Hiedi

I am a new member to this forum so if this is not the proper place for my question, please forgive me and direct me to the correct forum. I have been an RN for almost 8 years. I started in LTC, then got my BSN and moved to psychiatric nursing, which was what I was most interested in. I worked involuntary in-patient psychiatric for about 4 years, then moved to chemical dependency/recovery. I got burned out in psych. I came to realize that it is not where I wanted to be, at least not full time. I have been wanting to move in to a different specialty, but my problem is that I don't have acute care experience. All the open positions require acute care experience. How am I supposed to get this experience if I don't have the experience? Also, I am board certified in psych. I was told by one manager with whom I interviewed that I "have no skills". I am currently working per diem with my employer in detox and recovery. I am actually getting depressed over this situation. Can anybody offer me any advice?