Finding work after becoming certified

I found employment while still in class. I couldn't start until my clinicals were complete so it took me 2 weeks after being hired to start working. I still haven't taken my state test though, I take it on Sunday. God willing I will pass it:

I think I found a job a month after I took the state boards. It was at a nursing home that was 3 blocks from where I lived. Stayed there for two years before I was hired at a hospital.