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Specializes in Orthopedics; Oncology.

Has anyone heard about hospitals refusing to hire RN's that have returned to hospital nursing following more than a years absence?

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Specializes in Critical Care, Education.

Sorry you haven't received responses - but the question may be a bit confusing.

Although a job-seeker may feel that s/he wasn't hired due to some form of discrimination, it would be nearly impossible to prove because the individual does not have sufficient information about all the other people who interviewed for that job. This is probably the case in this instance. If an applicant has not worked in the past year, it is highly likely that the hiring manager simply decided to hire a more qualified candidate - someone who had more recent/relevant experience.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Tele, Dialysis, Hospice.

Yes. A few years ago, I decided to return to nursing after taking about seven years off to be home with our kids. Even though all of my previous experience had been hospital nursing, I was turned down for the hospital jobs that I applied for because I didn't have what they called "current experience". I ended up getting hired by an inpatient hospice facility and eventually got hired by a hospital again after that experience, and now I am doing inpatient dialysis for Fresenius!

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Specializes in Nursing Professional Development.

Sure. It happens frequently. When you apply for a job, you are competing against all the other candidates. Employers are going to hire the people who are most qualified -- and who seem most committed to doing the kind of work they are hiring for. A person with current/very recent experience that is similar to the type of work that the job requires will usually win that competition over someone who has not been doing that type of work recently. That is normal and to be expected.

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Specializes in Psych ICU, addictions.
Has anyone heard about hospitals refusing to hire RN's that have returned to hospital nursing following more than a years absence?

A lot of hospitals are requesting recent experience in their job listings. Some even are specific about it, such as asking for at least one year's experience within the last three years.

Perfectly legal for them to do.

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Specializes in Orthopedics; Oncology.

Would an RN with past experience in the hospital setting, be able to volunteer or maybe have a preceptor for a future job?

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