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You should apply as soon as possible. I would need to have your license in order to begin working at least a week or 2 before your 1st day.

Keep applying. They are always hiring. The health system is huge and has over 19 hospitals and 2 more to be added this year. They have an orientation of 150 new employees every week. Don't give up. Good luck!

Congrats!! I'm so excited for you!! Yayyy... I went through the same exact process. I really wanted that offer letter in hand and it did take a day or two to get it but don't worry, it's on the way. That is exactly how it went for me. I'm in orientation now and I love it. They have an excellent orientation with nurse educators who review a lot of the nursing basics with you so it feels a little like nursing school all over again, but the staff is awesome and the other nurses are just as excited as I am. Welcome to the health system. I really believe they are doing some innovating things here.

Hi LPNin2011 Have you heard anything back from them? Seems like a long time to be waiting, but you never know what could be going on. Like you said, they are really busy and may take sometime getting back to you. I think a background check does require a ssn so if you didn't give it to them then they would not be doing a background check at this time. They do check you nurse license and previous job experience. Hang in there and good luck....apply elsewhere while you wait, it's a great distraction and you may even find something else along the way.

I had an interview with a director at NSLIJ as well and I did get the job!! I'm so excited! I start in about a week. The hiring process is just as you mentioned but I did not submit my references until after I had a verbal offer of employment as my current employer would have to be notified of my intention to leave. I let the hiring manager know this and she totally understood and made sure I had the offer letter in hand. After the verbal offer came the written offer letter online. I submitted my references the same day I got the letter. Sounds to me like you got the job. Check online and sign in to the job page to see if you have any messages there.

Congrats!

Thank you for your comment. And yes you are right. I don't expect to come to work and have a lovefest with everyone I encounter and have praises showered on me. Work is work and not everyone is in a good mood all the time (especially not at 7am before coffee) and we don't have to be friends to work together. All we need to do is get the job done and go home. I get it. But my issue is the nurse who goes behind your back and tries to make you look bad for her own personal gain. She didn't want to do the assignment she was given so she found a way to get out of it and used me to do it. I am at that sink or swim point in my practice and having to constantly prove myself. What she did was damaging, maybe not such a big deal, but it was an ugly thing to do to a new comer. She took advantage of the situation and being an experienced nurse wit xx amount of years under her belt, I never expected that.

I totally agree. While I'm interviewing I try to read the face of the NM to gauge how I'm doing and sometimes you just have to keep going and finish the interview with your all and hope for the best. Practice makes perfect!

Congrats! it feels good to know I'm not the only one who felt this way....Snafu13

Thank you Nurse Beth!

Thank you MochaFiend!

Thank YOU AllnRN

Okay. So. I have been a nurse for a little over 2 years and I have had a wonderful opportunity to work at a great hospital with many benefits and really love my job. However, I have to leave my job because I relocated and now have to return to my home town for child care and other personal issues with raising my young son. I had an interview at one of my top choice hospitals and was super super nervous. The staff was not at all welcoming when I walked through the door and I had to stand in the hallway to wait for the person interviewing me to come out and get me. Once the interview began I fumbled over my words and sounded (I thought) really inexperienced. I left the office feeling down and embarrassed that I had not answered the interview questions correctly. 3 days later I was offered the position! OMG I was floored. What??!! I was terrible in that interview, how in the world did I land the position? Aside from my emotional feelings about the interview it must have been satisfactory and I did in fact get my dream job. Moral of the story is, just be yourself, be honest and sell yourself the best way you can. If they want to hire you they will, if not keep moving and keep interviewing. I drove myself crazy with guilt for a whole weekend and in actually I had done a really great job. Don't be so hard on yourself. Please comment and tell me of times when you were unsure of yourself and overly emotional about a job interview...how did it go? I want to encourage you if you are looking for a job to hang in there and keep pushing.....YOU WILL FIND A JOB!

Thanks RNNPICU,BSN,RN I will shrug it off and keep on moving. I love the OR and I will continue to do my best everyday

Yes! GadgetRN71 I like that you said I won't be as much of a jerk when I am experienced. I will always take into consideration how challenging it is to be new at something and need positive reinforcement to continue to grow. The OR drama gets to me sometimes so thank you for helping me focus on the the positive....and yah! I did cover those lunches and it wasn't at all easy so I hear where you are coming from. Thanks for your comment!

