MICU......Interview went well.

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Specializes in CVICU/ER.

So here I am a graduate nurse. I get pinned Wednesday and I graduate Sunday. I'm excited and a bit nervous because I have boards coming up too, when I don't know...I'm just waiting for a time to test. Anyway, the job market does suck in Michigan. I love the ER that I extern at, but I don't think they are going to be able to hire me. It sucks because the people there are like my family. I fit in and love the excitement of the ER. That being said, if I can't get in I can't get in.

I had an interview in the same hospital for the MICU. It's amazing to me that they would look at a new grad for an internship and then RN once I graduate. I had my interview this week and I am told that if they like me they will make me an offer this week. It seemed to go well. I answered my interview questions honestly and made no pretense that I knew everything. I have some good experience but didn't downplay or uplay it. They asked me if I would come back the following day for a peer interview, I agreed and that seemed to go well too. I am just hoping they give me a shot. I think I can do it and all the people there seem really nice and willing to work and teach. It seems like such a good opportunity. I am just thankful for the interview. I have an interview this week for another hospital. It's nice to be wanted, but it's stressful because the decisions that I make are not just basic. I have a family to look at and a career that is just starting. I don't want to make the wrong decision and it blow up in my face....I seem to have a habit of doing that lately in my personal and professional life. My little boy is depending on his dad to make the best of this and I won't let him down...I just wish I had a blueprint of what to do.

Anyways, I know this is not the traditional question/answer post. I just sometimes jot my feelings down on here so I can try and make sense of what is going on. Thanks for listening....er.....reading.

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Specializes in Telehealth, Hospice and Palliative Care.

From a fellow new grad (Dec. 09)...Congrats! You'll have to update us if you get it. If you don't, just be happy for the great interview experiences right out of the gate! You'll just be that much better next time!

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Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.

Good luck, chuckz! :)

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Specializes in Telemetry.

Congrats!!! I am still looking for a job...let me hope I get one soon.

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Specializes in ED.

Goodluck! looks good so far especially with the peer interview. Hope you get it! please update us

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Specializes in CVICU/ER.

Well Monday I got the call. I start as a nurse intern in the MICU and when I graduate will be an RN there. They said they really were excited to have me as part of the team and I can't wait to start. It's funny, you do all this school to get your BSN, but realize you haven't even scratched the surface of what you have to learn. Nursing school gives you the foundation to learn, but now is where the real learning starts. I can't wait to see where I will be as a nurse in a year of working here. I am very excited and consider myself very fortunate. Thank you for all the kind words. It means a lot.

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Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.

Congratulations!!! That is awesome. :) How exciting!

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Specializes in Telehealth, Hospice and Palliative Care.

Yay!!

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