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Yeah I'm in the progress of getting my bachelors I'm just afraid that I'll have my BSN degree before I even hold my first job

I wish I could I moved out of state right after I got my license I graduated in NY and I moved back home to FL. There are some career services here locally that I'll look into interview practice!!1 Its worth a shot!!! Thank You!!!

Sourapril, I have applied but those are the only ones that have never called me at all I have only received call from hospital positions but yes I have considered it all I just want to help people I'm not picky!!!

FutureRN34, I just moved out here to Jacksonville FL in April and the only person I know is my mother she is a hospice nurse but Hospice will not even consider me because they don't accept new nurses without experience. she is new here too and has been talking to anyone and everyone she can and still I cant catch a break!!! I'm not gonna give up but that doesn't change the depression I get from the search ya know?! Thank you for the suggestion though!!!

Thanks LauraRN14 we just cant give up!! yah know it kills me is the longer we have been out of school and clinicals, the more we feel that we are loosing all the knowledge we had!!!! sooooooo...... horrible interviewing skills + disintegrating knowledge = bad situation to be in Employers can have there pick of the roses when it comes to nurses now a days but its their loss and its a shame........ they will be missing out on the diamonds in the rough.

Thanks marjoriejoy You're like my virtual cheerleader

Thank you CaffienePOstat (I love your username by the way) Intimidation is exactly what's going on here and the more I feel the need to impress the worse impression of myself I give. But there is a deeper story behind my initial post: During the short time of my last two semester of nursing school I lost my brother to metastatic colon cancer, my grandfather to complications of diabetes, and my father to a massive stroke it was a devastating and traumatic experience and when I get in front of an interviewer I try so hard for that pain and weakness not to show through on my face but whenever they stare at me I feel as if they can plainly see it (even if they cant) and so I feel vulnerable and the nursing questions don't help and just thinking about caring for others brings back those memories this adds to my awkwardness and seemingly poor communication skills. Even though that experience is exactly what makes me want to care for others even more, its so hard to channel that passion into a normal conversation that will show I'm the nurse they want above everyone else who has their stuff together!! But you're right there has to be a way I can use these things to my advantage I just have to figure it out! You all are a great support and I really do appreciate the time your taking to write to me and give me words of wisdom!!!

I passed the Nclex Febuary 2nd 2013 its creeping up on a year fast!

CrunchRN Thank you for your kind comment, I do realize something needs to change. I have practiced for hours upon hours and researched interview questions to better prepare my own personal experiences and honest and genuine answers but nothing seems to help when I'm at the actual interview, so I do really appreciate your suggestion and I will definitely talk to my doctor about this and see if this helps!!! Thank you so much!!!!

I'm a new nurse, all I want is a chance to make a difference and my opportunity to help others! I just want to vent and share an experience. I am smart, confident, strong, hard working, motivated, goal oriented, fun, friendly, kind, humble, loving, respectful, a compassionate but all of these things means nothing to an employer if you don't interview well. I have perfectly fine communication skills... until I'm sitting in front of an interviewer, spot light is on me and I feel the pressures of the whole world on me and my anxiety kicks in and then I'm left looking incompetent lacking confidence and any kind of knowledge for that matter. I don't buckle under pressure or have problems dealing with stress, if I did I wouldn't be there fighting through the interview... I'm not a quitter!! For so long I have beaten myself up and I would ask "What's wrong with me?" I know I would be a great nurse, employee, peer, whatever I need to be... if someone would look past my interview abilities and flaws and see the potential that's so excitedly but patiently awaiting an opportunity within me! I'm the listening type not the talker type, I like to observe not make a scene.... these are the qualities I would want my nurse to have also! I strongly believe in individualized care and patient advocacy provided through team work, those are the most important things to me as a new nurse! If I keep those as my priorities then everything else considered to be excellent care is included. It has been a rough emotional journey not being welcomed and accepted into your career that you worked so hard for. To not be able to find work after going through nerve-racking interviews is heart breaking. I promise I will not give up as long as you promise to not give up and to not let your passion die before you even get a chance to start it!!!