buckeyesn

Thank you both for your replies, your feedback was great. I'm going to try to find an EFM class to sign up for, and give it my all at the interview. Wish me luck!

Hello all, I've been browsing this forum for about a year now and know what great advice you all give. I am a senior nursing student and will receive my BSN in June. I know I want to work in L&D. I LOVED my maternity rotation in Spring, and couldn't get enough of it. I spent my summer as a full time extern on a postpartum unit where I was with a preceptor 40 hours a week. By the end of the summer, I was independent with my preceptors entire assignment which consisted of 4 or 5 dyads, the nursery, or newborn triage. This was at a large university teaching hospital with many deliveries so I feel I had a lot of exposure. For my high acuity rotation this past fall I was placed in L&D, as I had requested, so I was with another preceptor, and spent 10 weeks there. Altogether I have been doing some sort of OB clinical since last April. In about two and half weeks I have an interview with a nurse recruiter and the L&D nurse manager (!) at another large hospital. From what I understand, they are open to hiring new grads, although they do hire into High Acuity OB first sometimes. My question is: What can I do to be as marketable as possible? How do I approach the interview? I am one of those people who hate talking myself up but I know I need to be fairly aggressive. I feel I have a good knowledge base in OB and am very open to learning. I've gotten great reviews from all my preceptors and clinical instructors. I just really WANT to get hired into L&D. Any advice or tips you can give me would be much appreciated. Thanks!!!!