background: WA state (Seattle area) graduated in aug’25 and passed nclex in nov’25. Resume already w/ present & past healthcare experience since 2021. I didn’t work as an extern/nurse tech during school since i was already a cna in snfs 

applied to all the same medsurg positions day/night for this residency … automatic fail LOL

 i’ve been applying since January and tweaked my resume to the best it’s looked lol. I’ve applied almost to every major hospital system in WA state. At this point I’m willing to take anything haha idk if that’s a good idea but ive applied just to see and I’m not sure if it’s because my senior practicum was mainly in the OR but i feel like it shouldn’t disqualify me since everyone has done clinical….(?) and not sure if it could also be that I didn’t work as a nurse tech/extern. I’m open to doing med surg so it boggles me how I’m not even given a chance to interview as I started to attach a cover letter and all my other nurse related documents/certificates. I’m just like what more could I do lol? 

I do like the OR as well but there isn’t a lot of hospitals that seem to do periop101 residencies and is rare to find so\~ it’s just I also want to put the skills to use that I learned in school

also is hiring small cohorts due to budget cuts?? what’s going on 

Are we all just having the same issue lol ??

how is this real lol?