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I was offered a nursing position on medsurg/ortho floor despite being overqualified. Its all about selling yourself and explaining your long term and short term goals in your career. Nothing is impossible you just have to believe in yourself, know how to market yourself and be patient. The right job for everyone is out there. Whomever said above that my situation is a lose-lose situation I strongly disagree and almost took that to heart and wanted to walk away from a discouraging comment like that. Regardless I will always be a fighter and work hard for the things I want and will be the best nurse I can be.

Hi everyone, I am looking to get experience as an RN preferably in the acute care setting but it is so hard to get a job in the hospital when you dont have any hospital based experience. The hospital environment is perfect for me to further my skills, knowledge and experience. I applied for the STARN New grad program a couple months ago but was denied because i am technically not a "new graduate RN" anymore and they were seeking out real RN new grads who preferably did clinical rotations in their hospital. However, I was told at time they will consider an outsider like me when they have an open spot they need to fill and will keep me on file. The position is for a intense residency position which would provide me with the exact training and hands on skilled experience to get my foot in the door and get hospital experience on my resume. My question is how do I get acute care experience and training in a residency program when you keep being told you are not a new graduate nurse but meet all the credentials and licensing?? I think there is some injustice in this system and willing to take it to a higher level if necessary when the hospital bases itself on equal opportunities for all employees.

Hi everyone I graduated from my MSN FNP program in september 2016 and passed my boards in November 2016 and still have not being able to land a job as a FNP. Its already been about 4-5 months and I am struggling get any type of experience I can to get my foot in the door as a new graduate NP. I do not know any doctors currently looking to hire nor have I had any clinical rotations in offices that would consider hiring me as a new NP. All i have been told throughout my MSN program by every preceptor was to try to go into the hospital and get more experience as an RN. However, I am over qualified and underqualified to work in the hospitals as I only have Home Health experience.. What do you guys recommend the best way to get job NP in my situation. I dont want to lose hope and leave a career I am so passionate about and have always dreamed about working in.

Initially yes I thought this was going to be the perfect environment for me to get experience but it did not work out and had to resign fory own well being , standards and need for quality training . I should have done better research and I take the responsibility for my error. Life is all about learning from your mistakes and setting your priorities in order. After this whole experience I have a little clearer vision of what I want and need to be the best nurse I can be.

I knew there would be a bigger patient ratio but I thought I would be able to adapt to it and manage that workload of patients but that plus how the place was run and the environment was not conducive to me. I know there is a smaller ratio of patients in a hospital. I saw easily 30 patients in primary care setting but that is different I know than working as an RN. I learned from my mistake and know now what environment is not for me.

my curse for every nursing job now is that im over qualified and underqualified at the same time Can NP new graduates work in home health? I was contacted by some NP recruiting agency that will hire np new grads to do independent contractor work out in the community doing home health risk assessments...they pay per assessment and try to line it up in your area that you are willing to travel. Unfortunately they dont have any assessments needed in south florida for probably a month or so and said they'd keep me on their list. That is something I would be willing to do just to get some NP experience until i find a primary care office physician to hire me. Not sure exactly if i should research home health jobs for NP new grads?

I have learned now that bedside nursing especially in LTC nursing home setting is not for me . I do want to practice as a FNP and am still looking for a place to hire me. I am willing to build on my rn experience in the meantime. I have not had one clinical experience in an office or with a doctor or NP that I would or could be considered for a job position. If I work in the hospital I would have sooner exposure to finding MDs and finding a specialty for me. Even if I work one year as an RN in a hospital get that experience and move into NP job when it comes?

I was told throughout my MSN clinicals by preceptors that I need to work as a RN before I will be considered or be able to get hired as a NP. I thought a doctor would look at my work experience and see I do not have a foundation of RN experience behind my name and not consider hiring me. Therefore, with all the competition out there in my area (Florida) I wouldn't stand a chance getting hired compared to another NP new grad who worked as an RN for many years. The LTC place hired me as RN to get more nursing skills and foundation of RN experience .

I was hired as a charge nurse (RN) for this LTC facility but I currently hold a ARNP (FNP) license with my RN license. I have little less than 2 years experience in home health doing insurance based/plan of care assessments and medication management. My primary care experience is from my clinical practicum i completed in my MSN program over 1 year (780 hours).

