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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 n...

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 ho...

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...

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 receive...

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 ge...

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 ...

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 patient...

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...

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 c...

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 behi...

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....

Heyy well its been a brutal year of searching for a new grad entry level nursing job. I must have sent hundreds of resumes gone on a handful of interviews and applied to hundreds of online positions. It is absolutely disgraceful how there are not eno...

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 opport...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Well I went to nursing school in ny and relocated down to florida for personal reasons. Although I spoke with a local school and they encouraged me to apply to their family np msn program regardless of my situation. Financial I can afford to make th...

thanks i guess it just takes certain people longer to get that first job.

Thank you for posting this question I too posted a similar thread. I am struggling to find an RN job for about 10 months now and have received some discouraging comments from people on here saying its a waste of time to continue your education while ...

Hey so its been a brutal 7 months and still haven't gotten a job as a new graduate. Its truly a struggle to convince people you are the perfect candidate and will work really hard when all they look at is your resume. I hate that managers try to defi...

No I live in south florida its way too competitive down here and wayy too many applicants. I got an open invitation to apply to a msn program by the program director. Really contemplating going bak to school getting more education while still job sea...

JMEMNRN - Did you get a job once you started your practicum in FNP program or did you continue to apply from the beginning? I was contacted by the program director of a FNP program that i'm interested and she wants me to apply even given my current s...

I need some advice on a major career decision. I graduated a ny nursing school this past December 2012 and have relocated down to Florida for personal reasons. I have my RN license and am struggling as a new graduate to get my foot in the door and ge...

THANK YOU !! I have gotten the same questions by nurse managers- why are you not working by now?? why cant you get a job? what have you been doing this whole time? TRYING TO FIND A JOB like is that so hard to wrap your brain around. some people are s...

What if you can't get a job as a new grad rn bc there's not that many positions willing to train and decide to go back to school get the msn and gain affiliations and connections thru ur practicum. I understand if u want to be a np educator or admin...