Why hospitals wouldn't give a job to a new grad?

[I RN A]

I guess, I just don't get it. Why hospitals wouldn't accept new grads? If there a nursing shortage and they are looking for experienced nurses why not to train a new grad? Is it laziness? Is it not wanting to accept responsibility? Is it we don't care attitude? How a new grad can get this experience if denied to apply in every hospital because there are no openings for new grads? OK. I don't care if I'm in medsurg or in ER, or maternity anymore. I just want to get a job. Nursing homes tell me they need LVNs, not RNs, outpatient wouldn't take me either. I have searched numerous websites and still nothing. I thought as soon as I graduate I'd be able to get a job. So far I haven't left my home for a week and just stay on line and look for a job. Nothing! I cry, I pray, but no one can hear. I just want to be a nurse!

[gcupid]

How bad do you want a job? Flirt till it hurts...

[I RN A]

bad very bad! verrrrry verrrry bad!

[RochesterRN-BSN, BSN, RN]

How bad do you want a job? Flirt till it hurts...

Totally unprofessional. I really can't believe you would suggest this. Nurses are professional and need to behave as so. Period. You don't behave in a way that demands respect then you won't get it!

[I RN A]

Well, at least it made me smile. May be it is unprofessional, but if you read everything literally and can't lighten up it is not smart. I have been crying all week and if something made me smile I take it as having sense of humor and the professionalism is the the last on my list now, while a lot of people trying to bit me up that i haven't done my job search correctly.

[Jo Dirt]

I was told by HR at a large Nashville hospital the market for nurses is firming up. By this she meant that new grads are a dime a dozen and most of the openings are for experienced nurses in fields like OB and med surg. Still, new grad positions will open up a couple of times a year, though there will be competition because these nursing schools are like a faucet that can't be shut off.

Be persistent and you will find your opportunity, just don't expect to walk in a hospital and be hired on the spot. There is no nursing shortage where new grads are concerned.

[I RN A]

Thank you.

[Oz2]

Oh my gosh...i just looked at your link and under nursing assistants one place had "Ability to read and write desirable."

[I RN A]

What do they mean? That if you are a nursing assistant you can't read or write?! Wow! This is pretty bad! How can they even assume that!!!

[cebe385RN]

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[SmilesHeal101]

I had to relocate to find a new grad position. There is a brand new hospital opening up in Palmdale, CA. I am certain they need nurses.

[SmilesHeal101]

Please tell me how I can get licensed in a different state? I currently hold an RN license in CA. Thanks!

[Jo Dirt]

I had to relocate to find a new grad position. There is a brand new hospital opening up in Palmdale, CA. I am certain they need nurses.

I'm having to do the same. From Nashville, Tennessee to Little Rock, Arkansas the only position I could find (RN I) was at a hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas. Actually, Baptist in Nashville called me back for a second interview but it was too late because I had already accepted a position at this other hospital and made plans to move.