Sacramento New Grad RNs.... Are You Having A Difficult Time Landing A Job?

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I was just wondering....

Specializes in ICU.

The only internships in Sacramento are coordinated through CSUS; which means you must be a student at CSUS. UCDMC has a Extern program which is open to any student; they have stopped this program through the year and will restart in 2009 because of budget issues. Right now, no manager will hold on to you resume until next year, I would keep your eyes open or look for Hospital Assistant Positions.

As for what it entails, that really depends on the unit. When I was an extern I was able to do more than my friends who were on other units. I cannot help but to urge nursing students when the positions open up, to apply. Every extern I know was able to be hired on in the unit they worked in.

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The only internships in Sacramento are coordinated through CSUS; which means you must be a student at CSUS. UCDMC has a Extern program which is open to any student; they have stopped this program through the year and will restart in 2009 because of budget issues. Right now, no manager will hold on to you resume until next year, I would keep your eyes open or look for Hospital Assistant Positions.

As for what it entails, that really depends on the unit. When I was an extern I was able to do more than my friends who were on other units. I cannot help but to urge nursing students when the positions open up, to apply. Every extern I know was able to be hired on in the unit they worked in.

While some of what you say is true, I have also noticed people who do interns have lower grades than people who don't. They will have a advantage in some area's, the thing is, most the things I have seen in the hospital are the wrong answers on the test. Relying on hospital experiance to get the right answer on the CSUS tests is the wrong way to go.

CSUS intstructors believe they have the best way and special knowledge that most hospital nurses do not possess. They vemitly disagree with many things regular nurses do at the hospital. Be verry careful!

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Specializes in ICU.

Actually, Student Nurse Interns must have a 3.0 or higher GPA to be considered for a position at UCDMC, while Student Nurse Externs can have a 2.5 or higher. There are fewer Student Nurse Intern positions than Student Nurse Extern positions. Working in a hospital give you a advantage when it comes to hiring; as far as test questions I would hope that a student nurse would go by his/her book instead of what is seen in a hospital.

As far as CSUS instructors have a special knowledge over a working clinical nurse is something I completely disagree with.

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Actually, Student Nurse Interns must have a 3.0 or higher GPA to be considered for a position at UCDMC, while Student Nurse Externs can have a 2.5 or higher. There are fewer Student Nurse Intern positions than Student Nurse Extern positions. Working in a hospital give you a advantage when it comes to hiring; as far as test questions I would hope that a student nurse would go by his/her book instead of what is seen in a hospital.

As far as CSUS instructors have a special knowledge over a working clinical nurse is something I completely disagree with.

You may disagree, but they believe they do.

Every person at CSUS has a 3.5 or higher, it is impossible to get in the program with less.

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Specializes in ICU.

I think it is almost impossible to get into any nursing program now without a 3.5 GPA; as a student continues in the nursing program some may get a C in the class which would put the student's GPA down. Most extern/intern positions at UCDMC (which is the only one that I had personal experience) will only interview you after your first semester.

What semester are you in now?

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There was an article (few months back) in the SF Chronicle that said there is something like 65% more nurse graduates this year than prior years. The governator threw alot of money at nursing programs a few years ago and we are starting to see the impact of it: too many new grads, not enough new grad positions.

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There was an article (few months back) in the SF Chronicle that said there is something like 65% more nurse graduates this year than prior years. The governator threw alot of money at nursing programs a few years ago and we are starting to see the impact of it: too many new grads, not enough new grad positions.

Yes, and I expect it's going to get worse and worse. Then the glut will start to trickle its way up into the experienced staff nurse ranks, both from the increased domestic output as well as the foreign imports. Then wages will stagnate and fall and the layoffs/call offs will intensify.

There's a mighty glut a comin'.

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
Yes, and I expect it's going to get worse and worse. Then the glut will start to trickle its way up into the experienced staff nurse ranks, both from the increased domestic output as well as the foreign imports. Then wages will stagnate and fall and the layoffs/call offs will intensify.

There's a mighty glut a comin'.

And the unfortunate fact is that all of the new and experienced nurses gravitate toward Sacramento and the SF Bay area due to the high wages. Nurses from other parts of the nation move to this area due to the wages, which further accelerates the nursing surplus.

Southern and Central CA have shortages, but I suspect these are wage-driven.

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Specializes in Med/Surg.

Do you all think that if the media understood and promoted the surplus in the Bay/Sacramento areas and the reason why there is such a surplus (high wages) then other areas in the country would raise wages in an attempt to lure nurses to their facilities???? Just thinking.....

:nurse: Kate

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There was an article (few months back) in the SF Chronicle that said there is something like 65% more nurse graduates this year than prior years. The governator threw alot of money at nursing programs a few years ago and we are starting to see the impact of it: too many new grads, not enough new grad positions.

Aye, but I am a minority= garanteed job offer.:D.

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Specializes in Trauma.

As the market becomes more and more saturated with new graduates from here in the bay and all over the US, the more difficult it becomes to land a job. The more time that elapses from your graduation date and working as an RN, the less marketable you are. Well, those were basically the exact words of the nurse recruiter at Hospital. I know a handful of graduates from some local universities and myself, who are all in that position. We graduated last May 2007 and still trying to find a job.

And all they tell you is that, "It's nothing personal, it's just we have so many more applicants than we can even look at."

Not good! And thanks to our wonderful governator, it's only going to get worse!

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Do you all think that if the media understood and promoted the surplus in the Bay/Sacramento areas and the reason why there is such a surplus (high wages) then other areas in the country would raise wages in an attempt to lure nurses to their facilities???? Just thinking.....

:nurse: Kate

Nope. I think it would intensify the push to import more foreign RNs. Raising wages is always the last thing on the list.

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