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Will keep you in my prayers. Asking God to open the door for you and guide you to the right job. Blessings.
Wow!! Congratulations!! Everyone has their own time and it was your time.
Just a thought… sometimes the places where you did your clinical rotations might have suggestions / leads of openings / positions, especially if it was a type of nursing where you really excelled.
Try Corrections, Dialysis (DaVita specifically), Nursing Homes. They are always looking for help and they dont require you to jump through a lot of hoops.
Many hospitals have "New Nurse Residency" programs and accept new graduates for up to two years. Maybe take a look at some of the facilities in your area.
Since you have license, so you are registered nurse, your job hunting can go wider. Doctor office, nursing home, urgent care …etc smaller places first.
Also try some rural area where less competitive situation. You can get back to city or places you like after 2-3 years when you have more to put on your resume and to prove you have things in your brain.
I am 17 years in medical industry and I started from a rural area where they were willing to hire me as fresh out of school foreign student.
I went through path not many people can understand and have experienced.
So, my advice is more toward practical condition.
I don't know where you live or if you have a family, but I know that there are many countries desperately looking for nurses. If you want an adventure you could try overseas. I live in Canada and one of my nieces recently got on a plane and went to Australia where she had been offered a nursing job. It's a big step for somebody to take, but if you're free to go somewhere else for a few years you could have a job AND a great adventure! In fact, here in Canada there is a nursing shortage - there are around 22,000 openings for RNs in Ontario alone, with Alberta and B.C. also having shortages.
Hum….before saying good or bad things to you, how was your job hunting strategy?
What was your grade? How was your resume? How many positions opened in the areas you tried to apply for job?
It can include some factors why others been hired but you. Also, are you American identity or foreign person identity?
Nurse is 12-hour shift mostly to cut down the expenses on the hospital side of speaking, that makes fewer openings……and each nurse usually work 5+ years before they change places, so it is understandable you have hard time to find one since too many nurses study for money, not for the career.
There will always be a SNF that’ll hire you- go for it, even for just a month or two. Dialysis will train you for 2-3months. I’m sorry you’re having a hard time finding a job, but I know people who are not super smart, but they know how to respond during interviews, so I’m sure you’ll find 1. Keep trying. If you have to take a job that pays less but is close to home, go for it. Have you asked your classmates for referrals into their jobs?
are you applying to any of the in-patient new grad rn positions? some of the other inpatient/outpatient positions require at least 1 year but a lot of the new grad RN residency positions in big hospitals always hire new grads with 0-1 year of experience! like someone else said, maybe even where you did rotations
you can also try outpatient primary care settings, they do have some positions for RN's under 6 months but its a little harder since most want at least 6 months - 1 year as outpatient
Try to get i to a SNF, FQHC for at least 6mos and go into the military. They will give you the best training and experience.
I have been a nurse for 13 years and I would definitely recommend talking to nurses where you did your clinicals- even if it wasn't necessarily your first choice. Sometimes it helps just to get your foot in the door and get experience. You can always transfer after a while and meanwhile you will gain some experience.
You might also consider checking with those in your cohort/class to see if there are openings on their units and maybe they can put in a good word for you. Don't give up!
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It can be tough not having a job right after graduation, but you're not alone. Keep applying, and remember, networking can also open doors.
Find staffing agencies. They need nurses badly.
It it makes you feeel any better… i graduated May 2020. Im now just over 3 months in my first nursing position- and my ABSOLUTE favorite. Sometimes life happens, but if you keep the mindset of wverything is working out for your highest good… thats when it falls into place 💓
I promise feeling like expired milk immediately goes away once youre in YOUR field, and you see just how much you are meant to be there/how much the patients actually need you. 🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️
I don't know where you live, but there is a great need for nurses in the Baltimore area, what with all the hospitals. Health is a big sector here...might also try the University of Maryland. Hope that helps.
Go the nursing home route until you find something you like. Not the best job out there, but they are really hurting for nurses.
Try convalescent homes, now called rehab centers. Also, hospitals have such turnovers that they're always looking for new people. They schedule job fairs just so that people can come and apply. If you did not train at a community college, you probably don't have that much experience in a hospital, so look around for a training hospital- usually affiliated with the school- and apply there. Have you considered mental health, private practices, or having your instructors or the people you graduated with giving you recommendations? And, join LinkedIn. While you get your resume together, you can check out other professionals' profiles for resources and resume help, as well as list yourself as "open to work."
My town is about 70k people, 2 hospitals and we hire new nurses by the dozen. The hospitals have competition with the local medical facilities and the hospitals in the surrounding states (we are a tri-state). I don't know if your area is saturated with nurses but that seems crazy to me considering there are nursing jobs everywhere. I would recommend working with someone to make sure your resume is tip top, do many practice interviews with as many people that are willing & ask your friends that have been hired to give you a referral. There are countless referral bonus programs available nationwide so I recommend you broaden your network & start talking to people about WHY you would be great to refer. Also, you might want to sit with what kind of nursing you are really interested in. You might be more passionate about one particular avenue & all firlds of nursing are not created equal. Do you want to work in a nursing home? Drs office? Hospital? If hospital, are you interested in something like home care, floor nurse, ER, OR? There are so many avenues and some have less patient care than others. Lastly, congratulations on not jumping into anything out of desperation. If the topic comes up in an interview, simply state that you worked really hard in school and needed to button up some things before jumping into the work world.
Go to the Veterans Hospital. I'm sure you can get in.
The VA hospitals pay well. Look into USAJobs.gov