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I am a nurse living in the high desert i am very frustrated because can't find work out here I am currently working home health to which it is not to pay bills having 4 or 5 patient is not enough to pay bills and then I get a call for an interview at a ltc facility because someone was leaving and the day before my interview i get the call to say the person decided to stay there are only 3 ltc facilities up here and the hospital doesn't hire LVN need work asap can anyone help loosing my mind not used to this. anyone with job information in California let me know.:)

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I'm frustrated too....with the way your post is written! Punctuation please! Yikes!

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Specializes in LTC, Memory loss, PDN.

telegramstyle without the stops oh my

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Specializes in Peds, Hospice, Home Health, Dementia.
I'm frustrated too....with the way your post is written! Punctuation please! Yikes!

Ha ha ha ha!! I read it three times and am still confused as to what the question is! EEK!

Sorry... I don't mean to be rude, but we really can't answer a question we don't understand!

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Specializes in LTC.

Id pack up and MOVE to a new place where the town is bigger and has more opportunities...Try looking for online apps for jobs and relocation ideas. Unless...you are willing to travel back and forth to a job.

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
anyone with job information in California let me know.:)
I know that I am sounding pessimistic, but your best bet is to relocate away from southern California. Sorry, but the area has several hundred private LVN programs that are being offered at for-profit trade schools, which means that gluts of new nurses are being churned into the local job market without enough jobs to absorb all of the new grads. In the high desert area, a new and inexperienced nurse is a dime a dozen, especially when there's nothing to differentiate you from the rest of the crowd.

If moving is not an option, you can do things to turn yourself into an attractive applicant. Become certified in ACLS, PALS, phlebotomy, IV therapy, blood withdrawal, etc. Also, be willing to commute. I know of people who live in the high desert and must commute to the San Fernando Valley area for work. Good luck to you!

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