Feeling Stuck

[RNFELIZ]

I have been out of work for almost 8 months now since I gave birth to my son. I left nursing because I wanted to raise my two children (2 and 8 months) and nurse my son until he was one. We dont trust daycares and we really dont have a good support system in Boston. I feel stuck. I want to go back but feel I need retraining but dont have the finances for it but my husband says I have not been out for long and I only have 8 months of nursing experience under my belt from working at a nursing home. Im trying to find a resolution to this but I fear I will be denied a job because of the length of time I have been out. What are your suggestions?

[jadelpn, LPN, EMT-B]

Will the nursing home take you back per diem? Perhaps a weekend a month or every other weekend when your husband is home?

If you have 8 months of experience, but have only been out of work 8 months, then I am sure that it will be much like riding a bike--it will all come back to you.

I would start where you left off. As the kids get older and into school, then perhaps it will be different. But for right now, I would attempt to go back to the nursing home, but on a per diem basis.

[RNperdiem, RN]

As the above poster recommended, how about a per diem job in LTC. It is an area you have some experience, and being out less than a year is not that much.

When my kids were born, once a week per diem on the weekends kept some money flowing in(good weekend differentials), we never needed to hire any childcare since my husband works weekdays only, and I could make up my schedule in a way to fit the needs of the family.

Apply for jobs anyway. What have you got to lose by trying?