Thank Jdsmom, I have been trying to keep a cool head and remember that everyone has their reasons for the things they do. I have gotten very vital feedback from those more experienced than me and the last thing I want to do is make them feel as though I don't need them and I am a know it all. I learn everyday and I try to keep a positive attitude about it all.

Thanks for your comment Invitale...you are right, perception of me is one thing and the reality of me is another. I have not been holding anything against this nurse. We still work together daily and I have never brought it up.

Thanks so much Rose_Queen for your comment. You are absolutely right, there are mean girls in every profession. I just thought that since we are nurses we care a little more and are more empathetic to others. And you are also right about faith in myself. I will continue to remain positive and be thankful for the truly great days I have. Thank you again.

Hi all. :) Just wanted to vent and get a few takes on my current situation. I am a fairly new nurse (second career) and have been in the OR for about 1 year. I work in a large teaching hospital and I really love my job. I have recently completed orientation in the OR and now I am on my own in the rooms. I both circulate and scrub. I feel I have finally gotten a grasp on things and am doing well but I am still learning. I have been experiencing some rude behavior from co workers. I have been busting my butt to learn and grow and I have been told by my managers and nurse educator that they think I am doing well. Some days are better than others but an incident the other day made me question my abilities as a nurse. An older nurse went to my nurse leader and told her that I 'looked lost''when I had gotten to the room that morning. :no:Normally there is a circulator and a scrub. This day there was 3 of us scheduled so we were trying to figure out who should do what and I was told by my nurse leader that I was to help circulate. Ok fine. The other circulating nurse was complaining the whole time that she was scheduled to leave and do lunches later that afternoon and obviously she didn't want to do it. After complaining about me "looking lost" to my nurse leader and then to the charge nurse, I was told to do the lunches so she could remain in the room. Later I was called into the nurse leader's office and asked how I was doing and she told me about the comment. I had been working in rooms on my own for at least 3 weeks and never had an issue and this nurse used the fact that I was new to her advantage, making me look incompetent in the process. And the whole time we were talking and working together like everything was fine. Now I feel like other nurses are starting to look at me as if I don't know what I'm doing but after working with me clearly see that I am perfectly capable. How could someone do that? I was so upset and broke down crying in her office, not just from this incident but from many others this past year. I am really fed up and know in my heart that I am doing an awesome job. I used to go to work with a smile on my face and excited to start the day. Now I feel bitter and disgust at some of the nurses I have to work with. I want my old happy self back. How do I deal with these nurse on a daily basis and keep my sanity? I'm thinking of leaving and starting over somewhere else. I know it's not that bad but I hate how I feel these days. I love being an OR nurse and I will die a nurse, but I now have headaches and heart palpitations every now and then because of the tremendous stress I feel. P.S. I have gotten confirmation from an experienced nurse that I am doing an awesome job and that there are "mean girls" in our OR.

I am a fairly new nurse and new to the circulating role and I understand 100% what you are going through. I once had a tech tell me that she made more money than all the nurses on staff because she was there so long. What I said to her, but not in these frank words was that the difference between scrub techs and nurses is that this is all you can do, I can go into any specialty I choose. I was at my 1st position for 6 months and had 2 different techs with the attitude that I was in the room for their needs. They would tell me that I needed to get them everything they needed before I took care of positioning the patient. The anesthesia team was responsible for bringing the patient into the room so I would do all I could for the techs, but the minute the patient was in the room they had to wait. As a nurse my first priority is patient safety. I will not put my patients and my license at risk for some pretentious scrub tech with an attitude problem. I never once got confrontational but silence is golden. Everyone understands silence. I made sure they had everything they needed for the very beginning of the case so the surgeon was not waiting for anything then as the case went on I would then get them what they needed. I refuse to be pushed around by techs. Luckily I am now at a wonderful hospital where everyone is polite and says please and thank you. We have a system in place where we can anonymously report disruptive and unacceptable behavior (even badly behaving Docs can be reported) online so everyone is really careful how we handle each other and patients. These types of negative people can make your job very difficult and stressful. Keep good notes of what is going on and bring it management. If need be you can request not to work with that particular tech at all. Make it all about patient safety and a pleasant experience for the patient. Patient centered care is what we focus on, start there. Good Luck! Believe things will get better!

