Help!!!! Fast Job Hunting Advice

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Specializes in Hospice, Med/Surg, ICU, ER.

Hi all! I'll try to make this short and sweet.

I'm an end-of-1st-quarter LPN student, graduating in December 2006. I am also a non-practicing CNA (my current IT job pays about the same and is convenient r/t school; nights, 32h/wk, 8h shift). I am a former military medic/EMT w/ phlebotomy experience.

As I have said, my current job has been working for me while in school. However, a situation is looming where I need more work hours and/or slightly better pay. My wife and I just found out she is pregnant; the pill failed. We had planned to have our 2nd child just after I got out of school and started to work as a nurse. Now, with the due date in early October, and with my wife planning to quit work to become a fulltime mom after she delivers, I need to find a better paying/more hours job NOW, before the $$$ crunch kills us. I am thinking that a 3d/wk, 12h shift as a CNA/PCT in a hospital, especially with NOC shift diff, would help fill in the gaps.

My question is: how do I present my desires/needs to HR and hiring managers in a hospital so as to get what I need out of the deal? I'm willing to do what it takes to make this happen, but school HAS to be my top priority.

All suggestions greatfully received.

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Consider working as CNA for agencies.

My son is doing this while juggling National Guard and college classes.

He earns more doing that than I did as DON at the nursing home.....he

also works in hospitals for the agencies.

Agencies pay much more than the hospitals do.

Good luck to you.

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Specializes in Hospice, Med/Surg, ICU, ER.
Consider working as CNA for agencies.

Agencies pay much more than the hospitals do.

Good luck to you.

I hadn't considered that. Thanks for the advice!

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