new grad -3 yrs ago. homemaker. now, cant find job

Published

hi! I am an RN with a doctorate degree in chiropractic too. I was boarded in 2005. Never worked after internship. Stay at home homemaker. Trying deperately to get into nursing now. Looking ALL OVER COUNTRY. Nobody will even hire me as a new grad. Any advice? Worked as an ER tech through school and feel confident to go into hospital. :banghead:

(my first choice is dialysis as i just donated my kidney but med/surg is welcome!)

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in SICU.

Look for a nursing refresher course. How long has it been since you worked as an RN? Did you ever work as an RN?

I am taking the boarding and internship in 2005 was for the chiropractic degree or am I wrong?

If you graduated as an RN in 2005 and never had a job, how have you kept your license up to date?

Which ever way, you need a refresher, as health care changes very quickly. Nursing school teaches you only the very basic's of nursing and with the time gap you would have lost knowledge even form that level. Hospital don't want to spend even more money on you as compared to a resent new grad to get you to the level of competence.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

moving this to the general forum for more input

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in ICU/ER.

I find it hard to belive that no one in the entire country will hire you? I know my hospital just hired an RN who has not worked in well over 15 years, she got her nursing degree, worked for 1 year then got her elemenatry teaching lic, taught for 10, stayed home for awhile then decided she would like to just work a baylor weekend premium job, so she came back to nursing. She makes more a year just doing Fri/Sat nights then she did teaching.

Call nursing recruiters/hr at your local hosp. Inquire about a job shadow,that way the floor can see you in person and if you have a good attitude and show that your going to be a team player, they will be a big pull in getting you hired.

Best of luck. I know there are plenty of jobs in the midwest, and I am only assuming we are not alone.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in being a Credible Source.

You definitely need to focus your search on areas where new grads are sought after. In many areas, the supply of new grads far outpaces the number of positions for them. Applying into one of those regions really limits your chances.

Up Vote Up Vote ×

Call up a few nursing recruiters and get their input. If you are flexible about where you work. If you are flexible about which floor and shift you work, the more chances you have for work.

Up Vote Up Vote ×

Have you thought about applying for a rehab job with your local VA?

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in CCRN-CMC-CSC: CTICU, MICU, SICU, TRAUMA.

There are lost of hospitals with the nurse refresher course...for nurses just like yourself... if you sent me a private message I'll tell you of a few I know...

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Med-Surg/Tele, ER.

There's no way my, or darn near any other, med-surg unit would turn you down. I say go medical and get your skills in order before you specialize.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
+ Join the Discussion