Only ''Fill in the blank" Nurses Need Apply?

[All4NursingRN]

I recently saw a job opportunity that really.... really piqued my interest but they are asking specifically for combined ED/SICU/Surg-step-down experience.

I mean why can't they just ask for ED-trauma experience with certs or SICU experience???

Heck I'm an awesome ED/trauma nurse, I haven't worked SICU or surg-step down but I've seen a plethora of floor and ICU surgical cases and level 1 trauma cases too!

I just hate when I see a job posted that I know I can tackle but it says....

fill in the blank experience required!

Plenty of nurses have experience that can translate into a variety of specialties.... give us the opportunity & let us shine!!!

[NYTramaRN, RN]

That's the typical " lets do more with less" AKA: While your at it stick this broom up your butt so you can sweep as you go along."

I've been pulled to as many as 3 different areas in the course of a shift to "put out fires" indirectly caused by the use of less experience, and less expensive staff in said areas

Historically line #25 in the nursing job description has always been " and anything else we forgot to mention above"

[All4NursingRN]

NYtramaRN you may be right.

Your post reminds me of a former co-worker who accepted a new position. She said that the recruiter told her she'd be able to ''feel out'' 3 different outpatient positions in 3 different areas each for 1 month and the she'd get to ''decide'' which area she'd like to work in.

Now albeit she did have connections in getting the job (former boss referred her to the recruiter) it seemed a bit fishy to me that she'd get to ''feel out'' each area for 1 month??? That sounds like she really will be orienting in each unit for a month and then become a ''float'' whenever needed.

She was thrilled at the idea but my senses made me think otherwise.

I don't really know if that's how it panned out but it seemed a bit odd that she'd be given such a lengthy orientation (read: trial run) in varying areas just so she could choose the area she liked the most.

[BrandonLPN, LPN]

You could still apply for this position. What have you got to lose?

They're trying to thin the herd of applicants because, as has been said, the economic facts on the ground enable them to do so. But, you never know, if you have a well written cover letter that stresses your ER experience and specifically highlights how that experience could be of use to them.... they might just call you in anyway.

I've applied for various jobs that I didn't have the "required" specific experience for. But I still landed an interview for many of them because I was able to eloquently describe how the experience I DID have would be of great benefit to their department/facility.