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I'm a little frustrated. Like many of the others I couldn't find a job after getting my RN license. I finally found a job in a SNF. I worked there for 6 months then decided to go back to school and get my BSN. I really wanted a job in a hospital but everyone wanted you to have at least a years experience. I got a job working at an ALF. In the meantime still looking for a higher paying job. I worked there for two years. Thinking this would be concidered experience. But no, I was told thats "not nursing" either. I worked through an agency at a PACE program for a while. Then got hired as an RN/Case manager for hospice. And I love this job. However I want to try something new. I've been getting calls from jobs but when they interview me I'm told i dont have any experience in an acute care setting. I'm stuck in Hospice. I feel like I chose the wrong career. Very frustrated.

I recently left the specialty hospital setting after five years to become a case manager. To tell you the truth, I'll be perfectly fine if I never perform direct patient care ever again. The hospital setting is not all it is cracked up to be.

Many hospital nurses would love your hospice case manager job. It is flexible, autonomous, and respected. You've got a good thing and don't even realize it. It boggles my mind why someone would want to leave a nice CM job to bust their butt, sling bedpans, push a med cart and fetch HS snacks in an inpatient setting.

Didn't you used to say that you'd only worked in LTC before and never a hospital? I apologize if I'm confusing you with someone else...

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Didn't you used to say that you'd only worked in LTC before and never a hospital? I apologize if I'm confusing you with someone else...
I started out in LTC, then worked at a specialty hospital for five years (2010 to 2015). Here's the caveat...I've never worked at a general acute care hospital.
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I started out in LTC, then worked at a specialty hospital for five years (2010 to 2015). Here's the caveat...I've never worked at a general acute care hospital.

I've never heard of a non-acute care hospital. I was just curious.

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