Published Nov 11, 2014
llamadan
9 Posts
So I took and passed the NCLEX a little less than three weeks ago and I've been applying for jobs like crazy since then. I live in NYC and I don't have a BSN yet, so I'm pretty much a non-competitor in the job market, despite having connections and experience.
I've applied for hundreds of hospital jobs since taking the test and haven't heard back from a single one. I know it hasn't even been a month yet, but I couldn't help from feeling discouraged. Despite trying to set myself up as best as I could for landing a hospital job here in the city, I'm starting to think that it may be impossible without a BSN, or having graduated from a local big-name university.
During my appointment with a dermatologist yesterday, I decided to ask the nurse if her office was hiring, because why not? Might as well, right? She was nice enough to introduce me to her manager who asked if I have experience with fluoroscopy, which I do. I sent her my resume as soon as I got home and I got a call from her today asking me to come in for an interview on Thursday! It's for a pain management position.
I'm still pretty blown away that I got an interview, and although it's not in a field that I need to be in (I want to got to CRNA school so I need critical care experience), it's a job and I can't really complain. I really want to kill this interview, so I was wondering if anyone here works in pain management and could give me advice, or if anyone else could give me general interview pointers.
I've already begun researching pain management, job descriptions, reading the dedicated forum on this site, etc. I'm just looking to really knock it out of the park here, considering I have zero RN experience and it might be a hard sell.
Thanks in advance for any advice.