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To the girl who posted this topic. I recommend you contact the reference you want and tell them about the position. Then kindly ask, do you think this position would be a good fit for me, if so would you be willing to write or fill out a recommendation for me? It works like a charm. The person then has two options, to ignore or to tell you they think you'd be a great fit and to send them the info to complete whatever it is you need. I learned the hard way. I hope you don't let someone's OPINION bring you down. Sometimes it's easier to just leave things be. I hope you get the job. Just be careful. They can claim to still want to hire and you tell you to reapplying knowing they won't hire you. They still know who you are and when it comes down to the person who once received a bad recommendation or the person who never did they will probably go with the other. That's why I didn't bother fighting my case. There are plenty of other jobs out there. Maybe this was not meant to be for you for whatever reason. Perhaps it's a sign from above! Take it as a blessing (: I hope you're OK and I know you'll find a job soon. You worked hard for your degree so you deserve anything you put your mind to. Don't let others try to bring you down and tell you "maybe there was really something concerning". You know YOU better than anyone else out here. NEVER doubt yourself. Be confident and hold your head high and think positive thoughts.

Hey there, hang in there. I posted something similar a couple months back. I worked as a PCA at a hospital and have been banned from the entire hospital as a nurse for a year. Why? Because someone decided to write a bad reference about me. Why? I don't understand why someone would stop a new grad nurse from moving on with their career. Honestly I wouldn't want to work for a hospital who decided to not hire me after a bad recommendation. I was never once late to work, never called off, never had any complaints. I always had good evaluations. My manager said great things about me and yet they ignored the positive and hung on to the negative and told me to go elsewhere. I was accepted into the NICU (my dream job) and an ambulatory primary care job. All my dreams were shut down. People on here were supportive but there were others who were not just as they aren't with you. Life goes on. I am now a nurse at a big hospital and I am liking it so far. The hospital I am at is amazing. The environment is so different....more positive and everyone seems to care here more. Everything happens for a reason. I still think about how I lost my dream job but things don't go the way we want sometimes. Maybe this was meant for me....maybe I will make a bigger difference here. I hope you move on as well. Your name has been tainted. Go elsewhere if possible. Good luck. Remember this too shall pass....

Hi my fellow nurses and murses :) Just wanted to let everyone know I got hired on the spot right after my second interview for the fellowship! I start Dec 14th :) I truly agree with you guys and believe this will be a great foundation and make me an amazing nurse! Since its a med-surg fellowship any recommendations? Should I review and do anything to prepare as a new nurse? Should I pull out my med surg book and start reading and learning? I wanna be as fully prepared as possible. I never expected to ever be a med surg nurse...infact I told myself as well as my peers I would never be caught doing med surg but here I am......the patients in med surg are just like any other patient and deserve love too :) Who knows maybe I will learn to love med surg!!! I am excited and super nervous! What are things I should be doing and preparing as a new nurse? I plan on buying a notebook to bring with me and write everything I will need....passwords, resources etc etc

Oh yeah. I also want to mention that I know a lot of new grads in different states have trouble finding a job. That's not the case here. New grads have no trouble finding jobs. Hospitals prefer new grads for certain positions as opposed to non new grads because they can train the nurse how they want. If that makes sense. It is hard to tell an older nurse that he or she has to do this and that a certain way. BUT they can train a new grad and teach them how they want things to be done their way. Does that make sense? So you won't have trouble finding work here as a new nurse :)

