When to start applying for nursing jobs before graduation
WHEN TO START APPLYING FOR YOUR FIRST NURSING JOB! // Alyssa All Day
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Elissa I am in operating room nurse and
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haven't already I get asked this
question so so much it's one of the
number one questions I get asked on
Instagram is when to start applying for
your first nursing job so that is what
today's video is going to be about I do
have a video with interview tips which
you can find a link to up here so once
you start applying for jobs and you want
to interview for them check out that
video there is a plethora of really
helpful information in that video for
you guys I was offered all three jobs
that I applied for at that time so it
really works don't forget to check into
that in a few months after you you know
you start applying the first thing that
you're going to want to do is you're
going to want to check your area and see
whether or not facilities near you in
your area of interest are going to even
look at you if you don't have a license
there are some areas I think California
might be one of them but there are just
even like bigger areas won't even look
at you won't even look at your
application if you do not have a current
registered nurse license obviously if
your employer is going to require that
you have a license before you work there
you can basically just shut off this
video because it's not pertaining to you
and your biggest goal is going to be to
get your your license so the rest of
this video is for the rest of you once
you kind of ask around you can ask you
can ask your professors you can ask
friends that may have graduated before
you you can really easily get an idea of
whether or not you're gonna need your
license before you start applying for
jobs or not so that's it's really easy
to do word of mouth works pretty well
luckily for me in my area I got a
position even before I graduated so it
really just kind of depends on the area
that you're in so you just kind of have
to ask around to get that figured out
the next thing that you're gonna do is
probably about two months before you
start graduating you're gonna want to
kind of just
look at what's out there you're going to
want to see you know what positions are
available in your area or wherever
you're planning if you're gonna move or
let's say you went to school out of
state or out of town if you plan on you
know moving back to where you're from
you just kind of want to start looking
at what is what positions are available
in the area that you're interested in
and the reason I tell you to do this
about two months before graduation is
you can kind of get an idea what's out
there for one and for two it's kind of
nice to kind of see maybe like all of a
sudden you see a position this is just
I'm saying this because I'm an operating
room nurse so let's say you're like oh
there's a no art position available wow
I never really I never thought about
working in the o.r that actually sounds
kind of cool you know so that's kind of
somebody consider it's just nice to kind
of see what's out there and just kind of
get your you know mind thinking about
you know where you'd like to go so what
I personally think is that what I think
is a great time to start applying for
positions is if you're in one of those
areas like me you can work before you
have your license
I typically what I recommend is to start
applying about a month before graduation
because it's quite a long process the
hiring process is pretty long so it's
kind of nice to get it started I started
applying I think about a month before
and I accepted my pin my first nursing
position I think it was the week before
graduation is either them I think I'm
better than the Monday of graduation and
I graduated at the end of the week so it
took about a month to kind of get
through the whole process because they
do a background check on you you do some
sort of drug tests you'll also do like a
health assessment where you kind of had
like a physical type of situation so I
think one month before is a pretty good
time to start and like I said it was
really cool some people even get job
offers from their preceptorship so if
you're you know having a preceptorship
in your last month and you really like
the area the best thing you can do is
talk to your manager and say hey you
know I've really liked my experience
here are there any positions available
because I'd be interested in working
here that type of thing so that's just
kind of my two cents obviously you can
do whatever you feel like my buddy Joe
we did a Q&A together you can check out
up here he waited until he graduated
because he was
freaked out he was gonna jinx himself so
if that's you there's no rush some
people even take a month or two off
after graduation especially if you're
younger and you want to do a little bit
of traveling do it because once you
start working you're probably going to
want to continue working and I think
it's a little bit more acceptable to
take a break off you know between
graduation and starting your first
nursing job versus starting working as a
nurse and then deciding you want to take
an extended period of time off so I hope
you guys enjoy this video I hope this
answers a lot of your questions I get
this question all the time like I said
don't forget to check out that interview
video if you are beginning the interview
process because those tips are primo but
thank you guys so much for watching I
super appreciate it I will catch you
guys all in the next video bye guys
