<p>Mom here of a daughter graduating with her BSN. She will take the Nclex during the summer. The nursing jobs are few and far between. Most hospitals are NOT hiring right out of college. They want at least one year of experience. Daughter will probably find a job as a CNA first.</p>
<p>That being said, a couple of people posted here about nursing jobs in their area. Please, please if you can give us a hint about what state, city, etc. to look. My daughter will relocate just about anywhere.</p>
<p>Thank you VERY much for any help, hints, etc.</p>
<p>My D graduated on April 30. Today was her first day of work as a nurse in the cardiac intensive care unit in a hospital in central PA.Her unit just hired 17 new grads. They have a very thorough orientation process.This hospital is a Level I trauma center, located in a rural setting.They do hire both AD and BSN, although it is my feeling that they prefer BSNs.</p>
<p>I replied to your post, but was not sure if I did it corrrectly, so here is a copy of my reply:My D graduated on April 30. Today was her first day of work as a nurse in the cardiac intensive care unit in a hospital in central PA.Her unit just hired 17 new grads. They have a very thorough orientation process.This hospital is a Level I trauma center, located in a rural setting.They do hire both AD and BSN, although it is my feeling that they prefer BSNs.Good luck!</p>
<p>NPR had a story about nursing employment prospects last week. One of the conclusions is that there are large numbers of nurses close to the retirement age. However, many delayed retiring over the past couple years because they had to support a spouse who was downsized and/or their retirement accounts went down in value.</p>
<p>A big question mark is health care reform. If it goes into effect as planned, there is a large pent- up demand for health care that will hit the system. Many people have put off needed care because they did not have insurance and couldn’t afford it. Once they are covered, the system will have a large initial increase in patient volume. There is expected to be a severe shortage of primary care physicians at that time (everyone wants to be a specialist instead to make more money) and I imagine nursing we see resulting demand.</p>
<p>I’d also expect RNs will take on more of a staff management role. That is the way it works in the Navy - the RN manages a team of corpsman, who function like practical nurses.</p>
<p>ilikepizza, most likely they do because the students do their rotations there and the hospital then has a sense of what they are like. I got my first job at a hospital I had done my Peds rotation. I was hired into Med-surg.</p>
<p>My sister, a nurse practitioner in NC, has told me that her hospital, a large regional, has just hired 100 new RN grads! Hopefully this is an indication that the job market is looking up.</p>
<p>^^^
Or perhaps your sister’s hospital is having serious difficulty holding on to their RNs! Everybody has to start somewhere.</p>
<p>My daughter just finished her first year in the Pitt nursing program and is now finishing up her final week of CNA training at a hospital in Pittsburgh. She’ll work 20-30 hours per week for the rest of Summer and then one weekend a month and holidays once she returns to school. Seems like a great way to make money and practice necessary skills while making potential future employment contacts within the hospital.</p>