Help me out guys, I don't even know if I want to show up for the interview.

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Can you guys give me some advice. I'm schedule to have an interview for a job at a hospital. I currently work at a rehab/nursing home for almost a year. I will hopefully be getting my bachelors this fall. However, I feel as though I have forgot a lot of my skills that I have learn in nursing school. The thing I'm worry about the most is starting IV and how to monitor them. I only successfully started two IV. One was during clinical while I was still a student. It was in the ER room. The second was a patient where I'm working now. We usually just call the infusion nurse that specialize in IV at the place I'm working now. It is much different practicing on a manikin than a human being. We also lack a lot of equipments that the hospital has.

I'm also worry that they will ask me stuff that I totally forgot or don't know the answer to. The reason I pursue a bachelor is to have more job opportunities to land the job that I really want such as this one. I ultimately want to work with pediatric patients. Now that an actual hospital has call me in an interview I'm nervous. I know it has to start some where, but I really hate messing up or looking stupid.

Thank you guys! I just get a lot of anxiety. I will go to the interview :)

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma.
Thank you guys! I just get a lot of anxiety. I will go to the interview :)

Good.

Sending positive vibes on a successful interview! :up:

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Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.
Thank you guys! I just get a lot of anxiety. I will go to the interview :)

We have faith in you!

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Specializes in OR/PACU/med surg/LTC.

IV is just a skill. That sort of stuff can be easily taught and it generally just takes practice. It's the knowledge and attitude of a staff member that is difficult to teach or change. I say go for it and see what happens. I just got a new position after working in LTC for two years and now I'm on an acute care floor. I haven't done IVs in two years (and didn't start that many prior) but my new place is understanding. I'm starting to eft practice but it takes time.

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Specializes in Cardiac, ER, Pediatrics, Corrections.

I would just interview. I have interviewed at every opportunity offered to me. You never know!

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Guess what guys! I went to the interview and they have offer me the job. I have a few days to decide should I go forward with it. I'm just afraid of the transition from rehab facility (skilled nursing) to a medical surgical floor. I will start out night shift. There are some skills that nurses at the hospital get to do that I'm not exposed to at the rehab facility. I know it will be overwhelming having to learn a new system. However, I'm also worry about not knowing certain skills. I got a chance to meet with the charge nurse, nursing director, and discharge nurse as well today. They were a board of 3 interviewing me, plus the nursing director, HR person, and another charge nurse.. So in total 6 people. They seem friendly and very nice. I would love to work with them, but I just don't know. Any advice guys.

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Specializes in hospice.

Stop letting fear hem you in. If you allow fear to make you turn down this job, then you never get to learn those skills and grow. So tell the fear to shut up, and take the job.

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Specializes in OR/PACU/med surg/LTC.

You should take the job even if it scares you. They know that you may not have the skill set but that you can learn. Good luck!

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma.
You should take the job even if it scares you. They know that you may not have the skill set but that you can learn. Good luck!

THIS.

You will learn LESS if you don't take the position.

Sending positive vibes to your success! :up:

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