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I have been out of nursing for 5 years and the hospital where I currently work said the same thing...they want me to spend my money on a refresher course and commit to them for one year on med/surg. I went to another hospital that I had worked in Postpartum 5 years ago (I left for personal reasons), and they offered me a position back on Postpartum! The manager stated that out of all of the applicants she had, I already had the OB experience and she felt I hadn't lost any of it. She said that the only thing different would be learing the paperwork and hospital policies, which everying gets oriented to anyway. She THANKED me for applying for the position! Woohoo! I start 3/17.
I agree with the per diem. Don't lose hope and good luck!
RNagain
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Thanks for all of your replys about my attempting to go back into nursing after 6 years. I went to a job fair the other day and have been depressed ever since. I spoke with several recruiters and they were less than helpful. They had a very hard time getting past the "six years". They would let me go right to med/surg with a short part-time orientation but for mother/baby they want a full-time 3 month orientation. With 5 children aged 6 and younger and a husband who works 12 hours a day and travels alot there is no way that I can do 3 months full-time. My dreams of OB are dying a slow death!! They did not really care that I am very current in breastfeeding, faithfully read my JOGNN, have been doing legal consulting on birth injury cases for 5 years for my husband ( he is an attorney), and am a Certified Infant Massage Instructor. Not to mention having a lot of "life" experience with birthing and newborns. They were only focused on the dreaded 6 years. I have tried to stay somewhat current as much as possible with the literature, but they did not care. So, I guess that my nursing career will not be resumed until my youngest (who is 8 months old) is in pre-school.
Thanks for letting me rant. I actually feel better now.