HIVRN

Hello all, I am a first-time poster here, I need the opinions and advice of more experienced nurses:heartbeat I graduated nursing school last May, 4 year degree (not to brag,but I was top of my class) received my licence in June. The hospital that I was working for, for 5 years did not hire me as an RN even though I had a contract with them that in exchange for them to pay for part of my schooling I had to work for them as an RN for a year. As far as I knew my supervisor gave me glowing reviews and truly nobody that I've talked to could figure out how come I wasnt hired. So, naturally, I starting looking other places and the first place that offered me a job (this is by August) was the local health department. The job was working as a case manager serving HIV+ patients, by this time I was desperate and I took it. We do have clinic 3 times per month where I get to draw blood, take vitals, give shots, do some assesments from time to time, we do lots of education on HIV prevention, med management, etc. Still I know that spending a year as an inpatient nurse is invaluable. I've applied for part time positions at just about all the hospitals in the area, but no luck. What I want to know is, did I make the wrong move by taking this job as my first job in nursing? What can I do to further my experience, make myself more marketable? thanks:nurse: