Hello all!I've had my ASN for approximately a year now and while I am currently employed, I'm looking for something closer to home and that will allow me to grow in my skills. I'm getting highly discouraged because I'm getting rejected for pretty much everything I apply for. I wonder if I'm doing something wrong or if I should just give up on nursing altogether. I honestly love what I do but I can't seem to get a job at the local hospital to save my life. I've never even interviewed. What can I do?
caliotter3 38,333 Posts Sep 30, 2014 I would try again after you have 18 months, or 24 months experience.
bstewart40 22 Posts Sep 30, 2014 So is my experience as a LPN pretty much irrelevant? I've been a nurse since 2011 but an RN since 2013
allnurses Guide Meriwhen, ASN, BSN, MSN, RN 4 Articles; 7,907 Posts Specializes in Psych ICU, addictions. Sep 30, 2014 So is my experience as a LPN pretty much irrelevant? I've been a nurse since 2011 but an RN since 2013To you and I and any nurse worth their salt, your LPN experience should be very much relevant.Unfortunately, HR often takes a more black-and-white view about it. They don't see a RN with four years' of various nursing experiences, they see a RN with just 1 year of RN experience.
lifelearningrn, BSN, RN 2,535 Posts Specializes in School Nursing. Has 9 years experience. Oct 1, 2014 Maybe have your resume and cover letter professionally critiqued and tweaked?
Palliative Care, DNP 781 Posts Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner. Oct 3, 2014 Go on and proceed to the BSN. A BSN with a couple years experience will take you farther. At least where I live.
