Not enough experience - Has anyone been in this situation?

You are looking at jobs that generally hire experienced and older nurses.  If you need the paycheck, take the hospice job.  How do you even know you'll dislike it in advance?  You will have  more latitude in your nursing judgements than you will get in the other tightly controlled situations you are looking for so don't underestimate the skills you need to survive there.  

If you want nursing jobs that require expertise in technical skills and assessment, you're going to have to develop those skill sets.

Med surg is a really good way to get some skills developed, because you get exposed to IVs, wound care, med passes, assessments.  

Sorry to disappoint you but PACU & IR require more experience in critical care, I know it can be personally disappointing but patient safety should not take backseat. You can call me a hater but there is a reason that most are staffed with older critical care nurses. If interested in the procedural end of nursing GI & ambulatory surgery centers tend to be less acute. Good luck

I wanted to be in the ED so bad.  I had EMT experience,  capstone there too. I applied to hundreds of jobs & got only a few interviews.  If you want a hospital position, keep applying to a hospital to develop your skills and try for a transfer in a year or two. MedSurg, though busy, is a great place to start.  I did 4 years in a cardiac/neuro MS unit before I applied for the ICU. I got my basics under me: assessment, communication, techincal skills. I had a better understanding of the medical ICU going in to the job. I love my job doing MICU with a CTS component. 

For your nursing goals, I'd recommend you start jn a MedSurg area in which you do telemetry and work with cardiac medication such as a Progressive Care or Heart Care unit. If you want OR, find a Surgical or Ortho floor..

But don't give up. Keep applying. And sometimes, you'll find that the job you never thought about may be the fulfillment you've been looking for. 

My understanding is that HR is realistic about the turnover in most positions it simply makes more sense to prioritize hiring people with experience so you don't invest in training an employee that leaves shortly after. This is a major problem in healthcare because it makes it quite hard to access any specialty that you don't already have experience in.