5 mo pregnant and still looking for a job

[RI Nurse]

Hi everyone, I am a new RN graduate from RI, I am 5 months pregnant and still looking for a job, this is my first pregnancy and I don't want to jeopardize it since I am little bit older but that doesn't mean I don't want to work.

Thank God my pregnancy is going so well so far and I will feel pretty good working if I can find a job.

Of course nobody wants to hire a pregnant lady and on top of it no experience except what I got from clinicals.

I will be due on September, I don't want to waste the remaming months just staying home doing nothing. I tried to apply for medical offices, registration secretary at hospital and even apply to volunteer in clinics around my area and I am still waiting.

I really need your advice on this, I am really bored and I don't want to lose what I learned in school.

I am scheduled to get ACLS certification on May, I don't know if it will help with the job search after my pregnancy(interested in ER/OR), but just trying to stay active in learning.

Any suggestions will be really appreciated.

RN Nurse:nurse:.

[orangepink, NP]

RN turnover cost. RN turnover is costly to organizations in terms of quality of patient care, sustainability of the professional nursing organization, and in both direct and indirect financial costs. Jones (2008) calculated the replacement cost of each new nurse in 2007 as $82,000 to $88,000 each. Price Waterhouse Coopers, in 2007, estimated that every percentage point increase in nurse turnover costs an average hospital about $300,000 annually. Replacing new graduate nurses who require additional resources and non-productive time to onboard can be especially costly.

Here's my source/reference in APA format. Please be advised that it was done in 2007 so the cost is definitely higher nowadays.

Ulrich, B., Krozek, C., Early, S., Ashlock, C., Africa, L., & Carman, M. L. (2010). Improving Retention, Confidence, And Competence of New Graduate Nurses: Results from a 10-Year Longitudinal Database. Nursing Economic$, 28(6), 363-375. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.