Unemployment ? CNA Student Nurse resigned due to RN licensure?

[AndreaM]

I filed for unemployment, but does anyone know if I will get it? I worked as a student nurse/cna/nursing care partner during school and resigned upon graduation. I was also getting ready to move to NC to live with my husband. It's been almost 2 months, and still no work. I have talked to some of the nursing recruiters in the area and they said for every posistion they have open they get 50 or more applicants. Both new grads and experienced nurses are having a tough time......... RN's cannot work as care partners for legal purposes.....so does that make me eligible or ineligible? I have read VA law (which is where i went to school and worked) but it doesn't really say anything. Has anyone been in this posistion?

Thanks,

[caliotter3]

Since you relocated you should have no problem getting unemployment.

[AndreaM]

Thanks, but VEC is tricky from the relocating standpoint: "Virginia law specifies that any individual who voluntarily leaves his/her employment to accompany or join a spouse in a new locality be disqualified for benefits. (from VEC website)" so I am hoping that my being a licensed RN will prove ineligibility for my old job...

[CrazierThanYou]

I don't know about VA but in NC, they also use what the former employer reports to decide.

[caliotter3]

In the case you described, no relocation consideration, they will look at the fact that you are refusing CNA work. Very few RNs are located in states where they can not work as CNAs.