help

Hello to all who read this thread. I love this website and hope my plea reach as much ears as possible.

Background on me:

My name is Leslie Ann Rodriguez. In May 2012, I graduated from the CUNY-Herbert H Lehman College with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing. I pursued excellence in nursing studies as demonstrated by my academic honors. To prepare me for employment as a new grad nurse, I completed the Montefiore Summer for Clinical Assistants (Student Nurse Intern). Currently, I live in Bronx New York so that you can get an idea of my difficulty.

Personal frustrations:

I have done (and I keep a list) over 100+ applications online for an RN position (hospitals and others). It has come to a point where I even did research on working as an LPN with an RN license -->>> I decided it was too risky since I will be held to an RN scope of practice even with an LPN job description. When that idea failed, I resorted to walking my area for MD practices. While I knew medical assistants programs exploded this year, I had no idea on the effect it would have on me. 98% of the practices I went to do not hire nurses. They use only medical assistants. One facility employee took a jab at me by saying they only hire medical assistants because they do just as much work as nurses and at a cheaper cost.

I tried doing everything I can possibly think of to get a job:

-Online applications to everything I find

-Speaking to professional contacts on job availability

-Spoke to friends and family

-Created online webpages

-Used different venues of job searches (Ex. Monty, HHC, Craigslist, LinkedIn, VNS, RecruitANurse, and so forth)

-Brain is so tired I can't think anymore....

Please, all who read this thread, do you know any facility/hospital/anyone who will hire a hardworking new grad nurse?

I appreciate all those who read this thread and any help I receive.