Ckwil1948

Ckwil1948

Member
  • Content

    17
  • Visitors

    985
  • Followers

    0

About Ckwil1948

Latest Activity

  1. Laid off after 38 years

    I am going to check on the amt I can get from Medicare at age 62, and then find out how much I can make doing something outside of nursing. I live 50 miles west of Chicago, and I can paper the walls with resumes in the form recommended by the unemplo...
  2. Laid off after 38 years

    YOU GUYS ARE ALL GREAT!! I WILL TURN 62 IN NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR, SO IF I FILED FOR SOCIAL SECURITY i COULD EARN A LITTLE, BUT I AM WONDERING HOW I MIGHT SUPPLEMENT MY INCOME IF I CAN'T EVEN FIND PART-TIME NURSING WORK. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY IDEAS? I...
  3. Unemployed 6 months and counting, Frustrated

    I feel your pain! I was laid off with 4 other RNS 2 months ago. I have been an RN for 38yrs full-time, and I can't get arrested. I try to keep busy,but I get really restless to work! I have done so much computer work for my searches that I feel more ...
  4. Laid off after 38 years

    The state of Illinois is a mess! After 2 months of looking, I can't find a job,and I don't know what to do next! I worked at a multi-specialty clinic,a series of doctor's offices, let 5 RN's and 3 Aides go on June 11th. At 61 I am in great shape,I ca...
  5. New Grad RN taking a Tech Position?

    Health Care is in a horrible state when this kind of issue pops up!! I am "Unemployed after 38yrs." I have worked hard all through my career. There is no nursing shortage-employers are just to cheap to hire educated employees! I live near a college t...
  6. New Grad RN taking a Tech Position?

    DO WHATEVER YOU CAN TO MAKE MONEY! SEE THE LATEST NOTE FROM "LAID OFF AFTER 38YRS". Hospitals and clinics are laying off RNS in favor of cheaper workers!
  7. Laid off after 38 years

    Still looking for work. Everybody wants experience, and what I have is apparently not needed by anybody! It makes me so mad! You need Med-Surg experience even to work the generic places! My experience is in office nursing and long ago in labor and de...
  8. Laid off after 38 years

    Thank you all for your help and support. I was turned-down for a job at an extended-care nursing facility yesterday-they found someone else. I have tried travel nursing, but one year was about all I could take, for various reasons! All the other Rn's...
  9. Laid off after 38 years

    I am still looking for work, but with my great health and experience, the MD's are looking for youth, not experience, I have no family and I live from paycheck to paycheck,so this makes me furious!! Chris
  10. Laid off after 38 years

    Hi! My computer crashed yesterday. I am happy to say I am back on-line,but I can't seem to get the responses I have been getting in the past! I am still here, and would love to hear from all of you, or anybody in nursing who has been laid off! I had ...
  11. Laid off after 38 years

    HEY! WHODATNURSE-I know just what you are feeling-I wake up early in the morning feeling panicky and depressed,BUT IT IS ONLY A FEELING!! Get up, exercise any way you can,and get out of the house if you are inside and feeling confined! Do not take th...
  12. Laid off after 38 years

    You know,i just don't know what to think anymore! Whether they can fire me because i am older, just isn't an issue for me, anymore-i want a job!! I went to an interview at a nursing home this morning, and found that the director of nursing was in a 3...
  13. Laid off after 38 years

    HI ALL! WELL, I JUST GOT HOME FROM THAT INTERVIEW AT THE EXTENDED-CARE FACILITY. THEY REALLY GRILLED ME LIKE I HAVE NEVER BEEN GRILLED BEFORE-"HOW WOULD YOU HANDLE THIS, HOW WOULD YOU HANDLE THAT? I WAS RIGHT, THE DIRECTOR WAS VERY INTENSE. JUST TO M...
  14. Laid off after 38 years

    Thanks again, all of you for your love and support!! I 90 min I have an interview at a local extended-care facility. I got the offer yesterday. God, my stomach is in a big knot right now-I will keep you posted. Pray for me!!! Thanks, Chris!!
  15. Laid off after 38 years

    Bless you all! When i make the require the 15 posts that allow me to respond individually, i will thank you all online! Chris