hi everyone! i'm holli. i took boards on june 13th and passed with 75 questions. i am starting work on july 18th at the only hospital i ever wanted to work for. it is a great pediatric facility! i will be on the (post-op) surgical floor, and we also have all of the endocrine kids. also, they just added an epilepsy monitoring unit, for overnight monitoring and for the brain mapping they are doing. i expressed an interest in that, so they will cross-train me in that unit as well. i can't wait to get started!
my name is nancy and i graduated from my adn program and passed my nclex in june of 2003. due to several sudden traumatic events (3 close family member deaths) in my first year of nursing i left the med/surg floor.
the next three years i did school nursing. at first, i thought being a school nurse would be easier than floor nursing. i needed easier at work because home was so difficult with my grieving children. it was a slower pace compared to floor nursing but not easier. it did allowed me to make the time to finish my bsn, which i completed in may 2007.
now i am back to square one...i am a new grad again, so to speak. i have come to realize in the last 3 years of school nursing that it is not my preferred career choice and that hospital nursing has its incentives, such as higher wages, more hours and advancement opportunities, student loan repayment programs, and education reimbursements. so after 5 hospital interviews in the past month i have landed a new med/surg position that will give me all these incentives plus 8 hour day shifts. there is also a 13 week orientation and training program offered to me since my hospital nursing skills are a bit rusty. i went to border's bookstore yesterday and bought a 2007 med/surg text for reviewing. things have change in 4 years when i was on the floor. nurses do not do "wet to dry" dressings anymore at my hospital.
good luck to all of you in passing your nclex, landing your first nursing job, and learning how to put all that nursing knowledge into practice. i am right there with you.
Specializes in NICU, PICU, PCVICU and peds oncology.
Well it's now Thursday and I still haven't heard from the hospital informing me of there decision,( to be hired, or not to be hired, that is the question). I'm getting a little discouraged but then I remember that it took them a couple of weeks to call me in for my initial interview. Still, it's inconsiderate to just keep me hanging like this.....:rotfl:
Hiring at a large facility is more of a process than an event. You apply. Human resources screens your application then sends it down the line to a program recruiter. That person screens your application and sends it on to the program manager. The program manager arranges and conducts an interview, which could be one of dozens in addition to all their regular workload like meetings, budget planning, meetings, disciplinary actions, meetings, etc. The notes from the interviews sit on a desk until someone remembers them. Then the manager has to try and remember the person attached to the application and interview notes, and decide who will be hired. Then the process reverses itself with the selection being sent to the program recruiter, who sends it back to human resources for finalization. When it's been approved by human resources, they call the manager and tell her to go ahead. She puts it on her to-do list and eventually calls the successful applicant. I waited a month after an interview before hearing back, just recently. I also applied for advanced training in my current job several weeks ago; I see the manager who will be making the arrangements for the training frequently but she has yet to tell me if I've been selected. It's a frustrating waiting game... but don't give up yet.
Specializes in inpatient rehab (general, sci, tbi, cva).
I am a new nurse, too. I passed NCLEX-RN on 6/14 and started my job as a staff nurse on the rehab unit of a major Midwestern rehab facility.
I had picked another hospital because I interviewed at a lot of places and did my clinicals all over the place to see what I liked. A couple of hospitals just were so slow! I decided if I liked my last clinical, I would apply for an opening on that unit. I didn't just like it...I loved it! This unit has lots of options--different shifts (4, 8 or 12--mostly 8 or 12), three distinct units with different populations, and a good mix of both older and newer nurses.
We also work with a lot of doctors, therapists and other folks, like neuropsychologists, nutritionists, etc., so I really feel like a valued member of the "healthcare team" they always talk about in school. In fact, my preceptor gets asked a lot of stuff by lots of people, not just because she's been there 20+ years, but because they really value her opinion.
I was discouraged because the head of the education dept. said,"we'll let you know Monday or Tuesday of next week". So when Monday (June 18th ) arrived I was very excited to receive that phone call from Education... but it never came... It wasn't until this past Monday that I entertained the thought that I was waiting for Human Resource to call me and NOT the Education Dept. I then received the long awaited phone call on Tuesday June 26th that I am being offered the job.. I thank you very much for your informative email. My situation played out exactly as you wrote it .
Specializes in NICU, PICU, PCVICU and peds oncology.
Congratulations!! I'm glad you were able to be patient and just wait it out. As it turns out, I also found out on Tuesday that once again I'm being passed up for the advanced training in favour of several more junior nurses. Oh well. I'm just going to have to create my own opportunities.
