Interview at Eastern State Hospital in Lex this afternoon!

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This is my first nursing job interview and I am soooooooo nervous.

Has anyone interviewed there? If so, can you tell me about it? Was it just one person or a "team" of people at the interview? What kinds of questions were asked?

Ugh. I am not good in interview situations and dont want to mess this up! :rolleyes:

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good luck!!!

How did it go?

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Well, it went okay.

I was rear-ended earlier in the day so my mind was a bit

distracted.

I could have interviewed better, but oh well, what do you do after the fact?!

It's routinely up to a 4 week hiring process since its a State job, so now its just a

wait and see issue. I hope I hear sooner rather than later, as I REALLY, REALLY need

that job ASAP.

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Specializes in Med/Surge, Psych, LTC, Home Health.

What kind of job did you interview for? Because Eastern State employees, most anyway if not all, do not work for the state; they work for Bluegrass Mental Health/Mental Retardation. However, you would have KY State Retirement.

Let me know if you get the job, and then later on let me know how you like it there. I have contemplated many many times getting a job there, and have interviewed there once, about five years ago. I didn't get hired at that time but now I have psych experience from another hospital so my chances would probably be better.

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Specializes in Med/Surge, Psych, LTC, Home Health.

Oh and I'm curious, why do you need this job ASAP? Because, if Eastern State is anything like Central State, you really will be waiting a little while. If you truly are in that bad need of a job and you wouldn't possibly mind working a different area of nursing besides psych, then try one of the big hospitals like Central Baptist or St Joe's.

Also, you could try The Ridge.

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