I had a interview last Thursday, (today's Wednesday) and did pretty good, I thought. A friend of mine works there and ran into the Head E.R. nurse who interviewed me and she said they loved me. Well, here' my question, as I sit on pins and needles hoping to hear back from HR. After interviewing with the Nursing Director, Head E.R. nurse and 2 medical surgical nurses--I expressed to the Nursing Director that I had understood they had a wonderful orientation program. During the interview, the other nurses voluntarily told me that the Nursing Director had recently revised orientation so that all would feel comfortable. I had not asked them about orientation, but being they shared that with me, I told her they were impressed with her new revised orientation. The Nursing Director looked shocked and said, "I am so surprised, I'm not use to the nurses coming in and wanting to do orientation. They normally say, "Oh, I don't really need an orientation." I told her that I didn't feel that way and feel orientation is important. Now, I'm panicking because I'm afraid she thinks I feel I need an extensive orientation. I was just paying her a complement. Now, I don't know what to do. She said it was nice to hear the complement. I'm frustrated because I was not real concerned about orientation, I just want to be confident of hospital procedures. It is a small, rural hospital. What do you think? Should I have expressed my appreciation for a good orientation program. Does it make me look insecure?
Oh--the wait seems like an eternity!