in all capital letters for emphasis. I am open to working in home health, public...
  2. Nonetheless

    If I start outside the hospital...

    you are right and public health is the field I desire now I have to figure out a way
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    If I start outside the hospital...

    I am going to be a PHN after I graduate and plan on getting my PHN ASAP. I totally want to work in psych. The more I think of it the more I realize I am meant to be a psych, public health, or even...
  4. Nonetheless

    If I start outside the hospital...

    I don't even know if I want to work in the hospital. I have night shift clinicals and it's very very Exhausting. Maybe I belong
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    If I start outside the hospital...

    I'll have a BSN in June and am no prodigy. Where I am it is 500 nurses for each hospital position. The thing is, I don't even want to work in the hospital my entire career. I really want to work in...
  6. Nonetheless

    So confusing and overwhelming

    Where are you located so I can apply to work there
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    1st job, desk job

    Is the pay comparable to a hospital or much less? And job hunt while working this job if you want to get to the bedside. It WILL take you 6-8 months minimum to get a bedside job, so just apply to them...
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    Jobless

    Why did it take 6 years to pass the Nclex? Most employers are asking themselves this, and you have to address why in your cover letter. Secondly, it will take at least 6-8 months to get a job, if not...
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    Job commitments

    Yes, they are paying to train you. But what if it is an awful place to work? What if there's a lot of lateral violence, gossiping, and bullying in the hospital? Then you are punished for leaving?...
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    Job commitments

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  12. Apply to jobs now, and talk to your phone provider to see if they have a plan that lets you take calls from outside the country. Let the places you want to work at call you and worry about what you...
  13. I edited your questions; 1) Can you give me a run down on what a typical day would be like in my position? 2) What type of orientation do you offer, how long is it, who will do it? 3) Can you describe...
  14. Hello AN! I hear a lot online that a nurse should visit the unit they are interested in working in, and drop of a resume/ cover letter in person. Isn't it inappropriate to just waltz into the ICU,...
  15. I suggest looking outside the hospital for further employment. There's plenty of room for growth in non acute care settings...the pay is somewhat lower but you don't need to experience the pain of...
  16. Sorry, but the west coast and east coast have awful job markets as well. I thought the Midwest had a bounty of nursing jobs for BSN's but I guess I was
  17. Nonetheless

    Apply or NCLEX first???

    YES! Try to get a job now! Your first priority is the NCLEX but if you can apply to jobs then apply to
  18. Nonetheless

    HELP! What should I do?

    I am jealous, I want to work in adolescent
  19. I will take any job I can get, excluding jobs that are unsafe for me or the patient or very low in
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    Newer grad thinking of leaving nursing..

    Oh but they spent like $30,000 training you, and then you left! You shouldn't have quit because they obviously invest so many resources in their new grad program. Anyway, why did it take you so long...
  21. Hi Allnurses! I have another question, sorry for asking so many! There is a certain hospital I am DREAMING of working at that has openings in multiple units. Each individual unit has an opening. I...
  22. I am genuinely interested in and passionate about med/Surg, ICU, OR, ER, psych, hospice, and public
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    SJSU vs CSULB

    Yeah socal is much less tough than norcal, and that's saying a lot because socal is pretty tough. I would say that 35 of the kids who graduated in June last year have jobs now and 15-20 are still...
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    SJSU vs CSULB

    I know for sure Long Beach Memorial exclusively hires new grads from CSULB (the guy at the job fair made this clear) but I don't know how many CSULB students are in that situation. It could be only a...
  25. I individualize my cover letter for each unit. I write "I want to work in OR because XYZ" and write a sentence or two about how I love that unit. Is that