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Nursing Mastery for hospitals

From boards night to first shift.

How a hospital meets nurses years earlier, how Handraise puts open-to-offers nurses in front of your hiring team, and what we know by the time an application lands.

Handraise — nurses open to offers, anonymous until they say yes.

Your hiring team sees specialty, region, experience, license, and availability. Never a name. You ask about a role; they decide whether to say yes. One accept unlocks contact for your team alone.

Handraise

Nurses open to offers

Matched to 12 open roles at your hospital.

Anonymous until they say yes

Open roles on this board

  • Med-Surg4
  • ICU3
  • Emergency2
  • Labor & Delivery1
  • OR1
  • Telemetry1
  • ICU RN

    Cedar Rapids metro

    Experience
    2–4 years
    License
    Compact
    Available
    60 days

    Ask for an introduction to see contact details

  • Emergency RN

    Iowa City metro

    Experience
    5+ years
    License
    Compact
    Available
    Immediate

    Ask for an introduction to see contact details

  • Med-Surg RN

    Des Moines metro

    Experience
    New grad
    License
    Iowa
    Available
    After boards

    Ask for an introduction to see contact details

  • Labor & Delivery RN

    Said yes

    Quad Cities

    Experience
    2–4 years
    License
    Compact
    Available
    90 days

    Name and contact unlocked for your team

  • OR RN

    Cedar Rapids metro

    Experience
    5+ years
    License
    Iowa
    Available
    60 days

    Ask for an introduction to see contact details

  • Telemetry RN

    Ames / central Iowa

    Experience
    1–2 years
    License
    Compact
    Available
    Immediate

    Ask for an introduction to see contact details

How we build your story.

How we build a hospital’s story

01 · Listen

Start with the story nurses need to understand.

Usually that means the things a job title never carries: paid clinical experience, tuition support, an academic liaison, NCLEX preparation, and the path into nurse residency.

Where we meet a nurse, and what we send.

  1. They meet us before the license

    Nurses find us studying for the NCLEX — months before any job board sees them. That's the moment their first-employer decision starts forming.

    Communication: Daily study sessions in our apps

  2. Small asks build a stated profile

    Specialty, setting, shift, city, what actually matters to them — asked one small question at a time, answered on purpose. Stated, not scraped.

    Communication: In-app micro-asks

  3. A yes becomes a clear follow-up request

    When a student says they're open to opportunities, we record that signal without pretending it is an application. It gives our team a specific reason to follow up.

    Communication: Interest recorded; follow-up requested

  4. Jobs that explain themselves

    Real workplace photos, honest pay, the employer and the city clearly labeled. Your page is the one nurses actually read before deciding.

    Communication: The job board and your employer page

  5. One short application, on our page

    Under five minutes, no account-creation maze. Interest and applications are never blurred — nurses always know exactly where they stand.

    Communication: Application status updates to the nurse

  6. Handoff with context

    When a handoff is confirmed, it can carry the nurse's stated preferences — what they want, not just where they clicked. We never tell a nurse it was sent before that happens.

    Communication: Tracked handoff status

  7. Your response sets the standard

    Most healthcare candidates expect a response within 72 hours. Featured partners agree to meet that standard, while the nurse sees only the status we can prove.

    Communication: Response standard: within 72 hours

  8. The hire — and the loop

    A nurse who starts is the conversion everything above serves. Then the story compounds: their story recruits the next cohort.

    Communication: Nurse stories, the Briefing, the next class

Who does what, stage by stage.

  1. 01

    Earn attention

    The nurse

    Study help, useful content, and small preference questions.

    Nursing Mastery

    Build a stated profile without a giant form.

    Your team

    Give us the real reasons a nurse should choose your team.

  2. 02

    Create the shortlist

    The nurse

    See roles that fit eligibility, specialty, schedule, pay, and life.

    Nursing Mastery

    Filter, rank, and explain the match using sourced job facts.

    Your team

    Confirm pay, requirements, training, benefits, and workplace proof.

  3. 03

    Apply once

    The nurse

    Complete one short application on Nursing Mastery.

    Nursing Mastery

    Reuse known answers and ask only what the role still needs.

    Your team

    Agree on the minimum handoff packet and receiving workflow.

  4. 04

    Handoff with context

    The nurse

    Know when an application is submitted and what happens next.

    Nursing Mastery

    Send a confirmed application—not a click—and preserve its status.

    Your team

    Own review, outreach, interview, offer, and disposition updates.

  5. 05

    Learn and improve

    The nurse

    Get relevant follow-up through the first 90 days and beyond.

    Nursing Mastery

    Learn which stories, roles, and facts produce qualified action.

    Your team

    Share outcomes so the next cohort and next page perform better.

What we know, and what we do with it.

