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I'll be working at the Children's Hospital! I'm coming from 8 hours away but luckily have family here so I can avoid paying rent for a little bit. Have you done the employee health screening? I have mine soon and don't know if business attire is expected since it's just a screening and drug test ?

Hello, did you have a peer interview at the meet and greet or did they call you to come in later on? :) If you had a peer interview that’s a good starting sign, that means you stuck out to them after the initial interview! Good luck, fingers crossed for you!!

That's awesome, congratulations!! ?

I can't speak for you but I do know that the situations that impacted me the most were the ones that I personally related to. Whenever I would be caring for an older patient who didn't have a lot of family members come to visit it always made me sad because I immediately thought of how horrible I'd feel if that was my grandparent in that lonely hospital room. If you felt one way about nursing going into school, maybe your values have changed? I personally didn't know how much nurses do skills wise compared to doctors (silly, I know)! Or maybe going into nursing you knew you liked caring for people but didn't realize how compassionate you truly were till you actually began to care for and get to know specific patients? I'm just throwing ideas out here, but I'd say just try and brainstorm any specific patients or cases that really stuck with you then figure out why they affected you! Hope this helped a little bit ?

If you got the good pop up at some point after putting in credit card information then it's likely that you passed, I really haven't seen anyone talking about false positives, only false negatives. Try not to be nervous and don't try the trick anymore!! Wait for the unofficial/official results and relax. Try to be positive and confident, you seemed to have been more than prepared, fingers crossed for you! ?

I'll be working at the children's hospital! :)

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I'm so sorry you failed but I'm glad that you are taking off two weeks. That good, get the test out of your mind for a little bit so you can grieve and get over it. Go over any information that you knew wasn't your strongest going into the exams. I'd say look over test strategies as well. Also, practice lots of questions. Consider buying another study component like Kaplan as well if you feel that Uworld did not prepare you enough.

The PVT pop up is not 100% but I want to say that if you get the good pop up it's likely that you passed! False negatives seem to be more common than false positives. Good luck!

Look into scholarships as well! There are so many available online! Some of them don't even require that you write an essay or anything. Good luck!

I would skip on rewriting your notes and listening to lectures. I tried both of those things at one point while I was in nursing school and they were not helpful. If you do like rewriting information, at least rewrite in a different way that is easiest to understand for you so you aren't just blindly copying down information. I also wouldn't spend a lot of time skimming chapters. If you are able to go through the PPTs before class you could go through the slides quickly. Flashcards are awesome and I would definitely recommend that you keep using them!! Honestly, you have to decide how you study best and what specifically helps you and stay true to that ?

Congratulations on beginning nursing school! I graduated from nursing school this past May and completely understand that overwhelming feeling of being anxious. I agree with everyone above that you should always arrive on time. That's honestly just good advice for pretty much every situation in general! I would say prepare before going to your clinicals. I'm sure you will have to do some sort of paperwork in preparation for your clinicals and you should really take it seriously. It's much easier to feel relaxed if you at least somewhat know what is going on with patients! I think for the most part nurses don't mind having students. When you are just starting out you will be fresh and have lots to learn. Sometimes nurses may be quick with you or scold you but DO NOT TAKE IT TO HEART! Seriously, don't! Nursing is stressful and for the most part when nurses do yell at students it's because the nurses themselves are feeling stressed or rushed. No one knows anything, not even the crank old nurse who has been in the same unit for 100+ years. Ask questions if you have them. Remember that the nurse you shadow is a regular human being and was once a student. If the nurse is busy or you can tell they are annoyed with you asking too many questions, write down your questions and during lunch/bathroom break/back at home google it to find the answers. I'm naturally shy and had to physically force myself to speak up around the nurses. Remember that you were smart enough to get into the program and you belong in that hospital!! Have confidence and remember that there is no shame in excusing yourself to go to the bathroom to do some deep breathing. Best of luck to you!!

I was actually offered another residency position here in my home state so I think not getting an interview email probably worked out for the best for me! Good luck to all of you maybe we'll be working alongside each other in Seattle at some point in the future ?

That's awesome, congrats!!

No :/

It’s an online license transfer thing that is required if you’re applying to get a WA nurse license.

I luckily didn't have to interview for nursing school when I went but I would definitely count on them asking you why you became a nurse as an initial question! Just general interview advice would be to research possible questions and have some of your answers planned. I'm not saying have a script memorized because that seems forced and fake but have some personal anecdotes ready to go in the back of your mind so when you're interviewing you aren't stuck going umm because you can't think of a time that you overcome a challenge or what not! Interviews go best when you are relaxed and natural. Try to get your jitters out before you sit down to speak. Look the part too! Wear a pressed/clean suit that looks as professional as possible. Nursing is a respected career and even though scrubs are pretty much upgraded pajamas you want the people interviewing you to be pleased with your appearance. Also, have some questions ready to ask them at the end because this looks like you are prepared and did your research ahead of time. Just be honest and sell yourself without seeming too reheorificed or over confident. Good luck, you got this!!

