Nurses General Nursing
Published Feb 18, 2014
emergency_love
38 Posts
Hi everyone!
Sorry if this isn't the correct forum, but I'm a 4th semester nursing student and I'm applying for New Grad nursing positions. A question on one of the online forms is, "Do you have paid clinical work experience"? I'm wondering if anyone knows if working as a Nursing Assistant II is a "yes" to this, or are they asking about nurse externships only? I currently am employed as an NA II at a local hospital.
Thanks!
sbostonRN
517 Posts
I consider that paid clinical work experience. It's not paid clinical nurse experience, but it's work experience. I consider clinical work experience to be anything with patient care experience: nursing assistant, EMT, phlebotomy, medical assistant, etc.
BrandonLPN, LPN
3,358 Posts
Yes, it is clinical experience. Not true nursing experience, but working as an aide, PCT or MA is all paid clinical experience.
nurseprnRN, BSN, RN
1 Article; 5,115 Posts
You'd better not just say "Yes" and be done with it. They want to know if you've worked as a nurse, not a CNA. Many, many employers do not want to hear a new grad embellish her resume by claiming two years of clinical work experience only to disclose in interview that well, er, ahhh, I was a nurse's aide in a SNF.
There is a box immediately below for explanation of the work experience. I'm assuming I should put "yes" and then explain I'm an NA II in an emergency department. NA II's in our ED perform a wider range of skills that are usually only performed by RN's on the floors (in the hospital I work at - example are blood draws, foleys, EKGs, etc.) - So I feel like I'm kind of a bit in the middle between an NA and RN, at least at my facility. I just don't want to put "yes" and seem untruthful just because I misunderstood the question.
OCNRN63, RN
5,978 Posts
I would ask for clarification. Sounds like an end run around saying "We don't hire new grads."
This is on the application specifically for new graduate RN's with an expected graduation in May/June. It is understood no one applying is actually licensed yet.
Meriwhen, ASN, BSN, MSN, RN
4 Articles; 7,907 Posts
You answered your own question: check Yes and then in that box provided, list your skills but make it very clear that the experience is as an ED NA. That is what I would do.
Best of luck.
loriangel14, RN
6,931 Posts
They likely won't count it since it's not paid nursing experience.
classicdame, MSN, EdD
7,255 Posts
I would say yes, then if you get a live interview you can expand on particulars.