Hello all! Thanks for reading. Sorry if this sounds like a pathetic cry for help, because it sort of is. Here's my deal. I live in Indianapolis, IN. I'm 26, and I'm a new RN with ZERO healthcare work experience and a previous BSN in another field. It's been 6 months since graduation, and I currently have no job of any sort, and the grace period on my massive student loans is quickly coming to an end. By last count, I've applied to about 500 positions in every sector imaginable: hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, assisted living, schools, prisons, home health, non-profit, etc. I'm a non-clinical volunteer at a hospital whenever they need me, which is once a month. A friend offered me a part-time non-medical job, which I think I simply must take just to barely survive. Most of my nursing school classmates - some of them close friends - have landed jobs, which makes this hurt all the more. I'm feeling jealous, cynical, depressed, hopeless, and worst of all, regretful of my decision to become a nurse. It just no longer seems like there are many opportunities in this field. The stress of these months has raised my blood pressure to pre-hypertensive levels, I've dropped a lot of weight because I've lost my appetite (I was already a skinny guy), and I've become self-absorbed and consequently lost my long-time girlfriend. In essence, it seems that becoming an RN has been one of the worst decisions of my life and it's done terrible things to my sanity and self-esteem.
Anyone been in a similar situation? How long did it take you to find work? Where are the Indy jobs? How can I gain experience if nobody is willing to interview me? Please give me a reason to venture on. Thanks.
P.S. My suggestion to anyone currently in nursing school: Get a patient-care tech job now! All my school peers now have RN jobs because they worked during school OR because they had graduate degrees.
Have you considered Correctional Nursing? Corizon hires often and they have several facilities in central Indiana. What about Dialysis, Frenius (sp?) and Davita often have jobs posted on their websites. Have you been applying to LTC / Nursing Homes?
Pinkbob4 have you tried asking the staff from your program for help?
I graduated from the very same program last august, took the nclex in November and landed a job at Riley this week. I had about a 10% return on interviews to job applications.
scargil
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Hello pinkbob4,
Have you considered Correctional Nursing? Corizon hires often and they have several facilities in central Indiana. What about Dialysis, Frenius (sp?) and Davita often have jobs posted on their websites. Have you been applying to LTC / Nursing Homes?
Good Luck and Hang in there!