Excited about shadowing opportunity but.....what to wear??

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Hi All!

I am super excited about the opportunity to shadow in my top 3 choice areas for a graduate nurse internship. 2 hours in the ER, 2 hours in ICU and 2 hours on an observation unit! Since my application is already in, there's a possiblity of an interview as well (which may also be in my head since no one has said anything about interviewin.g..yet ;)).

Anyway, it's in 2 weeks and I'm confused about what to wear. My former corporate American half is saying to wear business casual and some flat, comfortable shoes. My current nursing student/ER PCT half is telling me to bust out some scrubs and look like the position I want!

I've asked a nurse recruiter at the hospital and I'm waiting to hear back from her but I wanted to see what you guys think. Thanks!:yeah:

I just did a job shadow and they told e before to where something nice but then when I arrived I had to wear scrubs... not sure why they said wear something nice when they were going to just put me in scrubs! haha

Specializes in CTICU/CVICU.
Hi Lovelymo79! I noticed you work at Scott & White and I applied for an internship position on STC5. I had a brief phone interview with them and since I will be in Texas this weekend I was asked to go in and shadow on the floor and continue the interview as well. I was told to wear scrubs. But my question is..what is the shadowing experience like? Will I be assigned to one particular nurse? Is it strictly just observation or can I help in some way? I'm a little nervous because ultimately it is the floor nurses who tell the nurse manager "yay or nay" so some tips would be very much appreciated! Thanks!

Hi nursechristine,

I can't tell you exactly how your shadowing experience will go because I shadowed before I interviewed. So, there was no real pressure. However, I'm guessing that you will be assigned one nurse (I was in each department I went to). It was mainly observation with me since I was not a nurse at the time, nor did I work there so there was very little I could do. But i did help turn patients and was made myself available as a second set of hands if the nurse needed me.

I definitely smiled a lot and introduced myself to others and hopefully your nurse will introduce you to the others too. Just try to relax, play nice with every one and make a good impression.

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