Dear Nurse Keith......

I just received an email from a nurse who shared with me a very common dilemma. She's been out of nursing school for about a year, but finding employment is a challenge. Meanwhile, I'm aware that even some seasoned nurses are having trouble in the job marketplace. The following is my edited response, which goes out to all nurses, but especially those in this writer's particular conundrum. Dear Nurse, Thank you for writing, and I appreciate your candor. Many new grads find themselves in a similar position these days. Those who do the hiring in the industry have not yet caught up with the paradigm changes that are occurring in nursing and healthcare over the last few years. So, new grads are stuck not being able to find Med/Surg positions, but are then less than desirable for non-Med/Surg positions, according to outdated hiring standards.And since you mentioned the topic of holistic nursing, there are indeed many paths out there, and I'm in touch with a large number of those maverick nurses, many of whom have been interviewed on my podcast, RNFM Radio. I've been talking to many nurses who find themselves in this particular conundrum, and this is an example of what I do for them through my particular brand of career coaching: Talk about the nurse's complete employment historyGet a sense of the nurse as a person, not just a professionalAssess the nurse's skills in interviewing and following upAssess the nurse's resume, cover letters, thank you lettersHelp the nurse to maximize th...

Source: Digital Doorway - December 28, 2014 Category: Nurses Tags: nurse nurses nursing Source Type: blogs