Frequent Questions of New Graduate Nurses

Tuesday, May 12, 2009 by The Clarian Health Nurse Recruitment Team
"What is the best place for a new nurse to start a career?"

"I was told that to be a good nurse you must have med/surg experience before going into a specialty area. Is that true?"

"I apply for positions that require experience because I was a student nurse on the floor for two years."

"I was told that I need to pass my boards before I would be hired into a hospital."

"Does my clinical experience count for nurse experience?"

"Is Clarian on a nursing hiring freeze?"

"Do you offer a sign-on bonus?"

These are all questions and comments that come to me and my colleagues in nurse recruitment. I wanted to take time to address them. We welcome all new nurses to apply for positions here at Clarian. On the Clarian Nursing Career Center website, you will see the open positions posted, and most of the positions that require nursing experience will say that on the posting.

It is the individuals preference as to gaining floor nursing experience before going into a specialty area. We do offer, at different times during the year, specialty internships to help new nurses get training in those specialty areas. Examples are the operating rooms and critical care areas.

Student nurse extern or nursing school clinical does not qualify as nursing experience. Positions posted for RN experience are looking for registered nurse experience.

Although Clarian does not offer sign-on bonuses, we do have other incentives for employees such as the career advancement program, tuition reimbursement, and advancement in education through the Clarian degree program at work.

For answers to any other questions, please contact a nurse recruiter at 317 962-2600.

Shalunda

To apply for a nursing position at Clarian, visit Registered Nurse Jobs Indianapolis.

Comments for Frequent Questions of New Graduate Nurses

Friday, September 4, 2009 by Sarah Fox:
I will be a new graduate from IUSON in December, and I wanted to get started early in applying for positions, due to the recent hiring freeze buzzing about. I am trying to get a student nurse postion anywhere to expand my clinical knowledge before I graduate. Any suggestions? And, how does Clarian go about hiring new grads?
Thursday, September 10, 2009 by Shalunda:
Clarian Health currently is not on a hiring freeze for RN bedside positions. Clarian offers student nurse positions on a quarterly basis. The next hiring date for student nurse externs will be in December. Since that is when you will be graduating, I would advised you to apply for nurse graduate positions. Our website www.clarian.org lists all of our active positions. They will not list them as new graduate positions, but as registered nurse positions that do not list experience preferred or required. Please go on and apply for all the positions that fit your needs. Good luck on your job search.

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