I currently work in the ICU, my unit is overstaffed and doesn’t have any OT. I’ve been looking for a PRN job but most ICU’s require 2 YOE for PRN. Does anyone have any suggestions as to other types of nursing jobs that hire PRN with minimal experience?
I’m a new grad RN (adn may ‘26, license aug ‘26) with a year of LPN experience in LTC and pediatrics, and am trying to figure out where to live / work!
for context, i have been applying to a lot of jobs in chicago but it seems that it’s not great pay with a high COL. i want to live in a big city like environment (yet in those it’s impossible to get a job as a “new grad). any good places to start as a nurse with a similar environment feel?
my long term goal is aesthetics, but atm i am applying for a lot of surgical jobs (mainly OR, but also pre-op/pacu), some ICU jobs, and if i lived somewhere where it would be beneficial have a car i would also do home health / public health!
I’ve been a nurse since 2015, and I feel like I’m ready for a change but honestly don’t know what direction I want to go in next. I’ve done pediatric home health, ICU/telemetry, and I’m currently in case management. With my current role, I work with a healthcare company doing member visits and also work remotely. Right now there’s a lot of uncertainty since they’re doing massive layoffs so it’s got me looking for other opportunities. I also do some marketing at an aesthetic place, along with IVs, injections, education, and training.
I feel like I have a pretty broad nursing background, but I’m wanting to branch out and try something different. I’m not necessarily looking to go back to traditional bedside nursing, and I’m open to pretty much anything at this point clinical or non-clinical, remote, education, leadership, etc.
For those of you who have made a career change, what did you end up doing? Are there nursing jobs or career paths that you think are underrated or that I should look into?
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I’m hoping to get some advice from other nurses, recruiters, or hiring managers in the Long Island/Suffolk County area.
My wife has 6+ years of Med-Surg experience from Dubai and the Philippines and has been working as an RN in a nursing home for the past 4 years here in New York. She has her NY RN license and is experienced in bedside nursing.
We live in an area where there are several hospitals within a 10–15 mile radius, so we thought finding a hospital position would be relatively manageable. Unfortunately, she has been applying to hospital RN positions and isn't even getting interviews.
It’s becoming really stressful and frustrating for her. She knows she has the experience and is more than willing to start, learn the hospital's system, and prove herself. But getting rejected—or hearing nothing at all—without even getting an interview is discouraging.
For those who have successfully transitioned from nursing home/long-term care back into a hospital, especially on Long Island:
Did you have difficulty getting interviews?
Did you use a recruiter or apply directly through the hospital?
Is there something specific hospitals are looking for on the resume?
Would reaching out directly to nurse managers actually help?
Are there particular hospitals in Suffolk County that are more open to experienced nurses coming from LTC?
Any advice, personal experiences, referrals, or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. We're just trying to figure out what we're doing wrong and how to get her foot in the door for that first interview.
Thank you!
My wife has been an LPN for almost 10 years now, primarily in home health care. I think she is burnt out and looking more for a "desk job" as that whole time has been bedside care. I want to help her find a good career move but am not very knowledgeable in the field as I am not a medical professional. Ideally, I think she is looking at care coordinator positions, but due to the technicality that she can only hold a current in state license because of the program she was in, options can be limited. Any information to relay or advice would be greatly appreciated as I don't want her to be miserable in a new career path.
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I went to a two year hard core upstate NY nursing program. It was a community college but out of all nursing programs in all of NYS that program is ranked 12th.
I knew before going to NS i didnt want to do nursing my whole life. This is an end to a means. I plan to go back to school to get my ND (Naturopathic doctorate).
I work in THE hospital of upstate NY, & i dont plan on leaving for my doctorate for atleast 3 years, HOWEVER, its so hard to ride out care like this. So, my question is:
Any RN jobs in the naturopathic/functional world??
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Comparing https://resume.zoevera.com against https://chatgpt.com
And what a purpose-built ATS checker caught that GPT-4 didn’t.
Let me be upfront: I use ChatGPT for everything. Code reviews, draft emails, explaining stack traces at 2am. It’s genuinely useful. So when I needed to tailor my resume for a senior backend role, my first instinct was to open a chat window.
That was three weeks ago. Here’s what I learned.
What ChatGPT actually does well
Ask ChatGPT to “improve my resume” and it will:
For general writing quality, it’s genuinely good. If your resume reads like it was written by someone who hasn’t slept in 48 hours, ChatGPT will fix that.
