It's been awhile since I've posted. In the meantime I was consumed with studying for NCLEX and finding a job. The advice I was given by a lot was to 'worry about finding a job when you pass NCLEX'. Well, I passed about a month ago and have been looking for a job since. I've applied for every position (I believed I was qualified for) and out of almost the 20 jobs I got a call back for one. I won't mention the hospital but it's part of the Valley Health System. Anyhow, I was so excited. A phone interview was done and I guess I passed that part because the next thing the recruiter wanted me to do was an online assessment. Once the online assessment is done (assuming they like your answers) they call to schedule an interview. Well it stopped at the online assessment. I didn't get a call for an interview. It just really bugs me that the assesment had questions like....'a patient is complaining of the kind of care he has been receiving'...talking to your nurse manager would be
-very ineffective
-ineffective
-somewhat ineffective
-effective
-somewhat effective
-very effective
I had to chose one. There were over 20 questions like this one and really, it could be all of those answers....the recruiter stressed that 'there are no wrong answers'...I just feel the assessment wasn't completely fair.
Sorry I'm just rambling....many of my classmates are now employed and I just wonder if anyone on here works for any of the hospitals and can offer some advice.
One thing I keep hearing is to go to the hospital and speak with the nurse manager - just go the unit and ask for him/her. I don't want to come off as being pretentious that's why I haven't done that.
PLEASE, if anyone out there has some advice I could sure use it right about now because apparently what I'm doing is not working.
THANKS SO MUCH IN ADVANCE!!!
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