First day of unemployment

Yeah I was compensated. It is just hard knowing that I put in all of that schooling and WAS making a difference, but not to the "bean" counters who decided who was going to be cut. I have had several interviews, in my state I could technically function as a NP. It is just hard since I live in a fairly rural area and there really isn't much competition. To make it worse, the nursing leadership has decided to replace us with Clinical Nurse Leaders or a Nurse Navigator model. They just don't get it. I think that it is a pretty scary time to be in the hospital right now with no APN's and cutting corners on staffing to meet the fiscal budget.

Thanks for all the support. I did find a job- though I have yet to start. I will be in a CNS in an "NP" role once I get through credentialing and get prescriptive authority from the state.