NEW RN cant find job

Im a a RN.I graduated May 2009 and passed my state board on July 2009.Since then, I haven't find a job and Im started to feel like maybe im never going to get any.I really would like to start working

Have you read the posts on the New Graduate Nurse thread ? You are not alone.

hey RN looking for job and RN in Modesto u can't find a job as a RN? gurlllllll, the military will hire you as a civilian if you don't want to come in as a soldier(which by the way you will come in as an officer if you decide to join) go to this website
www.cpol.army.mil/ under Home, click on the subtitle that says search for jobs. once there, scroll down to search criteria. you will see keywords. type in nurse. do not highlight general occupations. next, go to state, hold down the control button if you pick more than one state then go to applicant elgibility; click yes or not then click get results. you are in New york so i clicked on NY& jersey for you and positions popped up. i also clicked on Cali, only two came up. the VA also hires civilians. Not everyone is in the military. good luck. play around the website there is a lot of good information. good luck

Even though military is hiring civilian nurses, they don't want new grads. Nurses have to have a minimum of 1 year experience.

ohhh, sorry to hear that. one may try nursing agencies. i worked for nurse finders. i am not a nurse (cna, hha, mental health clinician)i do recall them hiring GN's. the pay wasn't like a RN, but it was better than CNA. i made anywhere from $12-20p/h depending on how far i wanted to travel. maybe nursing homes will hire? mostly LPN's are there, they may give GN's a chance. also prisons or jails may hire. what about the hospitals where you all did your clinicals? we hired GN's all the time, but it was behavioral health. many didn't stay long because they were afraid of patients. if all else fails, Uncle Sam will hire. i was in nursing school, but got activated with the national guard. it's been 7yrs active. kinda lost interest in RN, now want to go to school for pharmacist/socialwork. i come off active duty in may. i will start a pharmacy technician class in march(12wks 1day a week for 3hrs.cost is $649. schedule with military won't allow free retail classes) you may have to start as a pharmacy tech until you find something. you have the pharmacology class under your belt. most retail(walgreens,cvs,target,kroger,etc..) will give free tng. the pay isn't the greatest and they will probably hire just by seeing your RN degree. good luck, wish i could help more. i'll post if i come up with something

who are you telling to live more frugally to? noone here said that they don't know how to budget money. this is about finding a job as a RN. does that link have a virus on it? stick to the thread or start a new one....hey GN's just thought of another place that may help or may be able to give u all a lead and that is the red cross.

daniellejudith in Indiana said: hey RN looking for job and RN in Modesto u can't find a job as a RN? gurlllllll, the military will hire you as a civilian if you don't want to come in as a soldier(which by the way you will come in as an officer if you decide to join) go to this website
www.cpol.army.mil/ under Home, click on the subtitle that says search for jobs. once there, scroll down to search criteria. you will see keywords. type in nurse. do not highlight general occupations. next, go to state, hold down the control button if you pick more than one state then go to applicant elgibility; click yes or not then click get results. you are in New york so i clicked on NY& jersey for you and positions popped up. i also clicked on Cali, only two came up. the VA also hires civilians. Not everyone is in the military. good luck. play around the website there is a lot of good information. good luck

I'm not looking for a job daniellejudith. I'm not a new grad and I already have a job, but thanks anyway. I was letting the OP know she's not alone.

RN looking for job in New York, New York said: Im a a RN.I graduated May 2009 and passed my state board on July 2009.Since then, I haven't find a job and Im started to feel like maybe im never going to get any.I really would like to start working

,=. Sorry- I am an LPN -stumled on this site- I had a heck of a time getting hired at first. Unfortunately I di not have contacts so I had to get what I could. First job lested 2 weeks - nurses were awful -CNAs played all day -patients had a lot of bedsores, etc. Look up any place that you may want to work at first-the first place a nurse lost her license because a patient wheeled himself down the stairs and died ( JFK Edision Estates , Edision, NJ see the states ruling against nurse). My next was a jail. The gaurds beat an inmate and of course no one reported it- I did not see it but after the other LN screamed at me for one hour over something I did not do - I left. My nursing career is over because I hooked up ( out of desperation and lack of money ) with the wrong nursing homes. Listen to what the otehr nurses say and beleive them . Try volunteering first , make up an excuse (ie. service learning for a higher nursing degree)- you wont get a volunteer nursing position- but you may be able to make contacts. Dont just take anything-I ruined my career because the places were so horrible I had to leave. RNs have much more opportunity- see if you can volunteer with the disbled or hospital . Worse comes to worse - go back for your masters.

look on cirrusmedicalstaffing.com they have tons of nursing positions and you can look for anything in your area, or if you want to travel they can find positions for you there, as well. I work there, you can give me a call if you'd like and I can set you up with a recruiter! ahorak@cirrusmedicalstaffing.com

hey everyone! i'm looking for an employer who is willing to sponsor a working visa for me in the US.. i'm a registered nurse in the philippines with almost 4 years icu experience and still working as an icu nurse here in the philippines.I already passed NCLEX with california license,passed IELTS and CGFNS certified.

inki in cagayan de oro, Philippines said: hey everyone! i'm looking for an employer who is willing to sponsor a working visa for me in the US.. i'm a registered nurse in the philippines with almost 4 years icu experience and still working as an icu nurse here in the philippines.I already passed NCLEX with california license,passed IELTS and CGFNS certified.

I think the US nurses need to be hired first. Sorry, thats just how I feel. If you have a good job there, I would keep it and wait until you can come in on a work visa

Part of the reason why salaries for nurses may not be as high in a few is that these foreign nusres come here & are willing to to do more work for less.When the salaries derecrease, the foreign nurses will probably wish they had stayed in their countries, lol.

