When are you not considered a "New Grad" anymore?

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Is it after one year? Two? Just curious.

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By whom? Employers? Your peers? Your neighbor?

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Specializes in Oncology; medical specialty website.

Ten years.

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By whom? Employers? Your peers? Your neighbor?

Peers and employers. Just wondering what the general opinion is.

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Specializes in Psych ICU, addictions.

Technically, you are no longer a new grad by employers after one full year of employment as a RN.

With peers, your mileage may vary.

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Specializes in none.

About five years or until you are totally comfortable in your job.

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Maybe when the next class from your college graduates? who knows...

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Nurses newer than you are asking you questions.

You are expected to know what you don't know.

The charge nurse can give you any assignment with confidence.

Your coworkers are expecting you to pull your own weight and help them out sometimes.

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Specializes in Intermediate care.

I'd say 1-2 years. Because lets say your looking for a new job, MOST jobs will require 1-2 years experience. Anything less than that, you are still considered too new with not enough experience.

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1-year of paid acute experience.

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Specializes in FNP, ONP.

5 years

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1 year by most in nursing you are not considered a new grad. That is the cutoff for almost all "new grad programs" most are actually 6months. With peers I guess it would depend on the setting and how expereinced they are.

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