Sorry I havent been on properly for a couple of weeks - Ive been extremely busy at work lately with implementing a new Heart Failure Pathway, But I have a little bit of news.
I have a phone interview tonight at 7 pm with a Lady from Rhode Island Hospital in the US and im absolutely chewing my fingernails off lol
Ive submitted my transcripts and application to the BON in Vermont and am just waiting to hear back from them before I can sit my NCLEX
Adevia the agency im with have been so great in finding me this fab direct hire hospital and Im so excited but I need to get the interview over with first
Specializes in General Medicine, Renal and Cardiology.
Hi Janeola
So glad you decided to go with Adevia I cant praise them enough especially my wonderful recruiter who has been a godsend lol.
In the phone interview they asked me firstly a bit of background like have I applied for immigration before if me or my hubby have any criminal convictions. She then asked me what I knew about Rhode Island Hospital and why I wanted to move there. Then she asked me what I would do in the event of making a drug error and what I would also do if I disagreed with a supervisor. That was it , it lasted about 15 minutes and I really wish I hadnt worried so much about it lol.
Are you hoping to go to California - as Adevia are hopefully getting direct hire hospitals in California, Massachusetts and Cape Cod which are better than going with an agency
anyway good luck and hopefully you wont have too wait much longer atleast you have more time to study for your NCLEX
Thanks for the info. I've been dealing with Avedia - seems very helpful. Yes, I want to go to Antelope, CA. My mum went out there 6 years ago - I can't wait!!
Good luck to you with interviews/studying for dreaded NCLEX!! Hope you keep us all posted!
Hi Clare - have PM'd you - so pleased it went well!
I only have praise for my contact at Adevia too - X- she's been fantastic & is always there to speak to, however silly the question is.
Good luck to all of you & keep some for me - I'm trying to persuade them to expedite my I-140 - despite retrogression - because I want all my paperwork ready & waiting for when retrogression lifts. It's proving to be more of a pain than it should be.
We are willing to pay but the USA company hasn't done it before & they get sooooooooo difficult if they are asked to something outside the "norm"!!! Adevia support me 100% - it's just at the USA end there's a problem!!
OH & BTW - take the N-CLEX seriously but don't dread it too much - I really, really, really recommend that before you take it you do the Kaplan live course - start with the one day & if you want more they offset (at least they used to) the price against the 5 day. It really was the final thing that helped me nail the strategies. My scores went up from an average 80-85% up to 90-95% after the course. The Mosby on-line CAT test is a good final thing to take - it predicts your chance of passing - it gave me a 99% probability - which also helped me relax a little. NOT that I wasn't as scared as anyone else but just knowing that I had given myself the best chance I could helped me to channel my adrenaline in a positive direction!
N-CLEX is like a game - if you can work out their "code" you stand a real chance of getting a question correct even if you know squat about the topic. There are key words to look out for that help you dismiss or keep answers & there are ways of writing things that also alert you to right or wrong answers. Kaplan live course & the Saunders books are (IMHO) the best for helping you to identify those strategies - they are truly a winning combination!
Also do check out Suzanne4's course - you can get it by requesting it from her & giving her your email. It's based around the Saunders Review book & really helped me a lot too! It's a 6 week review & also has some peripheral info that proved more than useful when it came to my exam.
If I did it with 75 questions, first time, as an "old fart" nurse, years out of school - than so can ALL of you!!!
Clarecartwright
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Hi Janeola
So glad you decided to go with Adevia I cant praise them enough especially my wonderful recruiter who has been a godsend lol.
In the phone interview they asked me firstly a bit of background like have I applied for immigration before if me or my hubby have any criminal convictions. She then asked me what I knew about Rhode Island Hospital and why I wanted to move there. Then she asked me what I would do in the event of making a drug error and what I would also do if I disagreed with a supervisor. That was it , it lasted about 15 minutes and I really wish I hadnt worried so much about it lol.
Are you hoping to go to California - as Adevia are hopefully getting direct hire hospitals in California, Massachusetts and Cape Cod which are better than going with an agency
anyway good luck and hopefully you wont have too wait much longer atleast you have more time to study for your NCLEX