Most of it is nurse-stated — they told us directly. The rest is how they use our surfaces, or a fact about the role. Every signal below says which, and what it changes.

38
Signals in total
30
Nurse-stated
6
Observed
2
Job / employer

01

Filter

License, career stage, role family, location, and dealbreakers keep impossible roles from posing as matches.

02

Rank

Specialty, shift, pay clarity, new-grad support, workplace quality, freshness, and stated preferences order the shortlist.

03

Explain

Every recommendation can show why it fits, what is missing, the tradeoffs, and the best next action.

7 signals

Can they pursue the role?

Eligibility and timing keep impossible jobs out of the first page.

  • License state

    Nurse-stated

    Checks whether the nurse can work in the job's state.

  • Compact license

    Nurse-stated

    Expands the map when a multistate license applies.

  • Graduation timing

    Nurse-stated

    Times residency and first-role recommendations.

  • NCLEX status

    Nurse-stated

    Separates roles to explore now from roles to apply to now.

  • Career stage

    Nurse-stated

    Prevents senior requirements from crowding a new grad's shortlist.

  • Experience

    Nurse-stated

    Compares hands-on experience with the role's stated minimum.

  • Start timeline

    Nurse-stated

    Focuses application prompts on a realistic hiring window.

7 signals

Would they want the work?

Clinical and role fit turn a giant board into a credible shortlist.

  • Specialty interests

    Nurse-stated

    Raises units the nurse chose and adds adjacent paths to explore.

  • Target roles

    Nurse-stated

    Matches RN, LPN, advanced-practice, leadership, and other role families.

  • Role level

    Nurse-stated

    Balances reachable roles with credible next-step opportunities.

  • Employment type

    Nurse-stated

    Prioritizes full-time, part-time, PRN, contract, or travel work.

  • Remote openness

    Nurse-stated

    Sets the mix of bedside, hybrid, telehealth, and nonclinical paths.

  • Academic setting interest

    Nurse-stated

    Explains when teaching, research, and complex-care settings fit.

  • Jobs viewed and saved

    Observed

    Learns which titles, units, and employers earn real attention.

8 signals

Would the job fit their life?

Schedule, place, and compensation make the ranking practical.

  • Shift preference

    Nurse-stated

    Raises day, night, evening, or rotating roles that match.

  • Weekly hours

    Nurse-stated

    Keeps an attractive title from hiding an unworkable schedule.

  • Weekend tolerance

    Nurse-stated

    Treats a common schedule dealbreaker explicitly.

  • On-call tolerance

    Nurse-stated

    Separates otherwise similar roles when call is disclosed.

  • Commute radius

    Nurse-stated

    Lets nearby work beat a superficially similar distant job.

  • Relocation openness

    Nurse-stated

    Opens the map without pretending relocation is effortless.

  • Pay floor

    Nurse-stated

    Avoids top recommendations that cannot work financially.

  • Benefits priorities

    Nurse-stated

    Compares the whole package when salary alone is incomplete.

8 signals

Why this hospital?

Workplace evidence turns an employer name into a choice a nurse can picture.

  • Facility scale

    Nurse-stated

    Matches preferences for close-knit teams or larger systems.

  • Team culture

    Nurse-stated

    Looks for sourced evidence of mentoring, pace, autonomy, and mission.

  • Orientation priority

    Nurse-stated

    Raises roles with stated residency, preceptor, or training support.

  • Staffing and support priority

    Nurse-stated

    Weights support details when the employer can substantiate them.

  • Employer priorities

    Nurse-stated

    Elevates the workplace qualities the nurse says matter most.

  • Preferred employers

    Nurse-stated

    Recognizes explicit interest without hiding alternatives.

  • Employer overview and images

    Job / employer

    Gives the match an honest story and a workplace the nurse can see.

  • Pay, benefits, training, and requirements

    Job / employer

    Supplies the facts used to compare and explain roles.

8 signals

What help should happen next?

Readiness and behavior decide the next useful action—not just the next ad.

  • Application readiness

    Nurse-stated

    Chooses between explore, save, prepare, and apply prompts.

  • Interview readiness

    Nurse-stated

    Offers preparation when a strong match is moving forward.

  • Application pace

    Nurse-stated

    Supports a few deep applications or a broader search.

  • Recruiting intent

    Observed

    Separates warm, deferred, declined, and still-unknown interest.

  • Content interests

    Observed

    Keeps nurture useful between study, search, and application moments.

  • Sessions and last seen

    Observed

    Times follow-up to current engagement instead of stale assumptions.

  • Application and save counts

    Observed

    Shows momentum and prevents repeated, irrelevant prompts.

  • Source and campaign

    Observed

    Connects the nurse's path back to the story or role that earned attention.

Bring us one hard-to-fill role.

We’ll show you what nurses see today, what the story is missing, and how the handoff works with your team.