[Jules A]

Since I never looked great on paper I always had better luck with face to face interactions with HR. I wonder if by some chance there was another applicant that had experience in psych? I'm as puzzled as you are and would like to get to the bottom of it. If you ask me they are fools!

[pagandeva2000]

Originally Posted by Jules A

Since I never looked great on paper I always had better luck with face to face interactions with HR. I wonder if by some chance there was another applicant that had experience in psych? I'm as puzzled as you are and would like to get to the bottom of it. If you ask me they are fools!

Probably. But, the situation is that the profile was sent over before we know who the client is. I think that the agency does this so that the nurse is not supposed to have any interaction with the client/agency in case the nurse does decide to go on their own (the agency will lose money this way). I called the agency Friday and the person that was recruiting for this particular assignment was not there and her assistant spoke to me. The assistant let it slip who the client was, and I was not supposed to know. I would sure like to know myself, but don't know how to go about it without making enemies with the agency by jumping the gun on something I was not supposed to know anything about to begin with, or compromise the person who made the mistake of telling me.

If I do decide to go to HR, I would give it a bit of time, then go and reapply for myself for a regular per diem where the facility themselves would be paying me rather than the agency. I am another person that presents very well and will consider doing that later.

[Jules A]

Could you just walk in and apply at the facility with the reasoning that the more you thought about and spent hours of your own time researching a psych position the more interesting it sounded? At the very least you would be able to get a first hand evaluation of your resume and let them see what a bad mistake they made by not snatching you up the first time. No need to let anything spill, just a quirky coincidence. For all you know the agency could have sent more than one person's info anyway. In any event if you are interested in doing psych do not let this put you off.

[pagandeva2000]

Originally Posted by Jules A

Could you just walk in and apply at the facility with the reasoning that the more you thought about and spent hours of your own time researching a psych position the more interesting it sounded? At the very least you would be able to get a first hand evaluation of your resume and let them see what a bad mistake they made by not snatching you up the first time. No need to let anything spill, just a quirky coincidence. For all you know the agency could have sent more than one person's info anyway. In any event if you are interested in doing psych do not let this put you off.

Great suggestions! I'll think about how to go about doing this during my day at my regular job. Plus, I do know people there, it may look better if I mention their names as well. There is an RN that works at my job (psych) and also over there. In fact, he worked both places as an LPN as well. He can give me a rundown on what is done there, and they do seem to like him, so, maybe he can put in a word for me. On a mission...chat later, Jules A.

[Jules A]

Kewl! I was so looking foward to you joining us in the wacky, wonderful world of psych nursing.

[pagandeva2000]

I'll get there, somehow. At this moment, I am trying to investigate being put on in the psych unit at my own hospital. Hopefully, there will be more than one way to skin a cat. Then, I can join your ranks and share some psych nurse war stories. Do you plan to continue to work in psych once you obtain your RN, or are you going to go into something else? Oh, and how much longer do you have? I seem to remember that you may have one semester left, if you are in a bridge program.

What annoys me even more, is that basically, as a psych tech, we did many of the things that an LPN would do, passing oral medications was one of them. If there are any admissions, of course, I would need to be prompted just a bit, but gee whiz, you know??

Thanks again!

[Jules A]

Originally Posted by pagandeva2000

I'll get there, somehow. At this moment, I am trying to investigate being put on in the psych unit at my own hospital. Hopefully, there will be more than one way to skin a cat. Then, I can join your ranks and share some psych nurse war stories. Do you plan to continue to work in psych once you obtain your RN, or are you going to go into something else? Oh, and how much longer do you have? I seem to remember that you may have one semester left, if you are in a bridge program.

What annoys me even more, is that basically, as a psych tech, we did many of the things that an LPN would do, passing oral medications was one of them. If there are any admissions, of course, I would need to be prompted just a bit, but gee whiz, you know??

Thanks again!

I'm done! I really love my facility and coworkers, which I know is huge, so I'm going to sit tight for now. I'm trying for a state job and eventually hope to do PRN work here and part-time for the state. All the sudden I'm now worth $15 an hour more, isn't that a crock? Makes me angry that this is not unusual. A friend of mine said that recently when their shift differentials were increased it didn't include the LPNs.