By: Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 21:24:41 +0000

Hi Deborah – have you checked out the Facebook group Give Grad Nurses a Chance? https://www.facebook.com/groups/givegradnursesachance/
There are grad nurses in this group who have found grad positions in hospitals many months after qualifying as a RN. Hopefully this helps!

By: deborah

deborah — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 07:54:00 +0000

I graduated as an RN in November 2013, & did not receive a graduate program, & am now unemployable!
My only option being aged care. Surely there must be another way of gaining entry into the hospital system, without a grad program or going via a nursing home first…??

By: Joanne Kehl

Joanne Kehl — Sun, 24 Nov 2013 11:55:49 +0000

I am a Victoria nursing student, just starting my final placement and possibly for no reason! Too top it all off the Australian College of Nursing has given me a scholarship to finish this last placement, and I have no Graduate position to go too, what a waste of money! Although it’s a great help to me as I have had to relocate from my home to complete this learning experience/ clinical placement, I am grateful. But not having a Graduate position being unmatched in the recent computer matching process, October 2013, is very stressful. I have so far applied for 15 positions, some only recently, have had 6 interviews and all have been a no, due to high calibre of other applicants! I am now applying for positions in NSW, WA and Tasmania, luckily for me the children are know young adults and can be without there mum, not really my plan but I need a Graduate RN position, so I’m prepared to move if necessary. Disheartened, is a word that comes to mind, having been a Endorsed Enrolled nurse for 10 years not new to the nursing field and I’m passionate about the people I care for. I thought that being more qualified/ skilled was worth the sacrifice/study to help the patients in more of a capacity, maybe I was wrong! Or is it because I am 50 years old/ young! I have a lot more to give and love nursing and I want to continue learning in a Graduate position and possibly going on to a post graduate degree, as I’ve enjoyed the study experience. If the government knows the statistics for the future shortage in nursing why is there not enough graduate positions, and why are they still encouraging people into Nursing Degrees at university, if there isn’t the positions. And, for all those finished graduates that don’t have a position how are we suppose to pay back the HIgher Education Debt that we have if our incomes are under the threshold? It all just doesn’t make sense!!!

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