leesh421

YESSSSSSSS! so happy for you!!! please tell me about the awesome experiences u have at some point!!!!!!!!!!!! congrats x 1000000000000000000!!!!!!!! lots of luck and have an awesome career! im so happy to hear good news! Im still looking =( I take my boards next month!

Hi! Sorry it took me a little - if you didnt have your shadow day yet -- you don't do any patient care really. Yoou follow a nurse on the unit around as they do their patient assignment. I would just act interested and engaged and like you like the unit and would like to be there! I'm not sure what they look for because I think that's what I did but I also think they interviewed a lot of people so I'm trying not to blame myself too much! You will do great just be yourself!! If you already shadowed, hope it went well! GOOD LUCK!!!!!!! Hope you got it!!!!!

How did your interview go Meg!? I was crossing my fingers for you!!!!!!!!!

Thanks! I'm bummed too! I did my internship in the #2 NICU in the country which is here in Boston at Brigham and women's. They loved me but take no new grads and said come back in a year or so. I'd hate to waste all the skills I now have/learned from being in a NICU. The shadow day is part of the interview! So you will get one. You wear your scrubs and are paired with a nurse on the unit. You just follow him/her around from 7-1. You don't really do pt care, i got a chance to feed a baby haha but thats it. They don't even watch you, maybe they ask the RN how you did later. It's nice and you will love the unit. The nurses are very kind! You will have a great experience

Hi Meg! Best of luck!! I interviewed for a NICU position. I'm not sure why I didn't get it. I am a new grad and am from Boston. I thought I did a good job, it was my first interview. They seem to be accepting of new grads if you are a new grad too! I am not cleared to take my boards until Feb. and live in Boston, so maybe they thought I would need to much time to move down and take my boards, they just said they chose a "canidate who can meet their needs at this time". VERY SAD =( My boyfriend lives in Mt. Laurel NJ so we thought this would finally be the end of our long distance, guess not! It was kinda my dream job but I know everything happens for a reason! What floor are you interviewing on? They ask you lots of behavioral questions like "name a mistake you've made at work" or "name a time at work you felt frustrated". Just have lots of examples from your clinical experience that you can cite. Maybe I should have expressed more about the importance of "family centered care" because they are big on that, as well as patient advocacy for the kids =) I would also kinda just know stuff about the hospital because when they asked me why CHOP I didn't have the quickest answer besides it's number one in the country. So maybe search the website and know some reasons why CHOP. Don't be nervous! BE CONFIDENT! I hope you get it and BEST OF LUCK! And if you have any more suggestions on NICU positions in Philly let me know! Or any more questions!!! GO YOUUU =) It's a really cool place with lots of diversity of patients and cool cases! I will cross my fingers for you!

Just sending you some support, I am a new grad trying desperately to get a NICU job as well - no offers. You can do it! I would say stick with what you are doing, know about the hospital and unit, let your passion shine through. Sounds like you are doing the right thing already, any unit will be lucky to have you, i wish you so much success!

Hi everyone! I really need some help here. I interviewed at CHOP last week. I have been in contact with them since November. 2 phone interviews, an in person interview, and shadow day later (coming all the way from Boston), they sent me a 2 line email telling me they "hired a canidate whose qualifications more closely match our current needs". This is to a new grad position and I did my internship in a NICU? I don't understand what I did wrong - being a new grad is the worst! Anyways, I am still looking to move to Philly from Boston and need some advice from you guys on where I should look. I dont think I will apply to another position at CHOP. I'm a new grad BSN. I don't know the area well, so anything will help!! Or just advice for a new grad trying desperately to get a job! Thanks so much!!

So I have had a phone interview with the nurse recuiter and unit manager type individual, then gone in for an interview formally with the nurse recruiter and on the unit, and done a "shadow day" on the unit. I felt like I really had the job, but upon leaving they just said they'd "be in contact" and didn't give me any idea of how I did or how long to wait to hear from them etc? I am very anxious about it! Does anyone have any idea of where I go from here? All you guys who have posted recently are probably in this process right now too... anyone get any closer? GOOD LUCK =) Hope you all got or will be getting the job!:heartbeat