Prayer for direction

Good morning, I really need prayer.  I've been an MT for about 20 years.  Most of it was spent transcribing in-house, with a fair amount of experience with ESL dictators. My speciality was always operative notes, and I miss them!  I went on to work for Spheris for one year and MedQuist for three before we lost our home.

I've been working for a private psych hospital for nearly 5 years.  It's been a good job, except for feeling like I'm on a different planet.  Very little "real" medical stuff like we're all accustomed to.  The knowledge base is still intact, though.  This past year I've worked per diem at our local hospital and loved it (though no op notes to do). 

Another issue for me is the "dumbing down" I'm seeing, and the abject lack of quality control.  It's not considered important here, save for the occasional corrections the docs themselves make.  The grammar is deplorable.  For "word processors" here, as the older staff calls themselves, apparently the only requisite skill is being able to type!  And it shows.  When I addressed the quality issue with my boss, she listened sympathetically but basically, told me it was my problem and I'd have to live with it.

I'm 58 years old, believe I have a talent for working with words, and a good ear.  Throughout my life I've been expected to do a good job at whatever I do and have prided myself on the quality of my work.  That doesn't seem to matter here.  I get to act as a resource person occasionally when some drug or medical question comes up.  Otherwise, I really wonder what I'm doing here.

My per diem employer went to the Cerner EMR system in June.  For now, there's no work for me to do.  My psych employer, my "bread and butter", plans to implement a new EMR system in November.  Our boss has been very open about it but says "no-one seems to know" how this will affect our jobs. 

I'm a person of faith.  I believe that God knows exactly what He's doing and I trust His leading.  I hope something will open up where I'm needed at our little hospital.  On the other hand, I hope we all won't lose our jobs here, bizarre as the situation is at baseline.  I would so love to work where quality and skill is appreciated ~ I've become rather depressed over this issue, as I feel like a dinosaur.

Per my recent posting on the main board, I applied for Nuance recently and the interview was cut short when I reported I'd done mainly psych work the past 5 years.  No offer to test, no nothing, just "have a good day!" and that was that.  And now, I read the posting about M-Modal, Nuance and the other companies and wonder if I should even bother. 

I'm human as well as a Christian, and feeling anxious.  It's in my nature to research possible directions forward.  I've experienced much loss and hate to feel vulnerable again. I really need to work fulltime and "retirement" is laughable.

Would you all please pray for me?   I'd love to hear your suggestions.

Thank you,

Luana