Late on interview.

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I had opportunity to have a interview as clinical supervisor in a urgent under hospital. I had my first interview maybe couple weeks ago and it was extensive and 1 hour long. The nurse manager said I should wait a week if I'm going to do the 2nd (interview with the staff) 3rd (supervisor, department heads) and 4th interview (medical director) to them. After 2 days they called me already and schedule me for coming 2nd 3rd and 4th interview to them which he said that he liked me and I'm good int he position.

Day of 2nd interview today, I got LATE FOR 2 minutes??? I called them that I can't find any parking. But before I go inside the office, the manager said sorry and I can't do the interview anymore :(

My question is, should I still go next week for my final interview to them? Or should I consider that I messep up already? :(

I feel so bad I feel like I upset them which is I know they did. Should I still email the manager if I'm still consider to the position? Or I'm technically out for the position?

Specializes in LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych.

I'd rather be an hour early than a minute late. Because I am directionally dyslexic, I alway give myself plenty of time to get lost. I also allow time for traffic problems, finding parking etc. thusly I usually arrive way early. But it's far preferable to being late!

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And brush your teeth when you make that pit stop. You don't want peanut butter breath during your interview.

I love peanut butter, but sometimes the smell repulses me, so I have to agree with OCNRN63!

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Specializes in ICU.

I think the reason people were asking if English was your second language was they were going to explain to you why your email was not appropriate if it was and maybe how better to word it. There is a vast difference between someone who is born and raised here and has terrible grammar skills and someone who it is indeed their second language. Your defensiveness made the people who were trying to help you defensive as well. I know I don't have the utmost patience for people from the US that have terrible grammar usage. It is a subject for all of your years of elementary school and most of your secondary schooling. Also, we would have explained to you the importance of being extremely early for an interview. If you end up being 45 minutes early for an interview, you can tour the hospital, have a few extra moments to freshen up. But as you learned, being a few minutes late is a disaster. That is how our interview process works here.

You will find that it is generally ok in everyday life to be a few minutes late for appointments, but not for interviews, ever. I'm often early for absolutely everything because that is just me, but I have run into a few times where I was late for a doctor or dentist appointment and it was ok. For an interview, I would never cut it so close that you were late for not being able to find a place to park. The employer probably thought if you could not factor that in for an interview, that is how you would be for the actual job, and maybe you arriving on time would be worse once you were actually hired as an employee. That is usually what happens. For me, I'm usually 45-60 minutes early for an interview. I try to plan for trains and accidents and all of that stuff. I also consider parking. Then if I am that early, I look around or find something to do until I am 15-20 minutes early, and then I check in for the interview and wait.

You've learned a valuable lesson and I would move on. A quick apology for being late would have sufficed in the email and I agree with the PP that said you look desperate. I probably would not have sent an email as I agree with what Commuter said. Chalk it up to an experience learned and move on.

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Take it from someone who has interview multiple times over the years. Walk away. If a place will not interview you because you called to let them know you would be a couple minutes late and arrived only 2 minutes late and they wouldn't even meet with you then that place is going to either 1. be extremely critical of everything you do or downright catty or 2. they don't have an interest in you and used this as an excuse to brush you off.

Either way e-mailing makes you look desperate. I've been rejected many times. I just chalk it up to experience and move on. I know I am great at what I do and if someone doesn't want to hire me then it's their loss and the patients who enter their facility lose out on getting an awesome clinician.

Life is too short to worry about people who are not worth your time and energy.

Jobs are like buses. Another one will be along any minute.

It's like I told one boss who treated me very poorly. "I won't be leaving today, but you can bet I could walk out of here today and have a job within 2 weeks. It might not be my dream job, but it would pay the bills and it would not be here."

I made good on my threat. I was employed at a much better facility at a higher pay level within 1 month. Meanwhile that facility can't hold a clinician for more than 1 year due to how poorly they treat staff.

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.
I know this is off-topic, but an 'urgent under hospital'? Urgent care?

Maybe a free standing urgent care center affiliated with a larger hospital system.

I wasn't aware that with a limited scope afforded in California a LVN could work as a clinical supervisor. Unless they saw the BSN but didn't realize the level of CA licensing is LVN not RN?

