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Check what your status is on your profile online! I thought I didn't get the position bc they told me I would hear back in 2 weeks, when really I heard back after 2 MONTHS!! The HR department there is super slow so I wouldn't give up yet also... Did you guys order your scrubs yet? I know they have a size chart but I still fear buying the wrong size...if you ordered it already would you mind putting your height/weight and what size you got? I am 5'2 and about 110 lbs...debating between XS or S

do you guys know if there is a certain time before we can internally transfer? Like is there a clause stating we have to be on the particular floor for at least _____ amount of years?

they got back to me after like 2 months...I got an offer starting in Feb! How exciting!!

Thank you, Janice! I appreciate your advice ? Makes me feel better that there are nurses who genuinelly mean well

I'm actually a very positive person naturally, but because I have become depressed, my thoughts have become more negative. I appreciate your input but I do not agree with you in terms of being a "bad co-worker." I'm a very nice person and I always try to help when I can. I suggest you read this article: https://www.theodysseyonline.com/difference-between-blunt-rude ? Thank you for defending me! I appreciate you more than you know ?

Wow, thank you so much for your advice!! Thank God I recently got offered 3 different positions so the search is over for me. I appreciate your comment so much it really made my day. I am definitely going to therapy once i start my new job (whichever i choose) bc if there's anything this experience taught me, it's that I need help

yes, i recently got offered 3 positions at the same time (from different hospitals). 1 position I interviewed for 2 months ago and they JUST got back to me thank you so much for taking the time out of your day to try to help me. I appreciate you so much!

I think a lot of my problem was not depression coming through, but anxiety. I get very awkward and my voice shakes SO much...recently i got 3 different job offers so I think my search is over! i just have to decide. Thank you so much for commenting I appreciate it a lot ? thank you for letting me know about the resources! I will be sure to look further into it. I appreciate your comment so much thank you ?

Thank you for commenting! I actually just got offered another position I'm really excited about! They took awhile to get back to me, but I'm glad my hunt is over. I have 3 different offers and now I just have to decide which I was having such a hard time, but now all the sudden I found myself with 3 different offers! I'm very excited about them, and now i won't have to relocate if i don't want to ? thank you for commenting!

I am so discouraged with this whole field. I'm starting to think I am just not cut out for this. I got a verbal offer for a CCU position at a local hospital, but they still have not reached out through email. I have been looking for a job for the past 4 months after quitting my first due to anxiety. I know this is getting religious, but at this point I'm thinking God just never wanted me to be a nurse. I've never been through so much rejection. I've seriously been rejected enough to fill at least 3 people's lifetimes. Over and over again I go through interviews just to never hear back. I've spent countless hours to commutes there, crying every day because I have no purpose in life. Are there people who simply cannot be nurses? I have never felt so discouraged. How did i make it through 4 years of nursing school? I can't help but feel like i'm being rejected over and over because this is not the right path for me. I'm only 22. I can still save myself...the thing is I want to be a nurse but I feel like nursing doesn't want me. I have never been so depressed in my life. I know I need therapy but I can't help myself without a job. Has anyone been through something similar? I feel like I wasted so much of my life on a job that does nothing but depress and upset me every day of life. Please help me.

I'm sorry to hear you are going through this. If they fire you it might be harder to get another job in your area. In my case, I had moved out of state for my first job, so it wasn't an issue getting a job in my hometown. I recently got offered a job in a CCU at a small community hospital, though it did take a couple months to regain confidence and receive offers. Consider making a switch to a smaller hospital! it might make a huge difference for you. Please let me know what you decide!

thank you so much! I appreciate it ?

I interviewed 12/4, and they told me it would take about 2 weeks to hear back. Idk, I would also assume they would say something if I wasn't selected. I emailed 2 different people so I'm just waiting to see what they say

? I haven't heard anything...I guess I wasn't selected? Though, under my account it still says "in process." Who knows. I'm really bummed though

Yeah same!! The recruiter told me In the beginning that they’re changing their system or something and that we’ll hear back in 2 weeks. I think we have to do the references in the mean time though

LMAO i'm gonna be there too!! haha how funny. It's weird when the online world collides with real life

Hey guys! I completed my video interview yesterday (11/19), and heard back today (11/20) that I am officially in the pool! Unfortunately idk how long it takes to get matched up with a position from a nurse manager but I'll let you guys know if I hear from anyone also, thank you @sampedsnurse so much for your guidance. i had very similar questions on my interview ? it won't let me quote you for some reason haha!

lmaooo i thought the same thing! I was like dang does she know something I don't know??

I will look into it if I become unemployed for too long! Thanks!! The first time I remember dealing with anxiety I was in middle school. It was VERY mild to the point I didn't even realize it was anxiety until further introspection/years later...anxiety really only consciously affected me when I started nursing school at 18. Nursing in general has been a huge trigger for my anxiety. I honestly have no idea how I made it through nursing school bc it was awful! I would get rashes after sim lab, never sleep before clinical, etc. I've never been on meds but I'm starting to think I have to give it a try. I really hate taking meds in general so I've always dismissed the idea, but idk how else to cope at this point

wow, that does sound awesome! My goal is to be a nursing professor but idk if they require certain types of nursing/only acute care? I really have to look into that

I have a huge problem with remembering the little details. I'm not naturally detail-oriented and it always confused me how nurses seemed to remember EVERYTHING!! And, yeah i don't think my intelligence is the issue. I guess I never realized how much anxiety can affect my subconscious behaviors...

Thank you so much for your response! Right now i have interviews for inpatient pediatrics and outpatient dialysis. I am leaning towards dialysis bc the hospital for the peds interview is very high rated/high paced (Similar to my last job). I think you're right that any job will be stressful. I think being surrounded by my fam will make this next job more bearable hopefully wow that sounds so fun!! Sounds like somewhere I shadowed during nursing school Yeah, after years of ignoring it i may try to go to therapy once i get a job

I would love to see someone for anxiety, but without a job how could I afford it? I'm trying not to quit but something in me is telling me I'm not cut out for this work...I would love to work in an office or for a pharm company so that's what I'm trying to do!!

I think I'm an anxious person in general (I was never diagnosed with an anxiety disorder but I probably should be haha). i think my problem was I was just too slow and my preceptor was getting annoyed with me. That made me more anxious and it made me feel like I wasn't cut out for the work. I'm trying not to give up, but the idea of going back to inpatient gives me rashes and flashbacks from my last job...idk if I can live like that again, but at least I moved closer to my family after i quit!

I feel like I can't get into those options bc I need inpatient experience first. Though, the thought of going back to inpatient makes me feel sick are there slower paced nursing jobs ???? I feel like nursing is synonymous with stress and chaos