If you
are adventurous and eventually want to apply and get that dream job you need
experience and the right resume. When I worked
with student nurses I told them to go anywhere to get that new experience.
Experience matters first and then employers will look at the quality of that
experience. New grad nurse practitioners may need to do the same. If you think medical students move away from home for 5-8 years to get their experience, a year or two is not bad.
To employers experience matters first, and then they look at the quality of that
experience. As a new grad NP you have some choices. However, new grad NPs
opportunities are limited and not always the best. Truthfully, there are some crappy jobs out there for new grad NPs. Many jump into that first
job at a no name place, that requires none of your skills, and you will take
blood pressures and fill out paperwork all day. The whole time knowing you will leave as soon as you
get the experience. Future employers know this too when they look at your resume.
Mayo
Clinic is a medical destination for people from around the world, and one of the country's most prestigious names in healthcare and research. Mayo Clinic
consistently ranks as one of the top medical institutions and schools in the country, and they hire new grad nurse practitioners. Although they many smaller clinic and a hospital in Arizona and Florida, I am only talking about the Rochester MN campus, with over 35,000 employees. Of that about 1000 are NPs and PAs, and they are
very nurse practitioner friendly. There is no battle here between NPs and PAs, we are equal. Because it is one of the top medical schools,
they are use to teaching people, and they have resources to teach you. I have met NPs and RNs from all over the country here doing one if two things. They moved here like an extended travel nursing assignment and get a lot of experience, or they fall in love and make Mayo their life long employer. Either way you win. Minnesota also makes it relatively easy to get your credentials approved through the Board of Nursing. When your future employer looks at your resume what will be the quality of your experience?
