How Do You Get The Experience If No One Will Give It To You?

[brown eyed girl]

I am a new grad with 7 years experience in long term care as a nurse assistant. I have applied and interviewed in a few places plus got screwed out of a position over something petty at my job and nothing has materialized. I have 2 new leads which I am going to apply to today. I am in a situation where I have to seriously consider an agency where I have a wonderful friendship with the nurse scheduler to get the experience that I need to get my career rolling since I'm having such a difficult time. I understand that this is frowned upon in the nursing community for good reason, but I know my job and yes I know it's more than passing meds and doing tx's. I'M STILL WORKING AS A NURSE ASSISTANT AND I HAVE BEEN LICENSED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF FEB. I put in my 2wks. notice at my job b/c I can't continue to let my job use me since they won't hire me (SEE: I GOT HIRED ONE DAY AND FIRED THE NEXT) as a nurse. I am ready to give up finding a job here in Central Ohio; I could've commuted an hour and fifteen minutes back to Dayton to find a job, at least I would've had better luck. I know what I am getting into working with agency b/c I used to be a agency aide, I KNOW I HAVE MORE RESPONSIBILITY BUT WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?