Hello I am an Asian male nursing student in Hawaii. I am concerned about a ER nurse manager at a large hospital. This past summer, I applied for a internship like program and got no calls, no emails, no interviews, no contact what so ever when we were suppose to get at least an interview by what the program description said at our school. It is kind is skeptical. My asian (male/female) and male Caucasian classmates who applied there, and those who had "asian" names had the same things happen to them, NO CONTACT period.
Some of these classmates were ACLS, EKG, and had other certifications and some of them even worked at this large hospital for 2 years as a unit clerk in another department so they know the system of the hospital. Some of these classmates had no experience or ACLS and EKG, etc.
We all found out that the nurse manager hired two Caucasian females who had no prior experience working in a hospital, no ACLS, no EKG certifications. Now, for our last semester of nursing school, which we graduate in spring 2009, for our complex semester, the same Caucasian female had been interviewed again by the same nurse manager and offered the complex position at the ER in this large hospital, while ignoring other Asian classmates and male Caucasians. I found out the nurse manager did call other Caucasian females though.
Does this seem like a racists/sexist behavior by the nurse manager? What do I do? I emailed my professor who is coordinating the last semester complex assignents but I'm awaiting for her response. For next semester, I chose 1) ICU, 2) ER, 3) Telemetry.
Just a thought and I have no intentions on offending anybody, if I got my NP degree, would I be able to have easier time dealing with this type of behavior? Like for example, would I be able to have more legal heirachal power over this person? (THIS IS JUST A THOUGHT AND I DONT INTEND ON BEING AN A-HO
