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Well good, then when you leave the field there will be room for one more. If thats how you really feel about it you dont belong doing this Job! Sure some days are hell, but at the end of the day you still love your job because you care and because you are good at it! NOT because you thought you would make more money and it would guarante you a job all the time. I personally will stand up and applaud when you quit!

 

 

Since this is anonymous I will just let loose.  (yes I have no guts) I am sick of people like you with your "holier than thou"  attitude.  If you are just a  laid back person who doesn't let anything get to you than fine, I am jealous...but I get very frustrated with the way things are.  Administration treats staff nurses like sh**, lots of MD's treat nurses like sh**, people who are admitted to the hospital every month with the same complaints, then they and their family treat the staff like sh**.  Dietary staff bring patients cold food, housekeeping staff can't even put toilet paper in the patients bathrooms.  The TV attendant turns off your patients TV cause they didn't pay for two days.  I heat up meals, make fresh coffee, find toliet paper, and call the TV office repeatedly, and still find time to give meds, provide care, teach a little and reassure patients that they are going to be ok.  I mostly LOVE this job but when I complete my masters in administration and become a DON you will LOVE working for me cuz you can do real nursing, not near slave work!!   I will personally stand up and applaud when all nurses can work in a healthy environment providing the care they yearn to provide. 

Everyone let loose on me with how bitter I am but I think the state of affairs for nurses right now is disgusting, and I believe "IF YOU'RE NOT ANGRY YOU'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION!!" 

PS  I don't know about a nursing shortage but rumor has it my hospital is in a hiring freeze,  (upstate NY) 

Personally, I love nurses and what they do and how they do it under such often difficult circumstances.  I have a sister RN and a NP or two on my Christmas list.

Do away with LPN?????? You just started a whole new topic here. What about all those LPN's out there that are 5-10 years away from retirement? You suggest we just say to hell with you? You've got the title so no worries right? How utterly inconsiderate of you!

FYI:  travel companies will not hire new grads.  They want at least one year of experience in the field you plan to work, even if it's "just med surg" (there's no "just" in my view of med surg nursing).

Have you applied to a local VA hospital? There are VA facilities in most cities, and they are a great place to get started. There will be tens of thousands of medical positions opening up in VA facilities in the next 4 years. I have been in the VA system for years, and have been able to transfer around to other VA facilites in the country without having to get a new license for each state, or losing my time. Yes, it is different than the "outside world" - I have worked on  the outside as both a staff nurse and as  a contracted agency nurse,  but there are alot of opportunities. The vets are a great population to work with, and I really missed them alot when I was working elsewhere - that's why I came back. Check it out - it is definitely well worth it - and I encourage LPNs and CNA to do the same.

I hear all of you out there I am an LPN in Kentucky and yes if you go to Louisville or Lexington you can find jobs, right now I can't move hours away nor do I want to leave my family and life behind. there are over 10 different hospitals, nursing homes, clinics and doctor's offices and I still can't find a job. The economy is determining whether there is a nursing shortage, my friends that are nurses have 20 -30 patients per nurse. Too many for any nurse to have. Because of the nursing freeze; GOD willing we will all get through this.

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Have you applied to a local VA hospital? There are VA facilities in most cities, and they are a great place to get started. There will be tens of thousands of medical positions opening up in VA facilities in the next 4 years. I have been in the VA system for years, and have been able to transfer around to other VA facilites in the country without having to get a new license for each state, or losing my time. Yes, it is different than the "outside world" - I have worked on  the outside as both a staff nurse and as  a contracted agency nurse,  but there are alot of opportunities. The vets are a great population to work with, and I really missed them alot when I was working elsewhere - that's why I came back. Check it out - it is definitely well worth it - and I encourage LPNs and CNA to do the same.

The VA was my first choice of where to work, but when their limited budget couldn't afford to hire me I've been looking everywhere else, with no luck. I am hoping that the new fiscal year will bring me a job, so we'll see...everyone keep your fingers crossed for me and a new grad job!

-Pearlferret

I'm a nurse who graduated last August with my BSN also. I was one of the 1st of my friends from school that started looking for jobs and soon noticed that finding a job would not be easy. The October internships were taken and the next ones that would open weren't until February. I too was shocked and outraged when I realized this. Yes, there is still a nursing shortage, but the hospitals aren't financially able to invest in all the training required for graduate nurses. The internship I got started in February of this year. I was finally able to get my job in neuro ICU (I would have been happy in anything with critical care). It really helped that I was able to get my Godmother to recommend me (she works at that hospital too).

