Help!Stale Nursing experience,Education,Injury,Jobs,Nursing license

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as soon as i graduated from my lpn program, i went right to an lpn to rn program. While in school for my rn, i worked and was paid privately by a family who was told that they had to have 24hr care for their loved one to stay at home. I did the day shift. I took care of her and the family also used me as a consultant for advice. I did this for two years until the patient passed away after surgery, at the hospital. When i graduated, I went into a surgery internship straight out of rn nursing school. I worked in a major CT. Hospital for two years before experiencing a clinical career ending injury. I didn't get much money because you can't beat that hospital, it is more of a monopoly in that state with worker's comp in it's back pocket. As part of the settlement i had to sign that i would never work for them again, which was fine because i knew they were never going to hire me again. They wouldn't hire me for jobs that i could do even though, according to comp they were supposed to, so i saw the writing on the wall way ahead of time. I quickly jumped back into school to get my bachelor degree knowing business nursing was my only option to stay in nursing. In CT you have to be able to lift what they say regardless of the position and i have a permanent lifting restriction to 10 lbs on a regular basis.:no:

I worked HEDIS two summers in a row and did some more private duty being paid directly from the families for two children, but since 2015, I have not worked in an acute care facility. I am afraid that i am now stale. I have applied to multiple positions without any luck. I graduate in May with my BSN, but I am afraid it might not make a difference plus most jobs want more experience or just experience period so even if i get a cert, i won't have any work experience to back it up and the local colleges work with the hospital that I can't work for.

Any advice would be appreciated. I have renewed my license this year, but wonder if i will or even can next year.:arghh:

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