http://www.nursingshow.com/2009/10/31/newly-graduated-nurses-finding-difficulty-getting-jobs-despite-staffing-shortage/ Nursing Show Online Radio | Podcast | News, Comment, & Tips for RN, LPN, Student Nurses Sun, 18 Sep 2011 10:02:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.nursingshow.com/2009/10/31/newly-graduated-nurses-finding-difficulty-getting-jobs-despite-staffing-shortage/comment-page-1/#comment-13551 nes Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:46:35 +0000 http://nursingshow.com/blog/?p=1738#comment-13551 hi mel, I suggest you to go on volunteer to a hospital that you want to be employed in the future. It will help you establish contact. Have always faith!!!Good luck! hi mel, I suggest you to go on volunteer to a hospital that you want to be employed in the future. It will help you establish contact. Have always faith!!!Good luck!

]]> http://www.nursingshow.com/2009/10/31/newly-graduated-nurses-finding-difficulty-getting-jobs-despite-staffing-shortage/comment-page-1/#comment-3605 mel, CA Wed, 07 Apr 2010 07:59:14 +0000 http://nursingshow.com/blog/?p=1738#comment-3605 Exactly what I have been saying since graduating May 2008 with my BSN. Can't find a job. Then when I did, and relocated, that job did not last because I could not learn everything I needed in orientation period. (Isn't nursing a career that you build upon and always learn?). So now I am not a new grad anymore and cannot apply to any new grad programs (the very few that are out there) because of my work experience. But I cannot get a Staff RN position to save my life because I don't have the coveted 6mos - 1yr of experience! I wanted to go back for my MSN, but one needs 1 year of experience to apply to MSN programs! I do understand that I need experience before getting more education but I have to do something here. So, I keep applying, getting declined, and look more and more dumb as the months go by and I do not have a nursing job. So disheartening. Exactly what I have been saying since graduating May 2008 with my BSN. Can’t find a job. Then when I did, and relocated, that job did not last because I could not learn everything I needed in orientation period. (Isn’t nursing a career that you build upon and always learn?). So now I am not a new grad anymore and cannot apply to any new grad programs (the very few that are out there) because of my work experience. But I cannot get a Staff RN position to save my life because I don’t have the coveted 6mos – 1yr of experience! I wanted to go back for my MSN, but one needs 1 year of experience to apply to MSN programs! I do understand that I need experience before getting more education but I have to do something here. So, I keep applying, getting declined, and look more and more dumb as the months go by and I do not have a nursing job. So disheartening.

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