So I graduated in May 2009 when the economy took that wonderful fall and all the glorious stories you heard during nursing school, such as "$10,000 sign on bonus", "hospitals need nurses!", "you'll have job security as a nurse" disappeared.
Blah! Whatever. $10,000 sign on bonus? It's like a fairytale now. Yeah, I have a job, but I'm not happy. I want to be in the hospital on the floor giving patient care. I want to hang IVs. I want to work 12 hours nights. I want to spend more time with my 10 month old son, instead of coming home M-F at 6 at night only to feed him, bath him, 1 hour of play time, and then off to bed. It kills me everyday I leave him, because I DON'T DO ANYTHING as a clinical supervisor. I can feel the life being sucked out of me here and 6 months have passed and I have achieved nothing and learned nothing in my career. So I've been apply since August only to hear that I have no hospital experience and my 2 years triaging patients and supervising in a family practice is worth crap. Ok, but the New Grad you're hiring is more experienced then me, how? I can draw blood on the hardest of them all. I assess wound healing, remove staples and sutures, triage on the phone and in person. I have experience in ALL age groups-peds, geriatrics. Toradal, Epi, Phenergan, Rocephin-I give them too. I have to manage my time and prioritize just like the RNs in the hospital. I have to balance blood draws, immunizations, allergy/testosterone injections, ekgs, spiro, ALL while making sure there is a patient in the room for the doctor to see. So why is it I'm being overlooked? I just need some advice. Any HR people out there? I've applied to 12 different hospitals sent 100s of applications and got 1 interview in August, only to be denied and every application I have sent after has been de-nied. So I'm at a loss. I don't want to risk losing my license and my sanity in a SNF or Rehab. I haven't followed up w/ calls to HR. I want them to know I'm really interested, but don't want to come across as harassing. Majority are city hospitals in DC or the surrounding area, so that whole "bring your resume to the unit and ask to speak to the manager" is not going to work. I don't know...
