Blacklisted as a nurse during a pandemic: 101 stupid excuses to not hire a nurse during a nursing shortage
07/22/21 • 22 min
You are a new nursing grad, eager to get your first position at a hospital during a global pandemic. You apply to multiple jobs and get two interviews at the same hospital but on different units! You hit the jackpot! Umm...wait...what---the managers call you and tell you now you're BLACKLISTED! WTF? Amie & Sara sit down to discuss this new grad's experience of job hunting as a new nurse during the pandemic. As if we do not have problems already-let's just turn good nurses away! We are outraged for her and saddened that during a shortage of nurses, this is what it has come to.
You are a new nursing grad, eager to get your first position at a hospital during a global pandemic. You apply to multiple jobs and get two interviews at the same hospital but on different units! You hit the jackpot! Umm...wait...what---the managers call you and tell you now you're BLACKLISTED! WTF? Amie & Sara sit down to discuss this new grad's experience of job hunting as a new nurse during the pandemic. As if we do not have problems already-let's just turn good nurses away! We are outraged for her and saddened that during a shortage of nurses, this is what it has come to.
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