Questions for New Grads

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I have a few questions for all of you new grads..

1. When did you graduate?

2. Do you have a BSN or ADN?

3. Are you still looking for work?

4. If not, how long did it take you to find a job?

5. If you don't mind my asking, those who are working, what type of job or floor do you work on.

Thanks y'all. This is just straight on curiosity. :)

Specializes in Postpartum/Nursery about to enter NICU I.

1. when did you graduate? dec 2009

2. do you have a bsn or adn? adn

3. are you still looking for work? no

4. if not, how long did it take you to find a job? i sat for my nclex feb 18,2010, got my results on feb 20,2010. i started my job on march 29, 2010 2weeks after my interview.

5. if you don't mind my asking, those who are working, what type of job or floor do you work on. postpartum

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1. May, 2010

2. ADN

3. Yes

I have been looking for almost 4 months and still nothing. Right now, I am volunteering at Kaiser just to get my foot in the door. I am hoping that persistence and patience will eventually pay off. I have noticed that most people who have responded already have jobs. So how about a 6th question....

6.) What city/state are you currently living in?

I live in the California/Bay Area how about everyone else?

San Angelo, Texas

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Specializes in Med-Swing/Rehab.

1. june 15, 2010

2. adn - currently in a bsn program

3. no, i've had a job for about four months now

4. i had a job before i sat boards

5. i was hired where i did my practicum as a student nurse. as a student, i hated clinicals in the hospital and knew i would never want to work at a hospital. however, the hospital where i did my practicum (and am now working) is a bit different. it's a critical access hospital which means we have very minimal resources in the building. it is two stories. the nursing unit is on the second floor and consists of 25 beds. it is a rehabilitation/med-swing unit. most patients are there because of joint replacements, but we do have a few medicals from the er or x-ferred from the main hospital. it's great. oh, and if you couldn't tell by my name, i am an rn so i do all the fun stuff.

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So it looks like being an aide or an intern really helps to gets you hired as an RN.

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1. when did you graduate? may 2010

2. do you have a bsn or adn? bsn

3. are you still looking for work? yes

i even had an externship in an er & graduated with honors.

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Specializes in Pediatrics.

1. when did you graduate?june 2010

2. do you have a bsn or adn?adn, start my online rn-bsn next month as almost all hospitals are bsn preferred

3. are you still looking for work?yes :crying2: i took a job doing flu shot clinics in august, pay is allright, but it is not full time and it is seasonal. i just signed on with a home health agency, but i am the 1st new grad they have taken on and it dosn't sound like there will be a lot of work for me, they did say they staff corperate flu shots

4. if not, how long did it take you to find a job?still looking for that full time hospital job, i do have my fingers crossed for the state hospital, i interviewed with them 3 weeks ago and they are checking my refrences, but they told me that it would be 4-5 weeks before i heard anything

5. if you don't mind my asking, those who are working, what type of job or floor do you work on.my ideal job would be in my home ed where i have worked for 3 years as a cna2 and i did my practicium, there is an opening, but the manager was just replaced, but i have my fingers crossed that i get an interview

6. portland, or

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Specializes in ICU/CCU, Med Surg.

1. When did you graduate? June 2010 :dancgrp:

2. Do you have a BSN or ADN? BSN

3. Are you still looking for work? :angthts: Yup. Been looking since late May/early June of this year. I've lost count of how many positions I've applied for; now I'm waiting to hear if I'm accepted into an ED RN Residency Program. Other than that, I'll keep looking and will take anything...oddly, many of the LTC places I've looked are seeking RNs with 1-2 years experience. I've also been proactive, went directly to nurse manager of my immersion unit, etc...Maybe I'm just going about it all wrong...?

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when did you graduate? may 2010:yeah:

do you have BSNor ADN? ADN

are you still looking for work? no i was currently working as LPN in LTC and currently employed there.:eek: But still submiting resume to hospitals, that is where i really want to be.:nurse:

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Specializes in Pulmonary med/surg/telemetry.

1. When did you graduate? Will in Dec 2010

2. Do you have a BSN or ADN? ADN

3. Are you still looking for work? No

4. If not, how long did it take you to find a job? Applied to the unit that I did an externship on and currently work as an aide and was hired the day after I applied.

5. If you don't mind my asking, those who are working, what type of job or floor do you work on. Medical pulmonary

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1. When did you graduate? May 2010

2. Do you have a BSN or ADN? ADN

3. Are you still looking for work? No.

4. If not, how long did it take you to find a job? 4 months (but I'm picky and only applied to a few places)

5. If you don't mind my asking, those who are working, what type of job or floor do you work on. Progressive care unit at a community hospital

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Specializes in acute care.

1. when did you graduate? may 2010

2. do you have a bsn or adn? bsn

3. are you still looking for work? no

4. if not, how long did it take you to find a job?

5. if you don't mind my asking, those who are working, what type of job or floor do you work on. med surg (beggars can't be choosers)

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1. when did you graduate? may 2010 with honors, sigma theta tau - summer student nurse internship accomplished

2. do you have a bsn or adn? bsn achieved in 4 years

3. are you still looking for work? yes

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