Interview tips for Mother/Baby position?

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Specializes in Neuro, Med/Surg, OB.

Hey everyone! I've been an RN for a little over 4 years now. My experience includes med/surg, neuro, and ob. Six months after graduating and working on a med/surg floor, I was offered a position at a hospital an hour from my house working on a LDRP floor. It was/is my dream job and I went into nursing wanting more than anything to be a post partum nurse. Shortly after I started, I found out I was pregnant and spent my pregnancy commuting an hour each way to and from work. After I had my son, the traveling was just too much and I tried to get a job on the post partum unit here, but of course there were no openings...there rarely are! So, I've been working on a neuro floor for 3 years and FINALLY got a call yesterday that I have an interview for the post partum floor!! I know there are over 20 candidates being interviewed for this position and am wondering if there are any tips I should know before going in! I'm thankful I do have almost a year of experience in the clinical setting, and now I have 2 little ones of my own, so I also have "real" experience. I just don't want to mess this up!! Any advice would be greatly appreciated! I'm current on BLS and ACLS and am also wondering if there's anything else besides NRP that would be required!

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Specializes in Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery.

There are LOTS of threads in this forum on that subject. Good luck on the interview!

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Just be Authentic at the interview. Tell them why you want to work there and be specific. This hospital is best known for x,y,z. Or I've heard this that or the other about the unit. Talk about your love for teaching new parents and providing family centered care. Do a search. Good luck

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Specializes in Obstetrics.

What makes you different from the other candidates? Think about that, then focus on that and why you want nothing more than this job in this specialty; that it's more than a job, it's why you became a nurse. You can then go into how your experience in x, y and z will only improve what you'll bring to the floor. Good luck!! It really is the best. :)

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Is this a super popular area for nurses to want to go into?? I really want to do this:)

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