Specializes in NICU, PICU, PCVICU and peds oncology.
Most likely because I am not willing to sit quietly by and let the management run roughshod over the staff. Since I posted my previous message, I've learned that all of the other senior staff who were also passed over (there were 7 of us) are people who have worked elsewhere and know that things don't have to be the way they are (workload, staffing problems, quality of management, equipment and supply shortages, etc). I'm coming up on my 10th year as a PICU nurse; some of the others have been doing it far longer. One of my fellow passed-overs actually looked after my son in NICU in 1983... Another has worked in PICUs in four countries on three continents. Of the ones who were selected, only one has as much experience as I do. The next closest one has 4 years. Three of them have roughly a year apiece... and they all came to our unit as new grads. So they're malleable. Not this chick!
Specializes in inpatient rehab (general, sci, tbi, cva).
janfrn:
Good ol' corporate BS. They always seem to want to train someone new when they are afraid to work with the people they have. (My corp BS meter has 15 years experience on it...and even though it's not in nursing, corp BS looks and smells the same no matter the industry.)
I believe in the saying, "if you want to grow, you've got to go." if necessary. Some people think job jumping is rotten, but in your case, it's not. If you can't change the system, you can take a break somewhere else, which allows you to network with other people and learn something new there. No guarantees, but at least you get away from everything for a while. If you do it right, you can always come back...maybe after the current regime is frazzled with the new ones...assuming they stay.
Good luck to you wherever you end up! Life is too short to be in a job you don't like anymore.
Specializes in Trauma ICU, Surgical ICU, Medical ICU.
I have not yet finished nursing school (one month left, yay!) I have a job in the MICU in Durham, NC at DUMC and Im so so so excited! I'm going to take my NCLEX as soon as possible and I'm really nervous about it! I am currently going to school at WVU in their SON program, so I'm moving over 6 hours away. I'm excited to see where I am this time next year, and how much I will have learned.
hi nurses, i am new to an since july 2007. it's bitter sweet moment, when i finally join the forum. i used to be your reader. promised myself will join when graduate. dream come true!!!!!!!
26 y.o, bsn, newly rn. just found out yesterday via quick result. supper happy for a few moment! now, moving on to the next step: finding a job!
i am really interested in med/surg tele, does anyone work in houston texas? any recomendations for ng program?
Congrats to everyone who already passed their NCLEX and best of luck to those studying to take it soon. I took my NCLEX on 7/5 and am happy to say that I passed in 80 questions!! Phew! Now it's on to the job hunt for me.
By the way, I am so glad I found this website.. it's so great!
Congrats to everyone who already passed their NCLEX and best of luck to those studying to take it soon. I took my NCLEX on 7/5 and am happy to say that I passed in 80 questions!! Phew! Now it's on to the job hunt for me.
By the way, I am so glad I found this website.. it's so great!
Hello, Congrat. to you, too. Any luck with the job hunting at your end? You did not mention what is your interest area in nursing, but, I wish you the best of luck. I took NCLEX on 7/3, my exam stopped in 85, found out on 7/7 that i passed. Pretty exciting and nerve racking moment. Now, I am praying for my friends taking thier exams.
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nancynurse2003
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hi fellow new grads,
my name is nancy and i graduated from my adn program and passed my nclex in june of 2003. due to several sudden traumatic events (3 close family member deaths) in my first year of nursing i left the med/surg floor.
the next three years i did school nursing. at first, i thought being a school nurse would be easier than floor nursing. i needed easier at work because home was so difficult with my grieving children. it was a slower pace compared to floor nursing but not easier. it did allowed me to make the time to finish my bsn, which i completed in may 2007.
now i am back to square one...i am a new grad again, so to speak. i have come to realize in the last 3 years of school nursing that it is not my preferred career choice and that hospital nursing has its incentives, such as higher wages, more hours and advancement opportunities, student loan repayment programs, and education reimbursements. so after 5 hospital interviews in the past month i have landed a new med/surg position that will give me all these incentives plus 8 hour day shifts. there is also a 13 week orientation and training program offered to me since my hospital nursing skills are a bit rusty. i went to border's bookstore yesterday and bought a 2007 med/surg text for reviewing. things have change in 4 years when i was on the floor. nurses do not do "wet to dry" dressings anymore at my hospital.
good luck to all of you in passing your nclex, landing your first nursing job, and learning how to put all that nursing knowledge into practice. i am right there with you.
nancy nurse