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I think someone who can pass the NCLEX with English as their second language must be pretty bright. I do see your point and realize that impression that others might get by her post. I am just reflecting back to my own experiences with nurses from other cultures who don't have the best English and have seen many many hard workers amongst them. It is a multicultural world out there these days and Indian and Fillipino nurses and doctors are becoming more and more prominent. I think most do a great job of assimilating. The biggest issue against her is her tardiness and not some slight grammatical errors. But I do see where everyone is coming from.

There really is zero downside to improving one's communication skills. Perception can at times be reality, and I've seen intelligent and experienced nurses treated as though they were idiots because they were not proficient in the English language. The OP can only benefit if she improves her ability to express herself in English. Many of us (myself included) might make typos or other errors of grammar or syntax here on AN, but if one is sending a letter to a potential employer, it's essential that it be free from any errors whatsoever. I would encourage the OP to always have someone who writes well proof her emails and letters. Those corrections will help her learn from her mistakes. They will also serve to ensure that she puts her best foot forward when dealing with people who have the power to affect her future.

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.
There really is zero downside to improving one's communication skills. Perception can at times be reality, and I've seen intelligent and experienced nurses treated as though they were idiots because they were not proficient in the English language. The OP can only benefit if she improves her ability to express herself in English. Many of us (myself included) might make typos or other errors of grammar or syntax here on AN, but if one is sending a letter to a potential employer, it's essential that it be free from any errors whatsoever. I would encourage the OP to always have someone who writes well proof her emails and letters. Those corrections will help her learn from her mistakes. They will also serve to ensure that she puts her best foot forward when dealing with people who have the power to affect her future.

Want to know a secret? Those who appear grammatically gifted quite often write, wait, re read, proof read then rewrite before submitting. If it's an important communication such as to a potential employer, have a trusted friend or colleague proof read before sending. I made extra money in college proofreading essays and papers for friends & classmates. I had an ear for grammar, likely thanks to diagraming complex sentences in early elementary thanks to parochial school. (Not that you can tell reading some things I've written here while half asleep).

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Maybe a free standing urgent care center affiliated with a larger hospital system.

I wasn't aware that with a limited scope afforded in California a LVN could work as a clinical supervisor. Unless they saw the BSN but didn't realize the level of CA licensing is LVN not RN?

I have seen LVN's in the position of DON in California in long term care. I think that the scope for an LVN in California might be a tiny bit broader than in other states. When I was an LVN in Ohio I wasn't allowed to hang blood products but California LVN'S are allowed to.

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.
I have seen LVN's in the position of DON in California in long term care. I think that the scope for an LVN in California might be a tiny bit broader than in other states. When I was an LVN in Ohio I wasn't allowed to hang blood products but California LVN'S are allowed to.

Long term care is not the same as acute or urgent care. Many states permit LPNs to be in supervisory roles in LTC, especially if the floor staff are all LPNs. Are you sure lvns can legally hang blood in CA? (That's not commonly within the scope of practice for an LPN/LVN within the U.S.)

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Long term care is not the same as acute or urgent care. Many states permit LPNs to be in supervisory roles in LTC, especially if the floor staff are all LPNs. Are you sure lvns can legally hang blood in CA? (That's not commonly within the scope of practice for an LPN/LVN within the U.S.)

I am positive. They have to be IV certified first but in the state of California LVN'S commonly hang blood. I am not sure if any other states allow it. They also can hang NS but nothing with Potassium and no IV meds.

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.
I am positive. They have to be IV certified first but in the state of California LVN'S commonly hang blood. I am not sure if any other states allow it. They also can hang NS but nothing with Potassium and no IV meds.

Then that must be what I read; that a grad LVN in CA can't initiate IV therapy until they complete an IV therapy course which includes demonstrating competency. Most states do not permit LPNs to initiate transfusions but LPNs can witness & monitor once started.

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:roflmao: "Gross negligence to my application process"

If your goal is to continue with the interview process, this email doesn't help at all.

Rolling on the floor.. and laughing at the OP's struggle to word her email is not appropriate.

The OP holds a professional license, applying for a professional position. You are not qualified to laugh at her... no one else here has done so.

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