Ok so you have just asked many questions and I will try to answer as many as I can. 1st of all congrats on completing nursing school and welcome to the profession. I am fairly a new nurse with about 6 months experience as an RN. I just landed my dream job and had to relocate from NYC city in order to so. All hospitals want hospital based experience and to find a hospital that would take me was extremely hard. But I am proof that it is possible you just have to want it and apply apply apply. As far as resume goes your CNA background is excellent. Play that up a bit and add your clinical rotations experience as well. I went to a professional résumé writer and had an excellent resume created which I am sure impresses every recruiter I interview with. It is one page with a flap cover, sort of looks like a pamphlet. I get many comments on it. interviews are not hard if you relax and take your time to answer questions. I find the more honest and enthusiastic about the job the better it goes. Remember, these are smart people you are interviewing with so be honest and straight forward. Have confidence in your abilities, you worked hard for this moment right now. Tell yourself you are good enough and that any hospital would be lucky to have you. Staying positive on the job search is a must. Good Luck!!!

Hi, I just had a shadow experience at Strong Memorial Hospital. I too am from NYC. It was not hands on, as you don't have any credentials on file there, you will not be required to do anything except watch. Ask as many questions as you can without being to too pushy with the staff. They are all very nice and informative.

I know how you feel. :yawn:I was sick to my stomach over the job market here in NYC. If you went into nursing for the right reasons then stick with it. YOU ARE A NURSE! Hospitals are not the only places to apply. I gave up on hospitals and found a job as a new grad ADN in a private practice OR/PACU. My dream job is at a hospital but honestly I would have taken any RN position in any facility just to begin my career. I even applied to drug rehab centers, HIV clinics, methadone clinics, dialysis centers, asthma clinics, etc. Don't limit yourself with hospital jobs. Truthfully I felt like if they didn't want me and my education means nothing to them then I will go where I am appreciated. There are jobs out there you just have to be willing to take a pay cut and get in where you fit in, then down the line move into the position of your dreams. What sets you apart from an experienced nurse is your enthusiasm for the field and the fact that you are not picky and flexible. That will take you where you want to go....eventually!

I am a new grad in NYC. I graduated in January 2013 with an ADN, took the NCLEX in April 2013. It is now May 2013 and I start my first RN job tomorrow. I was like you. Applying online, which takes so much of your time, then not getting any calls back. Finally, I got so frustrated and after crying my eyes out for a whole day literally from 10am to 2am, I decided to apply to every job posting whether I was qualified or not. I went to indeed.com posted my resume and just clicked the button where it says apply from your phone. I was not even reading the job descriptions. I went down the list and clicked away. I was out at a pub scrolling through the list and clicking away. lol. I got a lot of calls asking if I had experience and was told that when I got a year or two experience to call back. I also got a lot of calls from staffing agencies who were willing to work with me as a new grad even though employers wanted experienced nurses. The staffing agency sent me on 3 interviews in one week. I was so desperate for a job, after being out of work for 3 years because I went to nursing school and cared for my son. I really sold myself in one of the interviews. I mean I was talking more than the interviewer was. I watched for cues from her as to whether what I was saying satisfied her questions and kept talking until I did. That was a 2 hour interview where I poured out my heart and told her why I went into nursing, what my future goals were and why I would be a great candidate. I was hired 2 days later. I am a new grad in an ambulatory surgery center in NYC with great pay and benefits. Don't give up. There are jobs out there. Private offices are always looking to hire RN's and are willing to train you. Take a lower salary if you must, this will set you apart from an experienced RN who will not accept pay lower than what they have been getting in their previous jobs. Go to staffing agencies and do temp work in the mean time, they will hire you and it's quite cash. You will have a thousand No's but all you need is one Yes! Good luck and keep going....you too will post your victorious story here very soon:-) Keep looking and enjoy the summer while you can, because when you do start working, you wont have time to pee....hehehehehehe

I made a mistake with my post because I don't always post to this site but now I'm sure I have gotten it right. My original reply was to Ruas61. And if you read my post it should make perfect sense that I am not talking to a new grad nurse. It should be apparent that I am speaking of experienced nurses who have forgotten that they too were once New Grads.