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 Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery.
'Twas a joke. Unfortunately, my jokes tend to have a hint of sarcasm, which is not easily portrayed via the internet. (This is a non-sarcastic post. Really.)
That's so true. So nervous! I'm definitely leaving as early as necessary, I don't want to chance anything since it's my first interview in a while!
People laugh at me..but I leave an hour before my shift is to start...and its only a 10-15 minute commute. There have been times, I've gotten on the floor just in the nick of time even after leaving so early thru no fault of my own (traffic tie ups, accidents happening right in front of you..eek!, etc).
Even when my job as literally 10 minutes away (back roads, no need to use highways) I still left an hour before my shift started.
Wow that is awesome I didn't know LVN'S could administer IV meds anywhere. I thought Ca was one of the only states that LVN'S could administer blood products. There doesn't seem to be much difference between an RN and an LVN in Texas. This was a response to the commuter.
I had an interview for my dream job. It was at an off-the-main-hospital site for a large hospital in my area. Left an hour early with the expectation that it would only take me about 15 minutes to get to where I was going. I get half-way there when I realize the address that HR had given me was definitely the wrong off-site building. And the phone number HR had given me to the manager doing the interview was a fax number. I'm frantically calling HR but nobody is in the office. Then I hit a cellphone dead zone so now I'm freaking out AND have no cellphone coverage. I eventually got things sorted out (the main hospital operator had no idea who I was trying to reach but the page operator did) -- the manager actually agreed to re-schedule the interview but cancelled later in the day because they ended up hiring another interviewee who was scheduled for later in the day.
I was under-qualified for the job, probably would not have gotten it, but it still pisses me off that the HR guy basically ruined my chances of EVER getting into that office while that particular manager is there. It's not even like I had mistakenly written down the wrong address or phone number; they were TOTALLY DIFFERENT NUMBERS.
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.
I work with scads of Indian physicians. Opening up a patient's chart with generally have many notes signed with "Physician's Name, MBBS," not MD. Lots of African and Asian immigrants, too. At my hospital you'll see dozens of physicians, RNs, and RRTs wearing hijabs and some sikh's turbans.
You will hear all sorts of beautiful accents -- some of which are quite thick. However, their grammar is also excellent. A thick accent and poor grammar are two very different things.
Specializes in Oncology; medical specialty website.
I work with scads of Indian physicians. Opening up a patient's chart with generally have many notes signed with "Physician's Name, MBBS," not MD. Lots of African and Asian immigrants, too. At my hospital you'll see dozens of physicians, RNs, and RRTs wearing hijabs and some sikh's turbans.
You will hear all sorts of beautiful accents -- some of which are quite thick. However, their grammar is also excellent. A thick accent and poor grammar are two very different things.
We have a cardiologist in our area who wears one of those Sikh turbans. When i needed to find a cardiologist, I almost chose him, just because of the beautiful turbans he wears.
I work with scads of Indian physicians. Opening up a patient's chart with generally have many notes signed with "Physician's Name, MBBS," not MD. Lots of African and Asian immigrants, too. At my hospital you'll see dozens of physicians, RNs, and RRTs wearing hijabs and some sikh's turbans.
You will hear all sorts of beautiful accents -- some of which are quite thick. However, their grammar is also excellent. A thick accent and poor grammar are two very different things.
I have had one incident with a hospitalist from Africa that I absolutely could not understand a word he was saying. He began spelling out the orders and for the life of me I did not know what letters he was saying. He just kept repeating the letters over and over and I just sat there pen in hand and a blank piece of paper. It was a beautiful accent though.
Wow that is awesome I didn't know LVN'S could administer IV meds anywhere. I thought Ca was one of the only states that LVN'S could administer blood products. There doesn't seem to be much difference between an RN and an LVN in Texas. This was a response to the commuter.
In Texas, there may be facility distinctions. On the oncology unit where I did a rotation in nursing school, the LVNs could not give IV drugs. This was a huge hassle for the RNs. Can you imagine how many IV drugs those patients get, and the RNs having to manage them for the LVN patients as well as their own? They no longer hire LVNs at all at that hospital (or at any of the hospitals I've worked at), but a few of those oncology LVNs are still there. They didn't lay them off or anything, they just quit hiring them.
Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
In Texas, there may be facility distinctions.
Per the Texas Board of Nursing, LVNs are permitted to do whatever facility policies allow. Therefore, if a facility allows LVNs to partake in IV therapy, LVNs who work at that particular workplace can do so.
Conversely, if a facility disallows LVNs from participating in IV therapy due to policies, LVNs who work at that facility cannot touch IVs.
Hopefully everything works out for you. I recently had an interview and thank god I left so early because the hospital was downtown, about 20 minutes away. I drove right past the parking lot so I had to loop around and try to find my way back (lots of 1 way streets), when I got to the parking lot, I discovered that they only accepted cash so I had to back out of the entrance to the lot onto a busy one way street, drive around to find an ATM (I found one at a gas station), find the lot again, paid and parked, sat in my car for 20 minutes, walked down the street in the rain, and i was still 15 minutes early. If it makes you feel any better, I mailed my resume into a hospital that my friend works at. I spelled the unit supervisor's last name wrong. I misread it when my friend messaged me the name and address to mail it to. I found out when I got an interview and she introduced herself and I immediately knew I made a mistake. When she took me on a unit tour after the interview while we were waiting for the elevator, I said, "I think I misspelled your last name when I mailed in my resume, I'm so sorry about that". She was cool with it and she hired me 2 days later.
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Ah, got it. Sorry!