who do i have to sleep with to get a hospital job??

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halfway kidding lol..

a little humor to lift the spirits...

pshh... im all for grades.. but i know some serious bubblehead dumba$$es with great booksmarts and test taking skills but absolute retards on the nursing floor.. lol

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Specializes in acute care.

And I know very book smart people who were also GREAT in clinical...and I know people who barely passed classes who were horrible in clinical....blah, blah, blah...

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Specializes in burning out.

GPA matters at any NYU hospital, too :(

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Some places care about new-grad GPA. I got a phone call from NYPresbyterian about the "new grad" nursing posting, and the phone interview was going well (I thought) until they asked me what my GPA was. My graduating GPA was a 'B' average, and I could tell that was "less than par." Needless to say I didn't receive a phone call back about my resume.

Some of my nursing school colleagues got all A's, and failed the NCLEX the first time. Some of my nursing school colleagues got all A's, and I wouldn't want them at my bedside because they have absolutely no people skills, common sense, life experience, etc.

I have 10+ years of full and part-time work experience including managerial experience, customer service, and 4 years in a healthcare setting, and still the GPA was really important. I haven't been without a job since I was 14 years old.

Sigh.

In the matter of hiring nruses, most hospitals and or healthcare facilites care more about direct nursing experience than "related" or previous other work history.

Yes, having been employed all one's adult (and part of one's youth/early young adult) years is all very well, even if in a healthcare related field it still does not give any indication of ones current (if experienced) or potential (new grad) nursing skills.

This ties into why experienced nurses are being hired over new grads, even those with "A" averages from nursing programs. A seasoned nurse has a work record that can be checked out for a fit to whatever potential hospital is seeking.

As for choosing "A" students over "B" or "C" grades, that has been true of the business community/other employers for ages. Practical nursing skills aside, someone who retained/learned >90% of course content is seen simply as a better employment prospect than one below.

Using my favourite and much repeated example, who would you rather have giving meds? A nurse who scored A's on her med dose exams/courses or one that had B-'s or C's?

More likely than not, hospitals (and other businesses) feel the "practical" aspects of a job can be taught/learned, and for that again you want someone who is "smart" and "bright" enough that they pick up the material.

Finally, with nursing programs becoming so demanding for entry and retention, there probably are more persons graduating with GPAs >3.5 and even 4.0's than before. The means there quite a few "well qualified" grads out there for hospitals to choose from. Oh ,don't forget the major places such as MS, NYP and so forth recruit nurses from all over the USA.

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so back to my original post..

im hoping to get an A+ for effort..

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I hope if someone has a 3.5 vs 3.8 an institution at that point would make the decision based on the interview, personality, etc. Yes of course a 3.8 GPA is better but when your a new grad how can that only be a deciding factor. Your the same...new grads! The program I am currently enrolled in doesn't allow you to get below a B- in any class.

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Well, like Billy Joel sang, "shouldn't try to be a straight 'A' student, if you are then you think too much." ;)

I don't think that just because someone has a higher GPA than someone else that they are more equipped to pick-up, and learn, new practical skills in the work field.

I don't know about anyone else, but I personally found the nursing program I was in to be a joke. The teachers I had were jokes. I learned more working in the healthcare field and doing my own independent research and reading than what I learned in nursing school.

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Specializes in student nurse.

Well i am trying to volunteer hoping that will work as some kinda experience because EVERBODY wants you to have experience. I went to a agency and the guy was almost laughing at me. First question he asked is "Were you a Lpn before" my answer "No i have no heatlh care experience". Five minutes later he ask's "So you havent even been a CNA" my answer "No, is it easier to get a lpn or cna job" his answer " Well RN have alot more responsibility so your chances are better to find a job as a new grad when you have that type of experience". Those words are enough to make a grown woman cry.

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Specializes in Labor and Delivery.

GPAs and classroom grades mean JACK SQUAT!!! I had a classmate that had a 96% in our last nursing course (7 credit class) our last semester (spring 2010) and FAILED CLINCIALS because our professor said SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL SHE'S DOING! she said she couldn't live with herself knowing she let her graduate....hmmmmm... You ppl say grades are everything...GET A GRIP

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I agree with AKANurse4, most of the students in clinical wait for the CNA's to get vitals and pass them off to the CE like they took them. Some students would read and study at the nursing station instead of checking in on their patients. They focus more on grades instead of what nursing is really about and lack the skills to do the job.

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Specializes in EKG interpretation, LTC, oncology.

I just wanna say that I love the title of this thread!! I was doing my qh scan of messages on this board and just started laughing. Props to deLite!!

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Specializes in Geriatrics, Hospice, Disease Management.

lmaooo this post made my day! I've been a CNA for 6 years an LPN for 4 and in 14 days it will be a year since I graduated from RN school. I'm currently at a nursing home and I hate every second of it and its making start to hate nursing! I didn't sign up for this crap. I was told experience or BSN sad thing is they don't consider my LPN years experience and I did a RN to BSN program online and just finished and that's not helping me either. I applied everywhere and can't find a damn job in a hospital- I don't know what to do anymore I even thought ACLS certification would help- nope! not even!

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