You need to be persistent. I have worked with the highest acuity patients in the world. I have worked CV surg/transplant ICU, ran Ecmo, worked level 1 trauma ect. I have multiple degrees. I am published. I have applied to 3 jobs in Hawaii so far. All failures, 0 interviews. Know what I will do next? Apply for my 4th.. my 5th.. my 6th. I will continue until someone sees that I am an asset. Persistence. There is no fair and not fair. We are owed nothing. There is only your persistence. Maybe you need to go off island to get experience under your belt. Maybe you need to talk to someone in person to be able to express your passion for nursing. Work at it and you will achieve it. How bad do you want it?