Will I Get A Hospital Job?

Nurses Career Support

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Happy new year everyone! I graduated Dec 2012 and passed my boards April 1st. Because I was an international student with OPT employers would not hire me. I went for two hospital job interviews and one of them told me they don't sponsor and that's why they did not hire me. So at the end of the day I could not get a job because I do not have the proper working papers to work in America (Green Card). So you can imagine the heartbreak and tears and setback that I have had to deal with. Finally this December I found a homecare agency that is willing to sponsor me. My OPT is about to expire but I will try and work with an attorney. Now I am about to have my first client this week and it is an "easy" case (no trachs, vents, suctioning, PEG). My question if I ever obtain a green card will I be able to transition into a hospital? Will employers condemn my "home care" experience and see the "gaps in unemployment"? Or will they understand my situation, that I could not find a hospital sponsor? I am 23 years old by the way. I also had plans to go to grad school for NP but only if a hospital would eventually give me a chance.

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