winterlove10

I recently passed my RN licensure in Florida and was over the moon! I thought that the NCLEX and nursing school was going to be the hardest part of starting my career. But it seems as though RNs are now a dime a dozen. I have been an LPN for three years working in acute/long term care. I have also been a member of the Association of Perioperative Nurses for over a year as well as volunteering at Mayo Clinic in the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit. All of this seems to be of no interest to employers. I realize I live in a city that pumps out new graduates like a factory, so the competition is high. Just feeling a little down that all my hard work, and I am sure other new grads feel my pain, has been for nothing. I will work any floor...any shift! I ultimately want to become a certified OR nurse...but I know I have to pay my dues and work from the bottom up. I am willing to work!!