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I am in the process of looking at grad positions for 2013 and I read that applicants only receive an interview at their first choice hospital.
I am torn between Sydney Childrens Hospital and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Are there any nurses out there working at either or have an opinion on which would be best to apply for?
Oh my goodness Mopples I had such a bad interview. It started with the attributes question and I had an answer planned but completely went blank! Then after mumbling something out I rushed the rest of the questions. I can only remember 5/6 of them but I gave plain answers and forgot the STAR method. I really hope I'm just over analysing it and get offered a position in any of my 8 preferences. Fingers crossed!
Try not to stress to much. I know it's hard when you want something so much. Hopefully you get one of your top preferences :) if you do get RHW let me know if you have any questions about the area etc. POW (where I work) is on the same campus.
My NUM was doing POW I interviews today and she said a lot of the applicants were very nervous.
Haha yeah it's definitely hard not to stress but luckily there's a lot of Uni work to do before the 5th of Oct to keep us busy In the end, at the very least, it was a great experience for future interviews. It's reassuring that other applicants were really nervous too (hopefully that doesn't sound bad). Let's update again when we know? Hopefully I'll need that advice :) Sydney was so confusing with trains, the monorail, buses and taxis lol it's like a maze.
Good luck for SCH again! :)
It is also the only one that I really want & I have very personal reasons for wanting to work there. But think of it like this, if you get somewhere else it's only for 12 months and at the end of the 12 months you can apply for a job there. Maybe in the meantime look around at peads based short courses or something you can do yourself to get the extra knowledge etc for the future.
We just have to remember its not the end of the world if we don't get it, there are other avenues to achieve our dreams :) fingers crossed we both get in!
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Good luck :) I had thought of that as well. From the examples I have seen, they mix the teamwork in with the scenarios. Have also seen one on bullying and also medications (when giving DD's)