ericarivera78

I am soo there with you. I have worked in healthcare off and on since 1997 as a nurse assistant/home care aide. I went to Soldiers Home School of Nursing and graduated with a nursing diploma in 2009. It was a very tough school program in 10.5 months, I got my license for the state of Ohio thinking maybe I'd have a better job market there...NO WAY! In 12/31/09 I had my licensed transfered to Massachusetts and I was so excited thinking, "I'd have a much better chance here, inmy home town" Well, thousands of resumes later over a 7 month span, interview after interview & I am jobless. I can't even get Welfare or unemployment! If I go back to school, I need 1500 dollars to get my transcripts so I can start the LPN to RN transition without having to take classes I have taken before all over again. So many people that call me tell me they want experienced nurses...but then they say "how can you get experience , if no one hires you"? But they STILL WON'T hire me. I am giving up & I hate to say that but all the tears & sacifices I made to do something I love & once I make all the attempts to better my life & getting a higher education....no one will give me a chance, a chance to grow, a chance to gain experience, a chance to prove to them that even new grads can take care of patients just as good as experienced nurses. We are all here for the same reason, to take care of those who can't care for themselves. To help ease the pain of those hurt, to help heal others wounds & to continue to grow as nurses until the day we die. Can I please get a job? I will go anywhere, any state if someone gives me that chance. Sincerely, Erica New Grad...well am I still new if I graduated July 2009?