I keep reading in post after post about the new grads who are having a horrible time finding jobs--nurses who are desperate and willing to work just about anywhere in any setting. Well I am in Rochester NY and funny thing is I am wondering if the new grads here are graduating and leaving NY.......cuz let me tell you. If you are able and willing to move there is work for new grads here. In hospitals. I just came accross this post today.
No experience required. Licensed by New York State to practice as a Registered Nurse. Must have passed NYS NCLEX examination prior to start date.
This post is from Highland Hospital in Rochester NY and they also have more. There are also jobs for new grads at other local hospitals here, as well as jobs for experienced nurses and a lot for nurse leaders and nurses managers. So Anyone who really wants a job, I wanted to pass along the word. There are Three major hospital systems in the area and lots of need for nurses. One even does a new grad Critical Care training program.
My hospital hired 27 new grads last may, on track for another 14 this december. There are jobs out there people.
You're in KS?I live in KC and applied for a local residency program. I was told 20 people were interviewing for one position. "Hiring 14 new grads" sounds great on paper, but not so much when there are literally hundreds of new grads applying for these jobs.
My FLOOR hired 15 new grads lol. The thing about Rochester is that it is a relatively small city with 2 large hospitals (>500 beds), 2 mid-size hospitals, and 3-4 smaller hospitals within an hour or two. There is a lot of staff attrition within the hospitals, which means there are openings on the lower acuity floors as people move on to ED/ICU/etc. Unfortunately within the last 4-5 years the hospitals stopped hiring LPN's, but RN's have a good chance of getting a job. Plus, you can work as a GN in a few of these hospitals. One of them you can get hired before passing the NCLEX, but you must have your license number by the time you start working.
My FLOOR hired 15 new grads lol. The thing about Rochester is that it is a relatively small city with 2 large hospitals (>500 beds), 2 mid-size hospitals, and 3-4 smaller hospitals within an hour or two. There is a lot of staff attrition within the hospitals, which means there are openings on the lower acuity floors as people move on to ED/ICU/etc. Unfortunately within the last 4-5 years the hospitals stopped hiring LPN's, but RN's have a good chance of getting a job. Plus, you can work as a GN in a few of these hospitals. One of them you can get hired before passing the NCLEX, but you must have your license number by the time you start working.
Wow every hospital in Rochester told me not to bother applying because they weren't taking new grads. Interesting how it's different depending on who you talk to.
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Oh, and 2008, a bunch of nurses from my ICU, packed their families up and moved to TX and love working and living there!