Finding a position in a specialty area

[YVCC2012]

Hello!

I've been an RN for about a year and a half now, the first 8-9 months I spent working in a long term care unit and have been in a critical access hospital ACU for just under a year. During nursing school I loved peds/nicu and spent my "residency" (3 wks) there. I've taken PALS, STABLE, extra classes in peds and NICU just to round out my resume but after 1.5 years of trying I'm getting no where! Long term care was absolutely the worst experience of my life and I'm already bored in ACU. Does anyone have any tips when it comes to getting an RN position in a specialty area such as peds, PICU, or NICU? I'll finish my BSN in June 2014 so I'm hoping that will help but any advice would be great.

[rnrg]

Following. I'm a peds trach/vent nurse. I'm so sick of the insecurity and unstable nature of home care I'd love a facility job doing what I do now. I'm due to finish my BSN spring 2015. I'm not CPN although I qualify, no ACLS or PALS due to the astronomical cost. I do plan to obtain them by summer of 2014. My problem is not being able to get interviews, my issue is that there only two sound LTC facilities for pediatric ventilator dependant children in New Jersey! Talk about limiting. I guess eith my honed skills I could shoot for NICU post BSN. But that seems like a narrow path also.