So, I am interviewing for the position of RN MDS assessment coordinator. It is in this town where we have just bought a different house and are moving to.
They took my application, resume, and references, and called me in to interview.
I have an associates degree and a bachelor's degree, and 17 years of experience. The only thing is, almost all my experience is as a floor nurse, in a hospital med/surg setting.
I am a good nurse, and quite bright, but one cannot say I am the most organized person, nor the neatest, so I know I will have to make out a schedule and follow it carefully. As well as taking my adhd medicine religiously (i'm not kidding....i have adhd....is this going to be okay?)
I'm a good worker, but a couple years ago i took a flying trip down our stairs, and destroyed my knee...two scopes and a replacement later, I still have pain (despite being relatively young at 42), and have been really in no shape to take on twelve hour shifts of running around the way I used to.
I have NO experience (though i have written many a care plan at the hospital). I filled in a little bit at the local nursing home when they were short staffed, and worked as an aide in my teens and early twenties. I have LOTS of experience being an RN, but none at doing this. However, due to my experience and references, they seem willing to consider me.
I am scared to death. I realize this is an EXTREMELY important job, and i cannot screw it up if I get hired. I've never screwed up any other job before, my references say, "you're a great nurse...they'll be lucky to have you." Well, I am not so sure.
Good qualities I have include being smart, trainable, conscientious, friendly, and caring. Bad qualities include occasional flakiness, messiness, and having alot of things going at once.
I am trying to read about what I am supposed to do and learn about it. This is a big deal. This is one of the most important jobs in the rest home. I am just scared out of my mind. I'm sure I can learn how to do it, if they will teach me, it's just I am so scared I can't even hardly sleep. I will just be glad when it's over with, I guess.
Is there anything I should tell them I need, like these classes? They preferred someone who had done it, but I guess I'm the best thing they've got so far.
