An RN need a job but no employers hiring due to no recent experience

NurseCubanitaRN2b, BSN, RN · Nov 5, 2009

Try some refresher courses right now for the time being to get you back in the mode of nursing. As of right now you're out of date and that's the problem. Since you don't have recent experience the potential employers are assuming that you don't have current knowledge in nursing. Which in reality you don't. You've never worked here in the US and it's been years since you worked overseas. Try to get your certifications lined up, like your ACLS PALS or something to that if you want to get back into pediatrics. Good Luck

caliotter3 · Nov 5, 2009

Five years of peds experience should be able to get you a job in home health. Many agencies are looking for peds nurses and you should have no trouble getting a job with one of them.

arneeca · Nov 9, 2009

I have completed my refresher's course in 2007 but then I got pregnant. Do I have to do it again since it's been almost 3 years now? Early this year, I got my certificates in ACLS, BLS, PALS. It is just hard to get an interview. I tried almost all facilities that I know of.

arneeca · Nov 9, 2009

The Home Health Nursing that I worked with (1 month) didn't care that much on their newly hired RN's. I was like in the middle of the Pacific Ocean when they hired me. There was no proper orientation, didn't know about the agency policy (even though I asked for it, keep promising), nobody was there to help over the transition period. So, I decided to quit rather than risking my hard earned RN license