I'm on tpapn please help me!!!!!

[texasgirl77]

I have medical center ICU experience so I'm good and I graduated from UT in the med center butI can't even get an interview with a long term care facility. What am I supposed to do???

[jkaee]

Tough one. I know of one nurse that had a restricted license. Typically, these nurses are in non-clinical areas, meaning no med carts. Maybe look for more of a "paperwork" job ie: careplans, MDS's, insurance companies, etc. That way, no one has to pick up extra duties because of your restrictions, and it makes leaving for drug testing easier.

Keep in mind that your experience and/or school don't amount to a pinch of puppy poop to future employers. Fact is you're a liability. That's why you are having such trouble finding a job.

I wish you the best.

[Kammi]

Sorry some kind of way the sentences got mixed up

[Golden_RN, MSN]

If you are to not have any access to narcotics, LTC may not work out. Licensed nurses usually work pretty independently in LTC, meaning you may be the only nurse on a wing/unit, and there isn't someone else around to pass narcs for you. Additionally, narcs are locked in the same cart as the other meds (albeit in an additional locked drawer). I don't know what the solution is, but I suspect a traditional nursing role in LTC isn't appropriate.

[CapeCodMermaid, RN]

Can’t even get a job at a LTC? That’s pretty insulting to those of us who work in that field

[Golden_RN, MSN]

On 2/8/2019 at 2:02 PM, CapeCodMermaid said:

Can’t even get a job at a LTC? That’s pretty insulting to those of us who work in that field

RIGHT!!!

[Tenebrae, BSN, RN]

On 2/9/2019 at 11:02 AM, CapeCodMermaid said:

Can’t even get a job at a LTC? That’s pretty insulting to those of us who work in that field

Boom! Lady nailed it.

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

Thread is from 2010... OP hasn't posted since then.