Hi there (: Come on down to good old O-H-I-O! Seriously. I know a girl who did nursing home and just got hired into the fellowship I was talking about and she has her ADN and is currently getting her BSN. I find it odd because in school we were always told ADNs can not find hospital jobs here. But that's besides the point. If I were you I would take advantage now and try to apply down here. It's amazing in Ohio. I wish I could private message you but I haven't posted enough to yet. Right now is the perfect time to apply because the nursing students have not graduated yet. Therefore instead of competing against 16 new grad applicants you compete against 2-3 applicants. Usually the nursing schools here have graduation in the summer and winter so try to avoid applying then but even IF you do you won't have a hard time finding a job. We have too many hospitals here as well as WAY too many nursing schools. I know my current hospital has been giving incentive hours for months now due to being short staffed with RNs and PCAs. I know nurses who are making bank and taking advantage of this because they are getting overtime as well as the bonus pay. You have many choices if you come down here. If you were to apply to a Fellowship you would be accepted and I am sure you would be accepted as a staff RN on any floor. You said you graduated from Chamberlain -_______- is all I have to say to that lol BUT luckily it's a very "valued" school here and students have a good reputation. Hospitals are currently seeking students who have graduated from there. Students I graduated with landed jobs before graduation at their clinical site. I hope that helped you and the poster above who asked where I am located at. Ohio. No nursing job shortages here and there is so much to pick from. Clinics. Mental Health hospitals. Hospitals. Long term care. Rehab. Correctional facility nursing. You name it. Also, thank you everyone for the advice. I have round two to the fellowship position this week so I hope that is a good sign. They told me they would give me an answer by this week so I am hoping I get officially hired tomorrow if all goes well. I have a couple other interviews as well this week and next at different places. Mental Health and Dialysis again. I agree with the Med-Surg giving me the most experience and then later I can do the others if I please. I think I will get the most out of this position though. I decided not to take the peds clinic position because they offered me $17 max an hour. I do not want to sell myself short as many of my peers are getting $22-29 currently. I have loans for days to pay off and I just don't see myself taking a job that pays $17 when I have other places that interest me as well that are offering me more. An update on the Dialysis position. I have an interview with the actual hospital after the holiday. Everything is going great! I landed my refrences and got amazing ones at that. And I have had numerous phone calls and interviews. I will keep you guys updated but I am keeping my fingers crossed for this Fellowship. I should officially know I am hired after Thanksgiving if they decide to have me join their team! (: I truly believe this will open many doors for me in the future as many of you stated!!! Let me know if you have any other questions for those asking about nursing in my area. Thanks again for the advice guys! Have a safe and happy holiday. Eat lots and do lots of shopping. Most of all cherish the time you have with your family and cease the moment (:

Hi my fellow nurses and murses, I am a new grad with no RN experience. I need some really good advice and opinions. 1. A fellowship on a medsurg floor at the top trauma hospital in the state. A little about this...I will get one on one attention. Attend a couple seminars. I get the regular 2 week RN orientation and training and then I am placed on a floor for 4 weeks with a preceptor. Then another 4 weeks a different floor and then another 4 weeks a different floor. So a total of 12 weeks. Afterwards I give them my top 3 places I want to work. For instance 1. Medsurg 2. ICU 3. OB....they said they try to give the 1st choice but if not they will make sure to land me with a job for my second pick. 2. Pediatrics office...this position would be Mon, Tues and Friday 10 hours each and rotating weekends. 3. DaVita Acute RN Dialysis. With the company I would be at 3 different hospitals. The 3 hospitals are owned by the same company just about 15 minutes apart from each other....these are well known hospitals in my city as well (we have A LOT OF HOSPITALS in my city...nursing job shortages whaaaaaaaaaaaat? lol). I would get training for 3 months and never be allowed to be the only RN since I will be working as a acute nurse as opposed to chronic. I am asking for an opinion because well obviously I cant get my dream job right now but these are all 3 things I honestly wouldnt mind doing if I cant my dream job. I like all these options but I dont know what to pick....I want something that will lead to many opportunities in the future. The average new grad RN here gets paid $22-24. I read online DaVita RNs are making over $30 an hour....I am NOT doing nursing for the money if that was the case I would have picked another career BUT if there are two jobs I really would love and can see myself doing and one is paying higher than the other obviously Id go with the higher one. The money is just the "perks" for me...seriously. I know a lot of you guys on here are older and more experienced and I would LOVE your insight and input :) Thank you in advance

@gonzo1 I tried to contact you. I wrote you the longest message only to find out I am not allowed to send messages because I didnt post enough topics yet ): I really want to message you...I'm sorry ):