What ChatGPT fundamentally cannot do
Here’s the problem: ChatGPT doesn’t know what job you’re applying for.
You can paste the job description into the prompt, sure. But there’s no mechanism for it to:
ATS filters work on keyword frequency and placement. A resume that reads beautifully to a human can score 40% on an ATS if the right terms aren’t in the right sections. ChatGPT optimizes for human readers. ATS systems are not human readers.
I ran a test. Same resume, same job description (Backend Engineer, Node.js/AWS stack). I gave ChatGPT the full JD and asked it to optimize my resume for ATS.
The output was well-written. It added “microservices” and “REST APIs” in a few places. But it missed:
When I ran the same resume through resume.zoevera.com, it flagged all three gaps explicitly, with section-level attribution. The ATS match score went from 54% to 81% after applying the suggested changes.
The core difference: diagnostic vs. generative
ChatGPT is a generative tool. It produces new text. It’s very good at that.
An ATS checker is a diagnostic tool first. It measures the gap between your resume and a specific job description, then tells you exactly what’s missing. The rewrite comes second — and it’s grounded in what was actually identified as absent, not what the model thinks sounds better.
This distinction matters because:
ChatGPT hallucinates improvements. It will add metrics you never achieved (“improved system performance by 35%”), use terminology that
sounds right but wasn’t in the JD, and rewrite bullets that didn’t need rewriting while leaving critical gaps untouched. Every line needsfact-checking.
A purpose-built tool works from the actual gap. The keywords it adds are the ones the JD asked for. The sections it flags are the ones the ATS will score. The output is closer to submission-ready.
A practical workflow
These tools aren’t mutually exclusive. The best result I got came from using both in sequence:
The ATS checker handles precision. ChatGPT handles prose quality. Neither does both well alone.
The cost argument
ChatGPT Plus is $20/month. If you’re actively job searching, that’s a fixed overhead whether you use it or not.
Most people search for jobs in windows — a few weeks of active applications, then nothing for months. A per-session model makes more
sense: pay when you need it, nothing when you don’t. ZoeVera’s pricing works that way — free analysis, one-time payment for the full
rewrite, no subscription.
For a developer audience specifically: if you’re applying to 10–15 roles over two weeks, you’re not optimizing resumes 365 days a year. The math on a monthly subscription doesn’t work.
What I’d actually recommend
The ATS doesn’t know what you meant. It only knows what you wrote.
Tested against a real Backend Engineer job description. Tools used: ChatGPT GPT-4o, https://resume.zoevera.com. June 2026.
After a while of thinking, I think I wanna work at a hospital as a long-term job. I already have a long history of hospital visits and weirdly enough, I feel very comfortable being at a hospital. The problem is that I don’t wanna go to college. I struggled fairly much in high school and I don’t see myself surviving a semester in college. So for the past 8ish months I’ve been looking at hospital jobs in my state (Michigan).
The main thing I’m looking for are benefits, since I’ve been told and, therefore, believe that benefits are the most valuable reward in a job, but I’m not sure if hospital jobs that don’t require degrees have very good benefits, or at the very least as good of benefits as the actual doctors and nurses who went to college and got their degrees
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I’m a new grad BSN/RN in WA and have been applying pretty consistently to RN residencies and entry level acute care positions. I’ve put in many, many applications and haven’t had a single interview yet, so I’m trying to figure out if there’s something I should be doing differently.
I have several years of healthcare experience, including working as an ED Technician, EMT, and Army medic, and I’m specifically hoping to start my RN career in the ED, ICU, or another acute care setting.
I understand the job market is super competitive right now, and I know there are a lot of new grads competing for limited residency spots. I’ve also been reaching out to recruiters and nurses on LinkedIn rather than relying entirely on online applications.
At this point, I’m starting to expand my search outside the I-5 corridor and look more seriously at rural hospitals throughout Washington.
For those who hire new grads, nurse managers, recruiters, or recently hired new grads:
I’m not looking for reassurance as much as honest feedback. If you were in my position what would you change?
Ok, so I am in a pickle. I got offered a job at an outpatient center working M-F and weekends and holidays off. There’s another job that is for a psych hospital and they offer working 3 12s and at least 1 weekend per month. One pays better than the other but the money isn’t the issue. I want the one that will best accommodate my child’s routine as he just started school and after school activities. I know I can’t always be there for everything but I want the job that will allow me more time to attend those things. I need help from people who have had experience in these type jobs and what yall recommend. Thank you.
