New Grad Nurse Practitioner Jobs

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?

You are now an Advanced Practitioner so use that when searching jobs at Mayo Clinic

Diet Mt. Dew

Learned a lot today in the pre, intra and post-operative settings. I also learned that an important accessory for many of the physicians, residents and medical staff was the use of Diet Mountain Dew. I admit I was a regular user in nursing school.

Attitude is 90%

The human body is amazing in how it works. As healthcare practitioners we can tell you the anatomy and physiology of how it works. But if you do not have the right attitude you will never reach your potential. Also I believe without the right attitude you will hinder your mental and physical health. 

Mayo Clinic and Rochester

Rochester's population is about 110,000 people and growing quickly.

The two largest employers are the Mayo Clinic with about 36,000 employees and IBM. A lot of downtown is made up of Mayo buildings and businesses that support Mayo or rely on the visitors Mayo brings to town.

    

  

Looks and feels like a bigger city than the population 

Mayo Clinic

Mayo Brothers 

Visiting Rochester and the Mayo Clinic you realize what a huge part of the community the Mayo is, and I mean this in a good way. The same way Disney World transformed the Orlando area from a swamp in the 1970's to a vacation tourist destination today, the Mayo Clinic is transforming Rochester into a world class Medical Destination.