LOL I love how the above negative people don't know who I am yet are claiming I am an unsafe nurse and lives are being saved. At this point I don't care what you guys think. I don't care if you actually believe I am an unsafe nurse. I know who I am. And I am well known by managers at my hospital. Sadly I was not allowed to use anyone who wasn't my professor as a reference. I came prepared to my interview. None of you were there with me. I obviously made a very good impression if I was chosen for the position over everyone else who applied. At this point I don't care what any of you negative people think of me. Haters gonna hate right? No one will be getting in the way of my dream. Even though this door has closed for me another will be open soon. I know I have good intentions. I love helping people. I would risk my life to help and save someone else's. All the positive feedback on this forum has truly helped me in addition to the support of my close friends I have. I love all the support and advice I was given. And best believe I will use it. You guys give me hope that there are good compassionate people in this world. The rest leaving negative comments.....I hope I don't have to work with people like you. Heart less insensitive people who bring people down during hard times. Instead of taking the time to write me a negative comment save it. I have lurked these boards for years now and I constantly see people attack each other. Stop being so catty. Life is too short. And sadly I enjoyed reading all your negative comments out loud with my friends and we had a great time talking about how pathetic your negative comments are. I asked for advice. I didn't ask for you to tell me that I am an unsafe nurse....why do you think that's ok to tell me when you don't know me? Do you think it will make me feel any lower than I already did? I believe in karma. And honestly I will leave it at that. I'm sure God will take care of things for me. He knows who has good intentions and a good heart. How do you people sleep at night? Am I mad because you guys told me the truth and I'm offended like some of you stated? No I'm mad that there are unkind insensitive people in this world. Nurses like to eat their young. And I believe a lot of people forget what it's like to be a new grad nurse. To be in school. To take the nclex. I think a lot of you are forgetting the mistakes you have made in life. How you felt when someone put you down etc etc. I asked for advice and I got amazing advice and I will run with it. Thanks again to everyone...I truly am thankful. To all the negative people God Bless and I will no longer be reading comments nor commenting back on here so don't waste your negativity on me. I don't care if you find this comment to be rude at this point. I don't care what you think of me. I just gave you what you dished me. I'm tired of bitter people coming at people's neck in life. I'm tired of getting walked all over and never speaking up for myself because I actually have a heart and I realize people have feelings. I will soon be making a difference in people's lives every day and be more successful than any of the negative people out there including the person who prevented me from getting a job at a hospital. And as I love to always say BYE FELICIA! í ½í²…í ¼í¿¼í ½í±¸í ¼í¿½

Oh yeah, when I applied for my PCA job I had these same reference forms filled out....and I didn't think they would have asked for it to be done again at the same job. I thought they were going to talk to my manager as my reference since I now worked for the hospital. Not making excuses. Just saying WHY I didn't have reference letters in hand prior to applying. I knew mentally who I could count on and have their phone numbers and emails. I didn't know the references had to be done a certain way in a certain amount of days. Everything was bad timing and bad doing on my part.....I know. I never expected for someone to say such bad things about me. I'm really hurt. And confused. I know I will find a job in my city....I'm just sad. I feel really dumb. And unworthy. Ashamed. Embarrassed. And most of all heartbroken I had my dream job and someone got in the way of it. It feels like my life is over but doesn't everyone when something bad happens to them? :/