A great way to market your experience for free is to join the caregiver job network, it free and easy to join. You can check it out at www.caregiverjobnetwork.ning.com

So has anyone tried working for free for the one year that employers are requiring? Does a year of volunteering count? I would think if you offered to work for free or a REALLY low wage you might be able to "fudge" that you have a year's worth of experience. I feel like some money has got to be better than none and doing something, anything to keep your skills current and fresh is better than sitting at home. I realize that this is detrimental to nursing salaries across the board when there's people willing to work for free, but it's happening in EVERY profession, mine included, which is why I was thinking of pursuing an ADN (key word "was"). I actually lost my last medical office admin job when working for midwives because the "new manager" had come on board and agreed to work without pay until while she recovered the budget so that it could accommodate a better salary for her at a later time. Obviously she slashed and burned everything all of us had worked hard to establish as far as the atmosphere of the practice and the exceptional natural birth care that was being provided. It just doesn't pay to be caring in the health industry cause the practice was going under financially so the unpaid manager was all about how to save money including asking me to accept less when I was only making 13/hr.I have a degree and almost a decade of front office experience and I was making 13/hr. These jobs used to be REALLY easy to come by and pay up to 18-20/hr. So the bottom line for ALL INDUSTRIES is that to get work, you have to be willing to work for really low wages and perhaps even go without pay indefinitely to get a shoe in and get a job at all. IF I do decide to pursue an ADN, I'm prepared to have to work for free for at LEAST a year from what I've read. Seems like working for free gives you a competitive advantage, drives down salaries, and thus eventually eliminates the "wrong" people who got in if for the $ thus recreating the "shortage."

I've been told by one of my instructors that in major metropolitan areas, employers are looking for BSNs, not RNs. I'm not sure why, but it probably has something do with the near mystical reverence people over the age of 40 have for the college degree. Most of the individuals responsible for the actual actual hiring of new employees are over 40 and put the bachelor's degree on a pedestal. They believe it confers special powers or abilities but in reality a two year degree would be enough.

I encourage everyone to look up credentialism.

daniellejudith in Indiana said: ohhh, sorry to hear that. one may try nursing agencies. i worked for nurse finders. i am not a nurse (cna, hha, mental health clinician)i do recall them hiring GN's. the pay wasn't like a RN, but it was better than CNA. i made anywhere from $12-20p/h depending on how far i wanted to travel. maybe nursing homes will hire? mostly LPN's are there, they may give GN's a chance. also prisons or jails may hire. what about the hospitals where you all did your clinicals? we hired GN's all the time, but it was behavioral health. many didn't stay long because they were afraid of patients. if all else fails, Uncle Sam will hire. i was in nursing school, but got activated with the national guard. it's been 7yrs active. kinda lost interest in RN, now want to go to school for pharmacist/socialwork. i come off active duty in may. i will start a pharmacy technician class in march(12wks 1day a week for 3hrs.cost is $649. schedule with military won't allow free retail classes) you may have to start as a pharmacy tech until you find something. you have the pharmacology class under your belt. most retail(walgreens,cvs,target,kroger,etc..) will give free tng. the pay isn't the greatest and they will probably hire just by seeing your RN degree. good luck, wish i could help more. i'll post if i come up with something

I've been working with Nursefinders as an LVN for 3 years. Now that I am a new GN, they told me that once I pass the NCLEX RN, I can no longer work for them until I have a year's experience as an RN. They said it is a liability issue. I guess there is a glut of nurses in this area, because everyone is requiring 1 to 2 years experience. It's very frustrating. And I have 8 years of med-surg experience.

Average in Medford, Massachusetts said: I've been told by one of my instructors that in major metropolitan areas, employers are looking for BSNs, not RNs. I'm not sure why, but it probably has something do with the near mystical reverence people over the age of 40 have for the college degree. Most of the individuals responsible for the actual actual hiring of new employees are over 40 and put the bachelor's degree on a pedestal. They believe it confers special powers or abilities but in reality a two year degree would be enough.

I encourage everyone to look up credentialism.

BSNs who are registered are still RNs.

lillabella in Alpharetta, Georgia said: So has anyone tried working for free for the one year that employers are requiring? Does a year of volunteering count? I would think if you offered to work for free or a REALLY low wage you might be able to "fudge" that you have a year's worth of experience. I feel like some money has got to be better than none and doing something, anything to keep your skills current and fresh is better than sitting at home. I actually lost my last medical office admin job when working for midwives because the "new manager" had come on board and agreed to work without pay until while she recovered the budget so that it could accommodate a better salary for her at a later time. Obviously she slashed and burned everything all of us had worked hard to establish as far as the atmosphere of the practice and the exceptional natural birth care that was being provided. It just doesn't pay to be caring in the health industry cause the practice was going under financially so the unpaid manager was all about how to save money including asking me to accept less when I was only making 13hr.

O.k First of all, your office manager who agreed to work for free was very desperate. She's working "for free" until they get their "budget" under contol. She's a lunatic and letting these people take advantage of her. First of all, I gaurantee that "her" bosses are not going without an income, they still get patients in that office, thus still get paid some form of income. Seconly, she's going to be really hurt, b/c it's going to be up to her to innitiate when she's ready to get paid. They won't start it. Then she's goign to accept something lower than what she she should be getting. Karma is a b!tch, and it will come back to her. Slavery ended in 1864, it required that every employer pays their worker. I'm not working at no job for a year for free, I think it's even against law for an employer to ask that. I still need to eat.