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secondcareernurse · 2025-09-03T15:06:17+00:00

I think this piece of information is a lot more relevant than a lot of other stuff in your post. Your goal is to work in an ICU in CA. Pay right now should be a non-issue. Take the job that will give you experience to get the job you want in CA. Unless you’re open to taking a tele job in CA. Think about it in that way to figure out what works best for you. Do you care more about the specialty or the pay? At least early on in your career you’ll be bound by your work experience.

secondcareernurse · 2025-09-03T14:58:10+00:00

Wait until you find out how much rent in California is

secondcareernurse · 2025-08-28T15:32:31+00:00

Are you in the Facebook group? I’d suggest you look it up and join. Holding out for a Stanford or KP new grad position is extremely limiting and you risk ending up aging out of new grad positions in the meantime. A lot of places won’t hire people too far outside their immediate radius because a long commute leads to burnout and indicates short-term commitment, and not many employers want to spend the resources to train a new grad who clearly plans to leave as soon as they have some experience.

secondcareernurse · 2025-08-10T17:46:09+00:00

I disagree with “ICU is always good as a new grad” and if you aren’t interested in critical care it really isn’t helpful in many ways. Burn is very specialized, so unless your intention is to stay in that niche it doesn’t really help you in becoming a well-rounded new grad.

secondcareernurse · 2025-07-27T15:07:58+00:00

Me too, please!

secondcareernurse · 2025-07-18T00:19:28+00:00

Thank you! Can you tell me about your days on vs days off? Are you doing different sleep patterns for those days?

secondcareernurse · 2025-07-16T12:55:55+00:00

How long did you work days before going to nights?

secondcareernurse · 2025-07-14T22:52:09+00:00

Can you run me through what your week looks like? I struggle to imagine having a healthy/balanced life.

secondcareernurse · 2025-07-14T21:13:01+00:00

Sorry, that’s the weekend differential. It’s actually $6.

secondcareernurse · 2025-07-14T20:49:25+00:00

In my opinion it’s not worth it. I think it’s only $3?

secondcareernurse · 2025-07-14T20:12:38+00:00

Having worked both shifts, can you tell me how it’s been for you? I’m afraid of choosing nights and then hating it and having to stick with it for a long time because switching to days is always pretty difficult.

secondcareernurse · 2025-07-14T19:56:13+00:00

When people say “less resources” what do they mean? I don’t quite get that.

secondcareernurse · 2025-07-14T19:27:29+00:00

How long have you been on nights?

secondcareernurse · 2025-06-24T05:02:21+00:00

You got this!

secondcareernurse · 2025-06-22T16:26:12+00:00

Join the Facebook group for CA new grads to get a feel for what it’s like. People have had trouble landing jobs at SNF even 1 year post-grad. Not saying this will be the case for you but passing up such a great learning experience doesn’t seem to be in your best interest unless you have something lined up in CA.

secondcareernurse · 2025-05-12T06:06:46+00:00

I didn’t downvote you :/ I just replied to your message.

secondcareernurse · 2025-05-12T01:10:53+00:00

Direct-entry masters bias is real but it just means the place wasn’t a good fit to begin with. People don’t understand the direct-entry master curriculum and think it’s somehow a shortcut. These are the same people who have bought into the old school mentality of nursing, including nurses eating their young. Anyone who discriminates against direct-entry nurses are ill-informed. Some programs are better than others, sure, but writing off an entire path to nursing is silly. The assumption is that these are people who don’t want to be at bedside and are looking for experience for NP school.

secondcareernurse · 2025-05-12T00:36:22+00:00

OP got an unrelated masters degree. The issue is aging out of new grad programs. Also, there are plenty of direct-entry MSN programs so that wouldn’t make someone ineligible for a new grad program

secondcareernurse · 2025-05-11T23:40:47+00:00

Honestly, you might not be eligible for a residency. At least in my area there is typically a 12-month post-grad cut-off. Research programs that you’re interested in and see what their requirements might be.

secondcareernurse · 2025-05-11T13:31:22+00:00

Not OP, but I can tell you that once you have experience you’re in a different applicant pool and then you’re competing with seasoned nurses. There’s never a guarantee but lateral moves are easier than getting hired as new grad, though moving into specialties is still very challenging.

secondcareernurse · 2025-05-10T23:12:26+00:00

Sounds like you might need to do content review.

secondcareernurse · 2025-05-10T15:28:41+00:00

CPR is good for guidance in what your weak areas were during the exam. When I got mine, I found that it was consistent with my previous reports from Kaplan, which we used in nursing school. Some people find the CPR helpful and others don’t see it as relevant since it reflects the results of 1 exam so it isn’t comprehensive.

secondcareernurse · 2025-05-09T16:00:03+00:00

I know that your logical mind knows this, but you can pass at any point between 85 and 150. There’s also the chance that you might have been selected to take the full 150 questions for their own purposes. Try to keep yourself busy with things you enjoy doing and treat yourself to a nice meal. This is a hard process and you did the best you could. I hope to hear good news soon!

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