I honestly don't understand why people are being so rude and blaming me? I already acknowledged I didn't go about this good no need to keep repeating it. The last thing I was worried about was references.....I'm sorry but this entire time I was working on bettering myself for NCLEX. And I got super excited I passed and had my cover letter and resume ready and started applying right away. If you read my posts I did have certain teachers I knew I could use as references but the timing was bad and rushed. The hospital wanted it in a short amount of time and actually HR suggested me to email more professors and email others AGAIN to make sure I got my recommendation in on time. Again like I said I was accepted to a NICU position and the other was an ambulatory position. This person could have stated I was not prepared to work in an ICU setting and I would be a better fit for _______ floor. Instead they told me I am unsafe. Have I ever been unsafe? No. There's no way to be unsafe in clinical when the teacher tells you what to do ahead of time. And yes I blame it on being quiet because I actually have had a teacher tell me I won't be a good nurse because of my quiet demeanor. They observe me in clinical off the floor during "conference time" and I am not talking with my peers. I have nothing to talk about. Sorry but I don't care to get involved with gossip or how hard a class is. I have actually been told I won't be a good nurse and people will walk all over me....which is not true. School and work are different. I am a totally different person at my job. I ask questions, report, and give the best care to my patients. I come out of my shell when I know it's time to. Obviously it was my fault I failed NCLEX because I didn't prepare well enough in the right way. I took a review course my school offered who said it was content why students failed...so I studied my butt off in content not knowing what I was getting myself into I failed with 265 the first time. The second time I decided to take a course who taught tricks and tips on getting questions right....so failed with 265. And the third time not only did I study less but I did pure NCLEX questions about 200 per day. Again I have really bad anxiety and when I sit for a test I panic and can't help but think bad thoughts the entire time. I lose focus and can't concentrate. I practiced my butt off and best believe during my NCLEX I took many breaks for recollecting myself and deep breathing to the point the test proctors seemed to be getting annoyed but I didn't care. I knew what to do differently this time. It was a learning experience. Please stop saying I don't want to hear the truth. I never did anything for this person to say such about me. And yes I may have passed per school standards but the evaluation is per opinion and personalized for each person..... Anyways....thank you to those who actually gave me advice and not only that but have been really sweet and sensitive. I will be up bright and early and get ahold of all my evaluations and transcripts Monday morning. I also have already reached out to a professor who I know I can count on. And my two managers at work as a reference are also a given to help me. I have learned from this and next time I will email ahead of time before just attaching my recommendation when asking. I honestly didn't know. Sadly I live at home with my parents still and have a lot to learn in the real world. I learn something new everyday now that I am older and have to step into the "real world". I really appreciate the time you guys have taken to write me and I have learned from each one of your posts. Someone stated above to take my evaluations to HR and that's what I will be doing. I know I won't be hired at this point but I would like it to be kept on file for me just in case for future purposes.

Sometimes its hard to explain what I mean over text. Sorry if it came off as saying its just a license and I wasn't considering someones life. I think an individuals life is a given...everyone knows thats important. I guess I was trying to get at the fact that this person went so much out of their way to ruin my reputation as a new grad when its my license NOT theirs.... Of course I don't know everything but I was going to get almost a years worth of training at my job and not only that I would have had to take special ICU exams...again like I said I wouldn't risk someones life. I made sure I didn't apply to a floor with babies on vents or in CRITICAL condition. The floor I was going to get hired on was the stable NICU with NAS babies, GI and feeding issues. Nothing I know I wouldnt be able to handle...Ive floated to the floor numerous times and worked with the nurses...they even suggested I apply for a job there. When I made the statement about paper and pencil...I also meant that a test doesnt determine whether someone will be a good nurse. Someone can easily ace an exam but doesnt mean they will make a good nurse...they could just be a good test taker. Obviously nurses have to have the knowledge to practice...again thats a given. Sorry if I am offending anyone with my comments....its hard explaining myself through chat...my comment was towards the person who said I didnt get the job because I re took nclex......

I failed the NCLEX twice....sorry I didn't pass the first time. Steve Jobs was once fired from Apple but look how smart and amazing he was. Not everyone gets it on the first try. I'm sorry. But I wouldn't have it any other way. I am glad I took it more than once because it has humbled me as a person. I studied my butt off and learned more than I ever have....yes it would have been nice to pass the first time but sadly it didn't happen that way and I AM OK WITH IT. Are you done?.....Like seriously are you done? I don't need you lecturing me about how this is my fault. I am already beating myself up about the situation?

Oh I would like to throw out there that I have read and signed all my clinical evaluations...I know what they said and nothing was EVER negative. I actually have a good idea of who said something bad about me. I'm pretty sure it was the man who reported me to my professor. He wanted me to make up a clinical that I was TWO MINUTES LATE TO on the first day in a hospital I had never been to. The sad part is I was 20 minutes early but had gotten lost in the hospital. Everyone else car pooled but I didn't. I was in contact with my classmates trying to locate where to go the entire time. They even informed the instructor and he eventually located me in the hospital and took me to the floor. He then made me sign a paper saying I was late to clinical and contacted my professor and informed her I was "late"...he wanted me to come in again during the week to make up the clinical and drive over an hour away from my house but my professor disagreed to it. I dont know what possessed me to even write him for a recommendation....I guess I was "thirsty" for a recommendation and I had my heart set on something and really wanted it. I know I cant go back in time but I really hate myself for this....I was better off writing who I could trust and sacrificing a job....now I have to sacrifice every job at this hospital because I was an idiot and desperate. I'm sorry if I have upset anyone with my comments. I just really needed someone to talk to about this because I feel stuck and hopeless....sorry..

