The wait is over

After one year, over 200 job applications, & numerous trips to see various managers all over the area, I'm happy to say that I finally have a nursing job. I'm going to be working at San Joaquin General Hospital in the ICU.  It's been my dream to work on this unit ever since I spent some time there in my last semester of nursing school. I feel so grateful to be getting this opportunity as a new grad nurse. I literally had tears in my eyes when I got the call from the assistant manager that I got the job.

I know ICU is definitely going to be quite an undertaking, especially as a new grad but I have enough confidence in myself to know that I can do it. I'm so thankful! :)

Seriously?!?

I never anticipated that finding work as a new grad would be this hard. It’s been almost 8 months since I graduated from nursing school. I’ve applied for over 200 jobs all over California. I’ve had a couple of interviews but still have not made it through the massive competition. The latest job I interviewed for had 5,000 applicants they said. I was floored when I heard that number. And I am still in a pool of 9 that they have to choose from. I would trade a full load of patients on a busy day shift any day for the stress that I am going through now. That is easy compared to the everyday anxiety of wondering if this is finally going to be my shot, and if it isn’t, when am I going to get another chance to show them just how much I want and deserve this.

This waiting around to hear the news is torture. How am I going to survive this week? The weekend?

I just need to breathe…