 However, I recently found out about a company that recruits nurses nationwide to give flu shots from September to December. The link is:  http://jobs.flushotsusa.com/joinourteam.aspx  for Mollen Imunization Clinics. Graduate nurses without experience are welcome! My friend who got her license in December, finally got her job with them without experience. They hire RNs to work at all types of places that provide flu shots like CVS and Walgreens.

I hope this helps. Good luck.

I'm working on pre-reqs before I can enter Nursing school so I have a few years before I'll be ready to enter the market as a New Grad and I'm hopeful that this recession will have recovered by the time I graduate (4-5 years from now). 

However, I wanted to play devil's advocate....what if I were in your shoes?  

So, I did a search in my area (San Diego).  I went to www.indeed.com and searched for New Grad RN within 100 miles of my home zip code.   There were only a couple in San Diego (we have several nursing schools so this didn't surprise me).  But there were 86 total records returned!!  Of the 86 records, maybe 15-20% were using the term "no new grads" so those had to be scrubbed out.  But that left at least 60 more that ARE CURRENTLY HIRING NEW GRADS.  Several of these were posted just this week so I have a hard time believing they are open positions that they refuse to fill.  

According to the search results, everything our seasoned veterans have been telling us is true.    It's the outlying areas that are hiring new grads.   Places like Fountain Valley, Lakewood, Moreno Valley.  These are areas in Riverside County, between LA and San Diego.

They would be about an hour and a half commute (one way) and that would really suck but if the hospitals close to home want 1 year's experience then I would make that commute........with the plan of documenting all of my experience along the way and once I had 9 months under my belt, I'd be re-submitting resumes to my local hospitals.   Since I have a background in Staffing, I am all too familiar with the hiring process (reviewing stacks of resumes, interviewing dozens of people, doing a 2nd interview with a handful, meeting to decide whom to make the offer to, presenting the offer and then negotiating terms, etc).  By the time this process was complete, the 1 year experience would be under my belt.

I can make that commute 3 or 4 days a week if I know there's an end in sight.  And 1 year flies a lot faster than it used to.

1feistymama

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Anonymous says ...

FYI the above link is also for nurses who were out of the field for a while who are looking for work.

Yeah, haha good luck with actually getting more than 12 hours a MONTH with them. They have hired so may people they dont know what to do with them all. Hire Johnny on the spot over the freakin phone......bad omen.

 

BAD OMAN MAN

Yes in some areas more than others.

A friend of mine, who is a nurse, said there are two nurse positions open at her place of employment, both full time, and they have been open for over a year.  so i am sure it all depends on location, location, location.

by the way this is in MA

Wow you guys are quite mean to one another on this site. I'm in CA. Graduated June 08 with my BSN. Had one job that didn't work out - tiny hospital that decided they didn't want to continue hiring a new grad. I was like the 4th new grad in a decade. So their orientation was not very organized to say the least. Anyway, I moved twice, several hours away from my home city to be near new grad programs/jobs and nothing has worked out so far. Every new grad position is at a standstill in California. Plus the colleges keep pumping out new grads so the competition for jobs gets even harder. It's totally crazy. My friends are going through the same thing. Many are still looking just like me. Some have gone back into their former positions. People can't believe we can't find jobs with everybody stating there is a nursing shortage.

 Im just hanging in and staying vigilant. Something has to change here soon.

I am sure some places have a shortage and some do not. Northeastern Ohio seems to have positions open in both hospitals and long term facilities.  Hope this helps

Re: comment on difficulty and switching statements...

1. I am a well-rounded seasoned nurse of decades; finding only jobs for: ICU, ED, L&D, miscellany - requiring "3-5 years experience with ACLS, BLS, PALS, TNCC", and other certifications. Beyond the usual: vaccinations updated (including flu), medical capacities, background checks (to include medical, financial, work-related). I don't know about all of you, but my pee is GOLD! Everyone wants it and everyone wants their own cup of urine!

I am finding employment searching very difficult for the first time!

2. On switching assignments, I have had that experience & by the nurse who became my supervisor and without any sort of consideration to me at all! (just unbelievable is the usual response!)