petuniaRN67

Do all of the things that Beth has suggested and go a step further. Apply online so that HR has your information. Then call the hospital and ask the operator for the name of the department director for whichever department u would like to work in. Call that director personally and explain that you have applied for the position through HR but you would like to personally come by and speak with him/her at their convenience. Or even better, as someone else said take a copy of ur cover letter and resume and drop by unannounced and ask.for a few minutes of their time. I have never been turned down by doing this and have landed several jobs in this fashion. The people in HR are screening the applicants and they don't have a clue about nursing from environmental services. And I'm not bashing HR as they have their own job to do but they. Are not trained to hire nurses and shouldn't be screening. Everytime I have done this I have asked the director if they had received my resume and application from HR and Everytime they had not. Be assertive and aggressive and u will get a job.

I agree with the other nurses here. I have had issues with depression since I was 23. I started nursing school at the age of 27. I never told anyone at school about my illness and when I was extremely stressed out I vented to my husband and my parents who helped me get thru those rough spots. I have been a nurse now for 18 years and even went thru a complete breakdown about 5 years ago which was not r/t to work but personal issues. I quit my job and took 6 months to pull myself together and no one had a clue that I was having problems of that nature. I just let everyone think I needed to rest and recharge so to speak. With the help of my physician and some med changes I got back on track. You can do this!! However I would not involve the BON at all. I think that would be the worst thing u could do at this point.

If u could find out those companies, I would love to do that. I worked case management In a hospital but I can't find any companies where u can do it from home. Thanks. ...petuniaRN67 email is [email protected]

I am an RN supervisor in LTC facility in TN. We are 'State' ready every day. If you operate every day within your facilities policies & procedures and state guidelines, then you have nothing to worry about. We had our annual survey recently and received a 'deficiency free' survey. I have worked in other facilities where that wasn't the case and management started going into a frenzy a month before their window opened. My experience in those type facilities is that management doesn't want to deal with issues that come up so they are swept under the rug most of the time. It takes more energy to deal with a problem than to ignore it.