HR said they fully looked into the situation. My transcripts contained nothing to concern them as stated by the woman I spoke to. She also talked to my supervisor and manager at work who stated I have never done anything unsafe and anything to ever concern her at work. My hospital evaluations were also amazing. I have never been late to work once nor called off once since working at the hospital. The only thing the HR lady said was that I took the NCLEX multiple times and that included with the bad reference meant they had to take the situation serious. Let me also mention that after writing the bad review...apparently she contacted the person VIA PHONE and she spoke with them.....I dont know who it is but I have all my clinical evaluations including the one from whoever wrote something bad about me...for the sake of my reputation is it a bad idea to take them to HR at my job just to keep with my file? I dont wanna be known as a bad nurse or someone who is not smart....the nursing community is small in each town and city. At this point I know they wont hire me...but I just want to prove a point. I honestly feel like whoever this was attacked me for whatever reason. Maybe because I am not loud and did not partake in personal social conversations in clinical. Maybe I am not a likeable person because I dont talk a lot in social settings. In clinical I went there to do my job and leave. I interacted with patients, advocated for them..I even had patients tell my professors I would make an amazing nurse....of course professors would nod and quickly change the subject....no one seems to want to say good things about people or listen but are quick to say the negative or listen to the negative.

I really want to thank everyone for the sweet comments. I'm broken down into pieces right now and it really does help me mentally. I really appreciate it. For or those who left me negative comments...do you forget what it was like to be a student or take the nclex? Do you have children of your own? I won't say my exact age but I am under 25 years old. The past couple years I have learned a lot and grown a lot. I would never ever in a million years put a patients life or someone in danger for that matter. I know what I can handle and what I can't. I would never take a job I didn't feel comfortable doing as a new grad. I feel used. As if my school took all my money and now is setting me up for failure. If this person thought I was not made to be a nurse they should have said something and not passed me. Either way this person is not an honest person. Because either they are trying to ruin me and lying OR they lied on ALL my weeks worth of clinical evaluations. I find this isn't ethical either way. To the person who said maybe they aren't trying to ruin me and are looking out for me....why do they care? It's my license. Not theirs. At the end of the day I will lose my license if I am not competent. I didn't send a mass email out. I made each one personal for each professor. When I say all teachers I mean excluding certain classes as I was not allowed to use mental health, community etc. this left me with a limited amount of people to email. Most of my professors taught multiple classes. I tried emailing the people I trusted but there was an issue. My job wanted the email to come from a professional email...work or school. No phone calls. And I had a few teachers tell me they couldn't send personal emails out from their job email and they no longer worked for the school. I had one offer to write me a letter as she was busy with personal issues and couldn't get to it in time. Another offered her number. Yes...the rest did ignore my emails. And I actually did get one good recommendation like i stated above. I also had another professor who faxed the paper instead of email it (this was my pediatrics professor who no longer works for the school but works at the same hospital as me). The entire situation was a MESS. It was my first time applying for a job in 3 years. I am new to this. The PCA job was my first job. I'm sorry I didn't know. I wish I could go back in time. My heart was just set on the NICU and I was given 3 days and I was desperate for a recommendation to get in in time. I didn't wanna lose the job...... This person ruined my life. I never will be going back to this hospital because now I have a reputation. Im sorry if being quiet tells some people I won't be a good nurse. Sorry I don't speak up. But best believe as a PCA I do report and speak up about my patients and form relationships with them. It's different when I'm in class.... and those who said me failing twice proves what the teacher said is true. Yes I failed twice but I failed both times with 265. What does that tell you? I was really close. And maybe my anxiety got in the way? I don't know. But I beat myself over failing twice but managed to take nclex 3 times in less than 9 months and I passed my third time. I just feel really low right now. I honestly can't get over this. I'm really depressed because this just killed my confidence....really bad. I just never thought my own school would do this to me as a new grad. How can I prove myself if they ruined all my chances of someone giving me a shot at my dream? I am really thinking twice about persuing this career.....why do I have to work else where to prove myself to someone? Nursing is not about a paper and pencil and a test....being a good nurse comes from the heart and the rest comes after it. Again....I would never put any one in danger...for someone to say I would never initiate patient care or I am not competent is a big deal...