Hello and welcome.

This blog is to chronicle the adventures of a new nurse. We want to create a community of new nurses to support each other through job searching and working in your first job. We’ll talk about how to survive your job search and also how to thrive in your first of nursing. We want to help you organize your job hunt and support you when you finally land the job of your dreams. It’s an exciting time to be a nurse and we want to make sure we document all of it!

We have lots of topics we want to write about, but feel free to leave comments on what you’d like to see, questions you may have or requests for advice.

Improving your resume: Since a journey of thousand miles, must begin with a single step (Lao Tzu), your first step is to look at your resume. Whether you’re at the beginning of your job search or in a job right now, go look at your resume.

If you’re applying to jobs, is your resume clear to read? Is it updated with recent certifications, courses, or volunteer experiences? Have you received feedback from other people about it?

It you’re working right now, does your resume accurately reflect your job responsibilities? Are your recent continuing ed classes on there? Any awards, distinctions, or milestones that you can include?

We’ll see you back here next time!