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NEW GRAD REGISTERED NURSE LOOKING FOR MY FIRST JOB HELP!! I live in Nashville but I am willing to drive a hour if I have to. Any suggestions? I have applied for over 500 jobs: gov jobs, Va jobs, dialysis clinics, rehab centers, medical offices, Vandy...

How to get a job at Veterans Affairs. Do you work at Veterans Affairs? How did you find the job? How did you get that first interview? Any advice for someone trying to get in? I am convinced that 99% of the jobs that are advertised are filled from ...

good ideas, thank you!!

do you have any suggestions where I could volunteer or intern to keep brushing up on my skills such as IVS and assessments. The hospitals I contacted said that they couldn't let me do anything hands on if I volunteered, that for clinical experience a...

I would love to volunteer there. I am going to look into that. Thanks!

Thank you for your help. I will continue with your suggestions. In the meantime, do you have any suggestions where I could volunteer or intern to keep brushing up on my skills such as IVS and assessments. The hospitals I contacted said that they coul...

Thank you for your suggestions! I have been researching both of those.

Ms. Tammy, Thank you so much for the encouraging words. I am a new-grad with zero medical experience. I loved my clinical rotations at the Veterans Affairs hospital and I was aiming to get a job with them. But it has been impossible to get anyone to ...

This helps a lot. I kept searching for information on the files and on the actual job posting and it did not specify. hank you so much for clarifying this. @twinmommy+2

when applying it asks for all of these forms, but when I find them online it appears they are just for veterans. Do I still have to submit these even though they do not apply to me? These are: SF-50 DD-214 SF-15 OF-306

I really appreciate your response back, very detailed! I need you as a life coach. You bring up very good points. I am going to take a different approach to job hunting. I am so glad you responded. Thanks again.

any suggestions?

Thank you!! :) both for your response. Do you know if VA's hire new grads. I have tried applying everywhere and contacting HR and tracking down email contacts through linkdin and government websites. Where would you suggest I might have most luck ge...

I took it this morning and I got this pop up. “Our records indicate that you have recently scheduled this exam. Another registration cannot be made at this time.” Does this mean I passed, because it does not say Please contact the board like most o...

Thank you so much for taking the time to reply back with the tips! This really helped me out a lot. :) Many congrats to you, RN

Congratulations to you! I hope you have a happy and a successful career. Thank you for sharing your story. How long did you take to prepare for your 3rd time? did you use any other sources other than Saunders, 3500 nclex, Kaplan? any study guides? ...

What an great story to tell...Congratulations! Wishing you all the best in your future endeavors. :) I hope I will be able share my success story when my big day comes too.

Congratulations Mentalageis16 Thank you for sharing your story. Wish you all the best in your future endeavors. :)

Thank you for replying. I appreciate your help. Good luck on your new journey

Congratulations!!! woohoo! Wish you all the best on your future endeavors. :) What resources did you use for infection control? just the hurst 5th day material?

Basically, you either have to"Teach" or you are the one being "Educated". So remember to simply apply what you know about teaching-learning principles, like: assess what the client knows already before teaching, return demonstration is the best wa...

A nurse is teaching staff about some sort of disease/process etc. The nurse would be sure to include which of the following instructions during the conference/meeting. It would give you several statements about the process and you would have to dec...

Congratulations! stories like this inpire me. I am so happy for you. Thank your for sharing your story. Wish you all the best in your future endeavors.

Take your previous failure and put them in a lockbox, lock it, and hide the key. Take this week to relax and grieve. Once you get your test results look at the areas your weak in and focus on those. You had 206 questions so this means you wear near t...

Take your previous failures and put them in a lockbox, lock it, and hide the key. Take this week to relax and grieve. Once you get your test results look at the areas your weak in and focus on those. You had 206 questions so this means you wear near ...