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Jobless RN

I am a new grad with my BSN from South Carolina. I passed the NCLEX and searching for any type of work. My spouse is in the Navy and just got stationed in Bremerton, Washington. I registered and got approved for my Washington state license but no one wants to hire a nurse without 1 years experience. I have 4 months experience in a long term/ rehab facility but apparently that doesn't count for anything. Do I have any chance at finding a job? Any suggestions on what to do?

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    Go to the employment office on the base?

    See if there are jobs available at the base clinic/hospital?

    I'm sorry its so frustrating for you right now.

    Maybe try another LTC job?

    Good luck.

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    If you are a BSN-RN, you could also consider joining the Armed Forces. That may not guarantee an assignment with your spouse but often you can engineer that. If your spouse is enlisted, this becomes a bit trickier though.

    Just a thought.

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    there is so. Just keep trying!

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    Have you tried usajobs.gov?

    Here's a posting for Bremerton and it talks about military spouse preference in hiring in the ad:USAJOBS - Search Jobs

    Also, there are sometimes MWR jobs for RNs- usually roles that are similar to public health nursing in the civilian world.

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    That's a good site to check. In my area there is one full time RN position open in the VA Nursing Home unit on PM's. Pay: $51,541.00 - $91,435.00 /year

    Applications accepted through Dec. 24. Just waiting for my license renewal to get cleared. Not my clinical area of choice, but for $90k working for the US Govt? I can learn to like it. :D

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    Bremerton is one of the hospitals we 'new' Navy nurses can go to (note i'm in the NCP) - consider applying for the Nurse Corps (if that's your thing).

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    Do you have enough income to work pro-bono? If so, perhaps you can intern here and there...

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    I'm thinking LTC.

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    Try outpatient hemodialysis....

    They hired me without experience at all. However the economy at the time wasn't quite the same when I started. If anybody wonders why only 4 months experience only your spouse being transferred due to the military is a valid answer!

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    Thanks everyone for your replys!!!

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