5 Key Strategies for First Job Selection.
Choosing your first nursing role is the single most important career decision you'll make this year. This free guide gives you the exact framework Dr. Nancy Valentine has used to coach nurses through one of the most overwhelming decisions of their careers.
- How to evaluate an organisation beyond salary and location
- The #1 mistake new graduates make when accepting an offer
- Questions to ask in your interview that most candidates never think to ask
- How to match a role to your own values — not just your résumé
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This isn't generic career advice — it's the exact framework Dr. Nancy uses inside Nurse Launch™ to help nursing students and new graduates choose a first role they'll actually want to stay in.
Know Yourself First
Identify your values and working style before you compare a single job posting.
Look Beyond Salary
Evaluate culture, mentorship, and unit stability — not just the number on the offer.
Interview Them Back
The specific questions that reveal what a unit is really like to work on.
Check the Turnover Rate
Why this single number tells you more than almost anything else about a unit.
Plan Your First 90 Days
What to do before day one to set yourself up for a strong start.
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Former national Chief Nursing Officer of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, where she led 65,000 nursing staff across 173 medical centers. She built this guide from decades of watching new nurses make — and recover from — the same avoidable first-job mistakes.