I graduated in August from an ABSN program, and I passed NCLEX a few weeks ago. For my last semester, I completed a 216 hour preceptorship/transition to practice in a very busy ER. I loved the work, I loved the environment, and I really would like to work in an ER ASAP.
With that being said, the time that our program graduates is less than optimal, as most new grad programs already selected their candidates. Still, I've knocked out my PALS, ACLS, and BLS renewal, and I'm working on my NIHSS (whenever their ancient servers allow me to complete more than one segment at a time, of course -_-)
My question is this: is it worth trying to get my CEN now? Will it look like "hey, this guy is motivated and a self-starter" or will it look like "this guy is a pretentious prick and way too much of a go-getter"? To that end, since I already graduated from an ABSN program, I am slightly worried that too much, too fast will give a negatively overzealous impression.
Just wondering all y'all's perspective on things :)
