Robr RN

I am still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up!

Just want to say Hi! I have been around forever and still love nursing after 25 years.

ACLS, BTLS, and PALS may also may be helpful in the hunt. Useful even out of the ED. I am a DON and ED manager in a small hospital (5) ED beds. I look for "Jack's/Jill's of all trades" tend to make excellent ED nurses. If you have not tried a smaller facility it maybe worth while. A nurse manager could double their money with Psych/ED nurse. Good luck!

I think that the projections for the nursing shortage is optimistic considering that the average age of a RN in the US is 46y and that healthcare insurance carriers are promoting (demanding) reimbursement for quality measures which takes the nurse away from the bedside to do quality paperwork instead of providing quality patient care. The population is getting older, more demands of the nurses, no increase pay with the demands. Wow, I am looking forward to working another 20 years now that I am considered average aged! Maybe at 66 I will be average age again!

All have provided good information, especially the comments regarding HR. I am a DON for a small hospital in the south and frequently have the same issues. When I actually get to hire a nurse it is usually someone that has found a way to contact myself or the nurse manager of a specific unit. Sometimes in this business its not what you know, but who you know! Try to send a resume directlythe nurse manager or call if possible, they will have more at stake than HR. Please do not give up your search.