Very Upset And It's Affecting My Marriage

[jurneesma]

I graduated in May 08' got my official licensce in Sept.and I still cannot find work. I have put in so many applicatons, seems like no one wants to take on a "New Grad". But how the heck are you supposed to get experienced when no one will hire you. I have prayed to God soo hard for employment. It is now Nov. and I even started applying for positions outside of nursing. At this point I just don't know what to do. I cry at night and Job hunt in the day. I'm all tapped out. To top it all off my husband makes snide comments, here and there, like somebody has to make the money and I don't care if we go negative in the bank i' going up north ( Northern CA.) to spend Thanksgiving with MY family. I'm to the point where I want to say forget it and qiut my marriage. I'm going into the R.N program in Jan 09' if I can afford it at this point. Come Dec. I have to start paying back the student loan. Heck I can hardly pay for gas in my car. Not to be mean but I feel some employers don't call me because i'm not bilingual. everytime I see a new LVN position it says english/spanish prefered seriously from LTC's/SNF - Kaiser Permanente. I'm like it's not my fault people don't want to learn english which is supposed to be USA's language. So i'm being punished. I worked my butt off in school and graduated with honors along with being IV certified. I have been getting more and more depressed, to where I have gained 10lbs in a month. Worse part is I filled out all the employment stuff for a home helath agency American Private Duty they told my of a possible job, and that they would call me back. That was a month and a half ago. I wish someone would have told me how hard it would be to get a job. I would have ecome an M.A at half the expense. Not to mention that I am competing with the rest of my classmates 27 to be exact for the same jobs. Feeling soo hopeless and alone. Any advice?// :bluecry1:

[Cherybaby]

Hi there, Im sorry to hear about ur marriage and its unfortunate you had to share that with the board.

I am, however very disturbed by your lack of understanding toward bilingual RN's.

Your comment "why am I being punished, the language of the USA" ...etc blah blah ... has severe racial negativity and tells us of your lack of understanding of bilingual hiring practices.

1 out of every 65 nurses is bilingual and you think that job should have been for you!!! Haha!!

Never mind that we as nurses are suppossed to provide compassionate care to our patients, clearly you dont understand that your employer has paying customers that they wish to accomodate. Should people in the USA not recive services for which they pay?

After reading your post im not surprised you werent hired!

I have to be honest here. I find it amusing that you state that "we as nurses are suppossed [sic] to provide compassionate care to our patients..." yet you cannot find it in your heart to find compassion for a fellow nurse who is downtrodden and asking for help. No, she may not understand about hiring practices as they relate to bilingual nurses (and frankly, wouldn't those vary from facility to facility and not be standard across the board?) but she certainly doesn't need to be kicked while down. That's Nursing 101...

After reading YOUR post...I'm surprised you WERE hired.:icon_roll

[Txstarr972]

Hi there, Im sorry to hear about ur marriage and its unfortunate you had to share that with the board.

I am, however very disturbed by your lack of understanding toward bilingual RN's.

Your comment "why am I being punished, the language of the USA" ...etc blah blah ... has severe racial negativity and tells us of your lack of understanding of bilingual hiring practices.

1 out of every 65 nurses is bilingual and you think that job should have been for you!!! Haha!!

Never mind that we as nurses are suppossed to provide compassionate care to our patients, clearly you dont understand that your employer has paying customers that they wish to accomodate. Should people in the USA not recive services for which they pay?

After reading your post im not surprised you werent hired!

Paying customers? I doubt it......

[plaza]

Cherybaby and txStarr - I agree!