Working in a hospital.

Hi everybody.

I am an RPN here in Ontario. I have been a rpn for about 2 years now working in a couple of nursing homes.

For a couple of months now I feel like I'm getting tired of working in nursing homes because I'm doing the same thing day by day and feel like I'm no longer gaining anything.

Lately I been thinking of working in a hospital because maybe something more exciting happens there and I can experience new things. However whenever I look at the job posting for hospitals they all require experience in that certain unit either 1 or 2 years experience. For example I see a lot of job positions for Med/Surg unit but they ask for 2 years experience in Med/Surg and I've been wondering how can I get that experience if I never worked on that kind of unit. I've been put in med/surg unit during my student days but that's about it for experience

I'm not longer a new grad so I can't apply via new grad position program, but at the same time I feel like even if I apply for the job they won't even look at my resume because I don't have any experience in that kind of setting.

Therefore I was wondering how did you get a job at the hospital, which unit did you start at and how did you get the experience before working for that unit?

Thanks!