How do I get acute care experience?

I have been doing dialysis as a tech for 13 years and recently graduated (8/2010) with my RN and wanted to get acute care experience in the hospital, I have my ACLS and have been applying for ICU, ER, and Med-Surg internships in and around houston in and out of the medical center with no luck, does any one have any suggestions?
Get nursing experience elsewhere and try the hospitals again after 6montsh to a year

Quote from ldietrichI have been doing dialysis as a tech for 13 years and recently graduated (8/2010) with my RN and wanted to get acute care experience in the hospital, I have my ACLS and have been applying for ICU, ER, and Med-Surg internships in and around houston in and out of the medical center with no luck, does any one have any suggestions?

The OP in this thread has some fabulous, creative ideas. Give it a shot!http://allnurses.com/general-nursing...ob-532817.html

Keep applying!