Is there a possibility a nurse recruiter from hospitals would hire RNs with experience from a nursing home?
Question by Ariane Ann: Is there a possibility a nurse recruiter from hospitals would hire RNs with experience from a nursing home?
Hey everyone, I just want to ask, Is there a possibility a nurse recruiter from hospitals would hire RNs with experience from a nursing home? cause hospital and nursing home experience are totally different.
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Answer by crustysob
I believe the education (RN) is more important than the expereince given the shortage of RNs we face today. Look at it this way, new grads easily find employment with no experience and you have expereince. Good luck!
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The fundamentals are the same even if the pace is a little different. A hospital would much prefer to hire an RN with good nursing home experience over a recent graduate with no experience whatsoever. The qualities that make a good nurse are the same no matter where you work.
Given two RNs, one who is a new grad with no experience, and one who has experience working in LTC, then it should be obvious that the one who has LTC experience has a leg up. Even though LTC doesn’t handle too many acute care interventions, you still do a lot of the basics: patient assessment, medication admisinstration, evaluation/re-evaluations, care plans, interacting with physicians, documentation.