Sorry Nurse Recruiters/Nurse Managers!

[Isitpossible]

As I receive rejection after rejection for nursing jobs, I feel the need to apologize to nurse recruiters/managers who overlook my BSN because I lack patient care tech experience.

I am sorry I could not afford to take a job as a tech making 7 an hour. You see while attending school part-time, I needed to maintain a home, equipped with mortgage payments, children and all the other responsibilities of wife and mother.

I m sorry you cant see that I carried a gpa over 3.0 even with the all the responsibilities I have.

I'm sorry that you cant see that for past 2 ½ years of nursing school, I stayed up late each night studying or preparing care plans while working 40 hours a week.

I'm sorry that you can't see how I worked tirelessly in every aspect of my life to obtain a second degree.

I'm sorry that you can't see that despite a lack of patient care experience I am mature, driven, focused, ambitious and hard working.

I'm sorry that you can't see that I passed by NCLEX exam with 75 questions in under one hour. Not because of exceptional knowledge, because I studied tirelessly!

I'm sorry that you can't see how I was complimented time and time again by not only my clinical instructors but more importantly the patients who I cared for. I wish you could hear the amount of times a patient or the family said "you are going to be great nurse."

I'm really sorry you can't see past this lack of experience and have formed a judgment against me before knowing me.

[Anna Flaxis, BSN, RN]

What happens when the home health pt codes and it's just you and your black bag? No code team, No doctors, No experienced nurses around to help. Sure, you could call 911, but while waiting for the ambulance you'd better be performing CPR...

Or, do you have the assessment skills to distinguish between the patient's baseline and an impending code, and intervene appropriately and thus prevent said code? Some people look bad at baseline, and it's not appropriate to call 911. However, subtle changes from baseline could indicate a decline. Having the skill to tell the difference is typically something that comes with experience.

[netglow, ASN, RN]

But, you see most of these pop up home health companies (more open daily) really aren't legit. They just want you to chart and leave for the next patient. Really, it's about submitting charting for reimbursement. Sure there are a few good ones, but many more scams than legit.

These new nurses especially the ones who've never had another career - work for these places, learn nothing and think they are doing great guns! They do what they are told, but forget that it's all on them, not their employer.

[Aongroup1990, CNA]

Yeah, well 7 an hour isn't bad...It's better than nothing. But you did it for your own reasons. I can't judge, I can only sympathize....