The last replies to this post were from a few weeks ago but I wanted to chime in because I was recently offered a position for the residency and will be starting in August! If anyone else is going to be starting in August, let me know so we can be nervous and excited together hahah

Hi nursing students/graduates! So I recently made a more specific post about the job I accepted but I wanted to make a more general post about jobs. I know how stressful I felt while applying and thought I'd try and give my own personal advice. I'm in no way a career expert or anything but I did graduate in May and have a job lined up...so I must have done something right lol! So I graduated on May 18, 2019. I chose my nursing school solely based off convenience and cost. Going to school in this city allowed me to live at home and since my parents pay for my school and I was never eligible for financial aid, it just seemed like the right decision if I wanted to avoid taking out student loans. Since this wasn't my desired city I had no interest in working or living here. I stayed true to this and did not apply to any jobs in this city. I knew that applying here would be easy because they have such a shortage of nurses but couldn't force myself into living here any longer ? Pretty much all throughout nursing school I knew that I wanted to work in the NICU and move half way across the US. Spoiler alert, neither of those things ended up happening...and I'm okay with that. I spent about 3.5 weeks studying for my NCLEX after I graduated. I went out of town twice for interviews which really messed up my study flow but luckily I PASSED! A little side note, after NCLEX I was felt like I'd failed so looking for jobs was not on my mind at all. During the time I spent studying I honestly was also not spending much time looking for jobs. I did a few interviews at the last minute but was totally focused on passing NCLEX. After I passed NCLEX the pressure was on to start the job hunt. It was very time consuming and stressful. If you've done any type of job hunting you know that around 85% of the posted jobs require at least 1 year of experience. Many of the nurse residency/new graduate programs I looked into had also already closed their application windows because I'd seemingly waited too long to start searching for jobs. I tried to fill out 20+ applications and got so many rejection emails. I grew worried that I wouldn't start working until October or later. I read so many horror articles about new nursing graduates not being able to find jobs for 6 months-1 year. Luckily, I don't have bills or children to support but the thought of putting off working was not something I wanted to do. Long story short, one of the interviews that I randomly did whilst studying for NCLEX actually ended up offering me a job!! Oddly enough it's in my hometown, where I thought I would never live again. Life has such a funny way of doing things, doesn't it?? It's also not in the NICU but luckily is still in pediatrics. Although I was somewhat upset at first because it was not in my dream city or unit I now know just how lucky I am. I came across the residency program literally 3 days before the application window closed and both interviews I did went really smoothly. I can rest easy now knowing that I actually have a job lined up but I know so many of you all are in the same position that I was in literally last week! So my first piece of advice...start applying early. I'll admit I'm a chronic procrastinator but I really thought that finding a job as a nurse would be easy. I mean, how many of us have heard everyone around us say that as nurses we'll "never have trouble finding work"... Start looking for jobs that interest you while in nursing school. Do your research and make notes of hospitals and programs and important dates. Most hospitals have pretty easy to understand timelines so doing everything in a timely manner is possible. Many of my classmates had jobs lined up before we'd even graduated from school. This isn't really a tip but I would say to stop comparing yourself to your classmates. It can be annoying when your entire Facebook feed is people posting about their new jobs and you're still scrolling through page after page on indeed or Glassdoor. You will find a job eventually and in the grand scheme of things the fact that your classmate starting working a few months before you doesn't matter. My final little bit of advice is to keep an open mind. It sounds silly and cliche but it's so necessary!! I was a bit naive and thought that I would be able to land a NICU job quickly and in a different state. I was so positive that I wanted to leave my home state but now that I have a job lined up I'm genuinely excited to start working. I'm also going to be close to family and since this is my first time working and being an actual adult I think it's best that I have that close support system. I'm going to get some much needed experience under my belt so when the time comes I can make that move to my dream city. If you have your heart set on a dream city, unit, or hospital that's awesome, but don't let other opportunities go unnoticed because of this dream. If you truly want to work somewhere specific you'll end up there, maybe just not right away! Remember that no matter where you start working fresh out of college you are going to learn and grow. Just because you start in one hospital or city does not mean you have to stay there forever! This was a bit of a lengthy post but I thought I'd put my two cents in. If anyone has any questions about jobs, interviews, etc. please ask me!!! I didn't really have anyone to help guide me through everything and would love to be of assistance to anyone out there ?

Hello! So I recently accepted an offer into the San Antonio Methodist Nurse Residency Program and will officially start August 19, 2019. A little background about me: I grew up in SA but went to college in a different Texas city. I don't keep in close contact with people I went to high school with and would love to get in contact with some of y'all who are either going to be in the residency program with me or are a new nurse in San Antonio! If anyone has any questions about the residency program I'm also open!! ? Also, if anyone is in the Methodist program or completed the residency program some more insider tips or information would be really appreciated!

Not yet :/ I’m losing hope lol

You might be right about the delay! I have no clue how many people they'll interview to be honest ? Fingers crossed though!!

Yes, it said to do the nursify thing before sending the application. I just did it, do you remember how long it takes? Since everything is online it seems like everything should be instant lol

Wow really, that's good to hear! I thought it took like 6 weeks minimum lol

Take a few days to rest and recover before you start studying again. I know all of my classmates are always posting about how they passed and have been hired for jobs and it can be annoying so maybe even consider social media. Don't worry about your classmates, in the grand scheme of things you will all be working the same jobs! Try and write down what you found difficult on the exam. It seems like anxiety may be what prevented you from doing your best so for sure work on meditation or strategies that can help relieve your anxiety! Stay positive and tell yourself that you WILL pass this test! It's just a test on a computer, don't let it define you! Good luck!!