Why graduate nurses can't find jobs- a must read!!!

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Reading this article definitely shed some light on some of the questions that have been racing through my mind, and helped ease some of my frustrations. This article was written by an RN, a healthcare management consultant. Click the link and read the article and please share your thoughts :))

http://www.solutionsoutsidethebox.net/documents/2009/Nursing_School_Graduates.pdf

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Specializes in Nursing Professional Development.

The author says exactly what a lot of us experienced nurses have been saying all year.

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very nice article... i too am also having a hard time looking for a job.. since iam a new grad.. i wonder what the rn recruiter asks during interviews.. anyone?

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
please share your thoughts :))
I think that the article's author hit the nail directly on the head. She is spot on.
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Specializes in Ante-Intra-Postpartum, Post Gyne.

Wow, tell me something I don't know. Nothing she mentioned that I have not already been saying for months; she just explains in nicely. Couldn't be more accurate.

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Nice article, but nothing that make me feels better!! Sorry.

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Specializes in Psych ICU, addictions.

Good article, but nothing in there we didn't already know. Though perhaps seeing what everyone has been saying here in print in a real magazine will help those who don't understand finally understand.

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Specializes in Ortho/Neuro/MedSurg.

I'm a new grad and I believe I got my job b/c I was flexible. I was up against many experienced nurses, but b/c I was willing to work weekends, holidays, nights, I got the job. I don't understand how new nurses can be so picky, it really does not make any sense to me. Granted, I would prefer to work in an acute care setting, but that wasn't happening anytime soon. So, I decided to apply to LTCFs/SNFs to at least gain some experience as an RN. And, believe it or not, I truly enjoy it and am grateful to have a job.

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Very good article, even though I have secured a job before graduation. I am already planning to begin classed in january to study for my RN, I am finishing up my LPN, and I am going to take some other courses such as billing and coding and phlebodomy and get state lisenced. I think that you just have to get creative in making yourself stand out as a new grad.

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Specializes in Home Care.

I agree with the article, its spot on.

I don't expect to have much difficulty finding a job when I graduate. I'm single, kids grown and I can relocate anywhere in the country. Plus I'm not particular about which floor I'm assigned to.

I still wonder about online nursing education vs classroom. I've chosen classroom.

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I'm a new grad and I believe I got my job b/c I was flexible. I was up against many experienced nurses, but b/c I was willing to work weekends, holidays, nights, I got the job. I don't understand how new nurses can be so picky, it really does not make any sense to me. Granted, I would prefer to work in an acute care setting, but that wasn't happening anytime soon. So, I decided to apply to LTCFs/SNFs to at least gain some experience as an RN. And, believe it or not, I truly enjoy it and am grateful to have a job.

NG here. Can you tell me why then that even though I fill out every application checking off that I am willing to work ANY SHIFT, WEEKENDS, HOLIDAYS, you name it, and still don't have a job?

I don't mean to be rude, I just want to let you know that there are new grads out there that are NOT picky and still jobless. The only thing I ask is to not do anything to put my license or my patients in jeopardy (having had 35+ patients and being a pill pusher for 8 hours is not my idea of experience or even decent nursing care at the last place I tried working).

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Specializes in Alzheimer's Unit, Cardiac.

Thanks for posting this! :)

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