hello all

Thanks Don for the reply. I will try to believe that you are correct. I was hoping not to have to resort to moving (again) to work in my profession. I realize that some of my "lacks" ie. not a nurse practitioner may be holding me back but at my age it does not seem feasible to pursue that nor can I afford it at this time. Plus, it has been my experience that the average nursing job does not require all the education in the world, and yet the want ads are very exacting and exclusively written. Meanwhile, I watch the positions continue to be posted and unfilled... Thanks again for not only reading my rant but reaching out to a fellow nurse. It is appreciated. elbo

I'm sorry to hear of your frustration. Age discrimination is illegal, but it sounds like it's alive and well. Hang in there and good luck.

Come to California, my facility hires more experienced nurses all the time!!

hello again,

thanks Tweety for your post and it's support of me. Tazzi, where in California are you? I am a behavioral RN with 12 yrs. of detox/psych. on top of 20 yrs. med/surg. Never had time to get a degree but have seen it all and then some. I have also saved alot of lives the old fashioned way, with CPR and noticing someone was in deep sh-- before they crashed; sent a gal once who presented for detox who looked really toxic and addicts surely can look bad, anyway she had this petichiae(?sp) and so I insisted she get med. clearance at the local ED and she had leukemia! The point is I know what I am doing and would like to do it! I have been suspecting a bit of age discrimination since the folks I interview with are often younger, but the other piece is equally annoying and that is the lack of professioanlism and lack of garden variety manners in this process. Oh well, I thank God I have saved to get me thru. It is getting difficult to put on a happy face for interviews though. I have often thought nurses have to give Academy Award performances frequently and I will have to also, if/when that next interview comes along. It is helpful to have this forum and fine folks reaching out to say thinking of you. Take good care, elbo

Oh........we don't have psych or detox, we ship those out. But we have a really strong medsurg unit. I know lots of experieced nurses who travel to this area on contracts and some of them end up staying because they like it.

Come to Canada we love experience up here many stay past retirement