Could someone please HELP ME? I am beginning to feel like an undesirable to the Acute/Hospital Care Community.
I have been a registered nurse for the last three years, with a two year degree from one of the best community colleges in Phoenix, AZ, Gateway Community College.
I practice Home Health Care Management and Memory Care, one year experience with pediatric home health, 2 years' experience with adult home health case manager, as well as 1 year experience with Assisted Living Memory Care and Hospice Care as a floor supervisor.
I am 100% fluent bilingual (Spanish), What Am I doing wrong?
I apply to the hospitals in my area religiously every month; I apply for entry level 1 year experience and bilingual preferred. However, within 1-2 days my applications on line are promptly marked
NOT SELECTED
I had my resume reviewed by the State Employment Agency Counselor and according to his expert opinion "there is nothing wrong with your resume" he stated. The last time I was consider for a hospital position, was in 2010 as a new grad.
Is there someone here with experience and would you be willing to help me?
Resume Writers? I have not come across one that specializes in Nursing.
I have received calls from past employers/supervisors asking if I would be willing to work with them again for the same agency or at their new agency. My patients seem to like me. Patient's families seem grateful for the care I provide to their love ones every day. My colleagues tell me I am strict when following policies and procedures and seek my advice.
If I bored you, I apologize, thank you for reading and God willing one of you may have the answer I have been looking for.
Specializes in WOUND CARE, MEMORY CARE, GERIATRICS.
When I applied to a certain hospital system here in AZ with a not so great reputation the HR department informed me that they were only looking for BSN nurses. This was after I informed them that I was about to finish my BSN. They told me "apply after you graduate.
At the hospital system I work for now I have asked new employees about how they got a job and every one of them so far has had an "in" into the system. They all know someone who referred them to the job. Supposedly they are in a major hiring phase according to the hospital but then you read stories like yours and it makes one wonder how many applicants they are receiving. Do you know anyone who will refer you? Don't give up it may take a while. It took 1.5 years for me but I finally got a job:)
Hurray for you, it is a sad thing to read, but I am glad for your co-workers, God will be my "IN", either by helping see how I can get that BSN or in some other way :)
"The economy has pushed many new RNs into areas they never thought they'd end up " (personal communication, Multicollinearity, 2013). I am a new grad BSN and a former EMT-II. I just took a job as a school nurse for 2013-2014 school year because acute care is not picking me up! I am looking at is as great training and will keep a record of the types of "patients" that I see. I hope I will be able to show that I did not just see the common cold. My daughter is a school nurse and saw 96 pts one day! She has handled broken bones, overdoses, dislocated knees, major head trauma, and shock. Sounds like a typical night in a slow ED! I don't want employers to see me as settling for the school nurse job. I hope to gain experiances with upset partents, IEP meetings and pediatric care as well as teaching as my school is very focused on prevention. This is public health nursing as it is a very poor district and I look forward to the challenge.
Look at your attitude if you take a job outside the hospital. You have not settled but refocused as the situation called for. That is good nursing!" Best on the job hunt.
While I understand your willingness and desire to make your posts under your real name (presuming that's what you're actually doing), you may also be working against yourself.
You are permitting potential employers to see the raw, unedited version of yourself, revealing your emotional content, and even providing writing samples which may present you in a less-than-perfect light (perfection is what is expected in the job-hunt presentation).
You're also providing a time-immemorial declaration of yourself that will remain long after your personal thoughts and views have evolved... which is just unwise.
Finally, you're demonstrating to potential employers your willingness to 'go public' on the internet... something which they're uncomfortable with in these times of inappropriate Facebook revelations that can be linked to specific institutions.
As a 50-year-old person who lived in the days before computer networks, blogs, and tweets, I can only urge caution in the public use of these media... they're more likely to hurt you than to help you.
After a few years as an ICU nurse, I had to google what "memory care" is. Yes, you are a second class nurse.
What is it you are trying to do? Are you trying to be a bedside nurse in a hospital? If so, then your skills as described will not be advantageous. If you are looking for case management jobs: those seem more in-line with your description; however, you are held back greatly by lack of a BSN.
As previously noted: Your years of experience do not jive: you say you've been a nurse for three years, but list four years worth of experience. You've had four jobs in three years? Not appealing.
"My colleagues tell me I am strict when following policies and procedures and seek my advice" - This statement seems to counter itself.
Your descriptions seem to focus on the superfluous: Its great you're bilingual and want to help, but I can use a phone and get the same results. Get or at least start on your BSN. Maintain your BLS, get ACLS & PALS. Try to get a certification. Set yourself apart by investing in your professional development.
SYNTIA
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Hurray for you, it is a sad thing to read, but I am glad for your co-workers, God will be my "IN", either by helping see how I can get that BSN or in some other way :)
Good luck and thank you,
Sincerely,
Syntia Alcantar RN
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