How long does it usually take to find your first nursing job as a new grad?
I was working at a hospital already as a nurse assistant, so I transitioned to and RN position right after passing my boards.
It depends on your presentation to a hiring facility! I prepared a portfolio that housed all pertinent info such as:
1) license
2) immunizations
3) copies of my transcripts
4)letters of recommendation
5) CV (aka resume)
6) any other stuff that made me look good
Being organized speaks VOLUMES about you as a professional.
PS: Dress to impress - business formal is usually well received
I got hired 1 week after receiving my NCLEX passing score.
It took me a while but that was because I started by applying for day jobs. You will get a job easiest by applying for nights or get a job as a tech and then you can move up easier.
1week.
It depends on who you know, and have you worked in a hospital setting before. Unfortunately, there is nepotism in our field as with any other profession. Your race will also determine if you’re hired for ICU, in specialty areas, and day or night shift as a new grad. Hopefully, this has changed in recent years. I got my first job because my mother was a unit receptionist whose friend children happened to go to the same JHS as I did and their godmother was a nursing director who had to leave the state as a new grad to get experience before coming back and getting hired as a nurse. She was paying it forward.
It depends on your verbal skills, confidence level, and your resume. I was hired immediately after graduation before I took the n- clex. I have noticed in my years of nursing being confident in yourself speaks volumes.
Right away, I was being observed by the manager of my unit and she gave me a good recommendation.
I trained at the hospital where I did my practice as a student and the facility hired me as a graduate nurse right after my graduation.
within 1 month and also it depend on your communication skills how's ur interview goes and how you make your resume
A couple months.
S possible time to help some and get him off his discomfort
hortest
Took me 1 month to find work as a Covid tester, 2 more months before finding a hospital inpatient job. This was fall/winter 2021
It depends upon when your graduate (month) and where you live and where you are applying. If possible become an intern or extern prior to graduate at a facility/system that you are interested in working for as they can set you up for a smoother transition into a new nurse graduate role.
It depends on your program and how pro-active they are in setting you up for success. I managed to get a job offer before I graduated but declined it and found something within a month of graduating. These days people really need nurses, so I expect little to no time. You may not get a fancy ICU job right out the gate, but MedSurg and low acuity units need lots of help.
