WVnurse6608

Thank yo for all of the advice. I have tried out of hospital positions as well. I have tried urgent care, hospice, travel nursing, primary care offices and even temp companies. They all either want a year of hospital experience or LPNs. I am really stuck. The thing is now every hospital know I am already diabetic. I have been continually applying for every dayshift position that opens up. Maybe I am being too forceful. I will try not telling anyone about my diabetes and using personal reasons in my next interview and see what happens. I just got so worn out with dancing around the issue that I just started asking up front if they would consider me for a dayshift job and they said no. Again thanks for all the help and if you think of anything else please post it. I am so desparate for money I am cleaning houses with my mom, which is something I thought I did four years of school to avoid.

I graduated at the top of my class and cannot get a job. Everyone else I know had a job lined up before graduation and I could not find a hospital that would hire me. I have IDDM and need a day shift position to accommodate my insulin/meal plan. If I am up at night burning calories my blood sugar drops. I have worked two nightshifts to try it out and both time my blood sugar dropped below 30. when I tell nurse recruiters this they tell me they can't guarantee me a dayshift position and to try somewhere else. I have tried every hospital in a 50 mile area of WV. I have even made it to a couple of interviews but was immediately told I didn't get the job. I have taken and passed the NCLEX and thought having a permanent license. Would help but even after reapplying I still cannot get a job. I have been accepted to grad school and have no way to pay my tuition. My parents think I should just take a night shift job, but I don;t think I should have to sacrifice my health or a safety of my patients. Does anyone have any ideas how I should approach this differently or any other places I could apply in WV. Am I really being discriminated against or can they really say they refuse to start new nurses out on dayshift?