Hi everyone so I just resigned from my first real nursing job at a LTC rehab facility. It was just not the right environment for me for multiple reasons. A lot of the reasons why I left is because of the lack of quality training/orientation I received, the tremendous load of patients assigned to one nurse and the chaotic, disorganized and lack of management/team support from my other nurses. I felt like everyday I went in I was risking losing my license due to the unsafe practices and policies I saw being done at the facility. It was emotionally and physically draining the life out of me and was making me hate not being able to provide the nursing care I wanted. So the only option for me was to resign shortly after my 1 week of orientation period and I did feel a huge sign of relief listening to my heart. Now that I'm back to the job search I need your advice. I have read so many articles about LTC experiences people have gone through and reasons why they left and the exact feelings, complaints and issues other people have had is exactly what I experienced. I have learned that LTC is not the place for me but know what?? I do hold a masters level education as nurse and I did love working in primary care settings and home health because i had more time with my patients. I loved doing assessment care plans for my patients in home health and learning to diagnose, treat and prescribe in my msn program. I dont have a great foundation of RN experience and thought I should work on developing that but I truly want to be practicing as Nurse Practitioner. I have heard hospitals are more structured and organized chaos and you will have a smaller patient ratio than in LTC is that true? Training is a must for me without it I will not have the confidence or ability to practice independently. what do you guys advise?? Or has anyone else had similar LTC experience?

Hi everyone , so I got my first real nursing job in a LTC/rehab facility and I am excited for the great skilled experience I will get but also very nervous and overwhelmed. I had a week orientation and my preceptors were competent and knowledgeable nurses but very overworked and burned out. They would leave me on the med cart and disappear for the rest of the day. As a matter of fact, most nurses and staff seemed to be MIA most of the time. I got so overwhelmed and frustrated one day I went to my orientation coordinator and expressed my concerns and need for more orientation time. I did get emotional a little due to bring so overwhelmed I couldn't help it. She was very kind and gave me advice to get organized and develop a system. The DON was very blunt and a bit inconsiderate but offered me one more day of orientation. I feel exhausted by 2:00 not being able to take a break to eat because I'm not done passing meds and doing vitals on 19 + people . I know I can learn a lot here and don't want to walk away because of some of the stuff I saw , how the facility is run and organized. How can I survive working at LTC and be the best nurse I can. be???

The agency I work for is a very well known Home Health company and they would not frown upon me for bringing in more buisness and clients for them. Not all agencies are the same so before you try to generalize all nursing agencies as being the worse belittling demeaning job consider there are some good ones out there. The people at this agency are some of the nicest health care providers i have ever met and have been a blessing to my family for providing nursing care. This is just my opinion and I do not want to cause a fight trust me its just I feel that people on this site (Some not all) tend to give very negative responses. The agency said they take recommendations from clients if they want you they just have to go through the agency first before you get assigned to them.

Hi I got hired recently to an Elder Care home health agency doing some per diem work. Basically i'm on call to do an in depth head to toe physical assessments on the clients that are part of this agency. I know as a new graduate it was a great opportunity for me because I really needed the experience and I love working in the community. I also have a great passion and experience working with family members with memory loss related illnesses. So I thought this would be a perfect beginning job for me but the only thing is I am not a huge fan of a Per Diem schedule. I like to have a set schedule weekly but I know you got to take what you can at the beginning. What I was curious about is can a per diem RN job lead into more of a full time even part time (couple days a week/couple hours) job? If a client really likes you when you visit to do you assessments and need a private nurse i guess thats how you would get more work, through referrels? Any one else kind of start off as per diem/part time in home health and work there way up to having a lot of clients ? Any experience is something .

Ok so I ve been on a handful of interviews and this is a very common question I get. I had one nurse manager ask several times this question in different ways like why should we hire you? What makes you stand out above the other applicants? How will you go over and beyond as a nurse? Need some advice on some simple but good answers that I could say. Its ao easy to throw out a million adjectives to describe yourself anyone can say the same words- hard worker compassionate dedicated over achiever advocate for my patients etc. I feel it gets so repetitive sometimes.

Thanks ive had a lot of ppl try to discourage me from going straight into a masters but how can it hurt? Im still always gping to be looking for rn ecperience befor I ever work as a np. I applied and should hear back soon if I got in