I'm located in Seattle and I'm struggling to land a position in the area. Graduated August 2025 + passed the NCLEX November 2025. I've applied for many of the residencies and have gotten through the second or third round with no luck being placed (Children's and UW) and I'm currently in the pipeline for the new grad residency at Swedish. The feedback that I've received is that I have 'too much' experience because I was doing home health care for over 5 years before I went back to school for nursing, however, I usually don't qualify for any other nursing opportunities because I've only had my license for ~8 months. Any advice, tips or experiences would be super appreciated as I'm coming up on a year out of school which I know will also work against me in these opportunities.
Thanks!
Hello all, I graduated in May and I’ve been working a job as a med surg nurse (they said it’s a respiratory floor but it’s actually like a lot of different things) for almost a month now.
I wouldn’t say I hate it but I dislike it. It’s really only been 3-4 weeks on the floor but every morning is a constant battle with anxiety. As a student, I was a lot more confident doing skills, now in the morning I start shaking even just pulling PO meds. Everyday it sort of gets better— but I feel like I didn’t learn anything hands on in school and my orientation has just been basic skills like programming an IV pump and hanging fluids since I only got the chance to like 3 times in school. Never worked as an extern or CNA so I have no healthcare experience. Everyday during med pass in the morning I wanna throw up, after 9AM med pass and assessments I feel slight relief and am able to think more during my tasks.
My preceptor said my skills needed work, and I agreed with her. We have only been working on basic skills and not focusing on charting, documentation, placing orders etc… and it’s making me feel really stupid I am professing this slow compared to other people. I feel like my preceptor does a lot of it for me and it embarrasses me.
HOWEVER—- I need some advice.
I got hired into this same hospital for an inpatient psych job. I chose the med surg job over the psych job because everyone says to not do psych out of school ( my sister who’s a nurse, her husband who’s a NP, my professors.) So, I turned down the inpatient peds psych job where I could have been working days. Would I lose my nursing medical skills like IVs and stuff? Yes probably. But would I be happier? Yes I would. I have always had a passion for mental health, had family members struggle with addiction and it’s fascinating to me. Im just scared I will shoot myself in the foot and make my career sink into a hole since I do wanna go back to school for a more advanced nursing degree . I would love to ask to maybe transfer to psych since they are always looking for help, but I turned it down and decided to do med surg for almost a month now.
Do I give the med surg job more time and build confidence ?Should I ask to transfer to psych? I can’t keep hating my job.
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I went in for an interview 4 weeks ago, and I thought it went great! The hiring manager verbally stated that I would be an addition to the upcoming cohort, and it would take 2-3 weeks before offer letters start going out. I sent a thank you letter after the interview and asked if 2-3 weeks was the wait time just to clarify and to know what to expect. They kindly responded about 6 days later (they said they would be on vacation right after our interview) and confirmed that yes, they will be “working with the recruiter in the next few weeks to start getting offer letters sent out.” Tomorrow will be exactly 3 weeks since they responded, and I’m just angsty. I feel like I got the job but I can’t be certain and I know I shouldn’t bank on it, but I really care and really want this position.
Has anyone else ever been in this position? I was thinking about sending a nice follow up email on Thursday to check in. PLEASE HELPP :(
i have been speaking with a recruiter for MS and came here to see what my peers opinions on Medical Solutions is. The only threads I could find was from 4 years ago. So all....what is the opinion on Medical Solutions? this will be my forst travel nurse contract and I'm a bit nervous and don't want a disapointing experience with a crap company.
Hi all,
I recently was offered a job on Jefferson Methodist Hospital’s PCU and was absolutely shocked at the rate they offered. The recruiter told me I’d start at $54.02. I’m moving from Columbus, OH, where I’m making $36.70 also on a PCU. I have three years of experience and am wondering if this offer is insanely high for my experience or am I just out of the loop? Thanks in advance.
( Posting this here as well )Does anyone have advice/luck with finding a position in nursing that also supports re-location/housing assistance? Thanks :) (Really wanting to move back to LA, but trying to find nursing opportunities with some housing assistance...)
My mom hasn’t been able to find a job she’s a single mom working 2 days a week with an LPN licence and she’s been looking for a full time nursing job for MONTHS. Things just keep popping up which require money and I just graduated high school and my whole life is in Calgary and now she’s contemplating leaving Calgary and going to Edmonton. I play rugby in about to start university I’m set already in Calgary. We wanna stay here but she can’t find a job and isn’t there a nursing shortage? Why is it so hard. Does anyone know anywhere?