LunaBuna

Hi All, I realize I'm a little late to this thread but I wanted to know more about this program. Do they offer a psych NP post masters certificate? I have my CNM and I am trying to find an affordable program. I am also based in CA so not sure if I am allowed to join this school and also if there will be increased out of state costs. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

While I appreciate your offering input, it doesn't feel to me that it is very supportive. I actually have tried smaller hospitals both in this area and within a 150 mile radius. I don't have issues working in any area and I don't care about big name hospitals - I just wanted to move out of community health nursing and it's really difficult for a nurse without acute care experience to get an opportunity even though I've been a nurse for 6 years - I don't care how small the hospital is. I actually got a job in Fresno so it worked out but thanks for your opinion.

Hi! Let's talk! I'll send you a PM with my number. I'm in San Mateo County. I have some ideas for you. Ah! I can't send a PM bc allnurses won't let me. Can you PM me?

I'm in Cali and in the same boat. 5 years community health experience - NO JOBS!

How did you get hired in SF?!?! I've been struggling to find a job.

I'm also looking for jobs in the Bay area. It's so competative! Any tips? I really want to be in patient in literally ANYTHING. My background is 5 years of community health nursing.

Yes, thank you! I pour over Indeed every day! I stopped trying with Kaiser - that's like the ivy league of hospitals out here and it feels impossible to get an interview! I will look more at LinkedIn as well. Unfortunately, I don't have the experience to travel unless I want to do home health (blah). I'm trying to get an inpatient gig. I will keep trying!

COngrats! I'm still searching. Unfortunately, I don't have the acute care hospital experience so it is really tough to find anything but home health nursing for me. Wish me luck!

what's the update? Were you able to find a job?

I'm posting this because I really want to know if others have had a similar experience - with that said, please no mean comments. I started nursing as a second career. I got into community health nursing and actually truly loved what I was doing. I thought I wanted to be a midwife so I went ahead and left my job to pursue this degree. I went through all of the hoops and a pretty intense clinical and finally graduated with my degree. I thought, well great, now I can be a midwife! WRONG! All I found were crap jobs. And I know some may say "well you have to do the crappy ones to get the ones you want" but at this point in my life, I don't have time to be doing things I don't want to do for less pay and more hours. I am SO disappointed in midwifery. I ended up taking a job at Planned Parenthood, which I actually really liked even though I wasn't practicing full scope. However, I got furloughed! APRN degrees can't even guarantee you stability! And now I've moved to California and there are barely any open positions here. Even the clinic positions, (which is what I ended up doing last year) won't take me here because most of them require a WHNP (and I was doing all this role without this certification because, as you may know, CNMs do everything WHNPs do plus intrapartum care). I regret going down this road SO much. All the time and the money and the loss of a great career that I had in front of me. Every day I sit here applying to jobs full of regret about my career path. It's not the end of the world, (well it might be with everything else that's going on)...I've been applying to mainly nursing gigs since moving here. Even those are hard to come by seeing as my resume jumps around. All I qualify for right now is home health and I don't want to go into that. I really want to get into the bedside and just try to forget I ever got this degree in the first place. If you are considering midwifery, I won't say don't do it, but please have meaningful job prospects in mind before going through with it. If you live in the Bay Area and have some contacts you wouldn't mind sharing or some advice that is helpful for me in my job search, please PM me. In need of some good thoughts and inspiring words because I'm trying not to cry about all of this.

Yes I agree and I also feel like some of the referrals are really not appropriate - like “family requests home health nurse to check vitals” ummmm no thanks. This is not the hospital. They are isolating themselves at home for a reason. I feel bad but I also feel like why would we open up that case and put staff and other patients/families at risk. I think home health agencies really need to assess the need for home care rather than just look at making money.

Thanks for the heads up! Does it have to be responses to other people’s posts or does it also include my own posts?

WOW!! What a small world and how cool is allnurses?! I would love to send you a PM but I’m new on this site and it isn’t letting me send PMs yet - not sure how to get that privilege.

Thank you for the advice! I’m moving to CA, specifically Palo Alto. I’m really not sure what is in that area. I’m moving from CT so it is a big change for me. I hear you about the APRN degree - sometimes I wonder if I should even include it in my resume to be honest.

Hi All! Long time follower but first time posting something on here. So many questions I want to ask but I will start with the most pertinent. I went through an accelerated program 5 years ago and became an RN. I went into community health nursing working in a health center and home health care. After that I went on to get my MSN to be an APRN but I have since decided that was not the best idea (that’s another post for another time). I truly want to do bedside nursing but I it is as if I am handcuffed to home health care forever. I can’t get into the hospital because I don’t have the experience. Just to add another layer... I am moving to another state so it makes things more complicated in terms of connections. I hope I get some advice on here and please be kind!