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Sorry, but to me "I will put you on 3M", sounds as close to an offer as I have ever gotten. I have no doubt that with the job market as tight as it is someone else more impressive came along. I just wish she would have chose her words better.

I have been waiting for a phone call from HR for a position that I supposedly got only to find a rejection email in my inbox this morning. The interview went great, we toured the unit where she supposedly was going to put me and the last thing she said before she left was, "Assuming your references check out you'll be hearing from us soon". I trust my references they are good bosses and colleagues. I know they didn't have anything bad to say. Why would she blatantly lie to me like that? Is this standard practice for a nurse manager just to keep everything upbeat and positive? On one hand I am glad I didn't get it and get stuck working for the liar and on the other I am so disappointed. Nurse managers do you give an impression one way or another during the interview? Has anyone else been completely blind sided by a rejection?

Thanks for the replies. I am waiting for everything to clear HR. When they call I will put in my notice and cross my fingers hoping that I made the right decision. I will be going to the ED for the sake of familiarity. My husband made the most sense out of the situation. He said that he thinks I may keep delaying nursing school because I am comfortable with my advanced skill set and challenging environment. If I loose that in favor of something a little more menial I will probably be more motivated to finally go back to school and be an RN. He is so right, who knew he was so smart??? lol

At UPMC in PA we have Advanced patient care techs in the ED's. They are usually people in nursing school or with EMT-B. PCT's from the floor can be promoted into it if they are good enough. APCT's can start IV's, take LLM transport, place foleys, and do phlebotomy. That in addition to all the regular NA stuff.

Forgive me if this gets a little wordy. I am currently an Advanced Patient Care Tech in a city ED for over five years. While my job is busy, hectic and stressful I really love my job and the people I work with. I am respected and appreciated. I feel blessed to have good management and a state of the art facility. I do EKG's, start IV's, settle medics, insert foley's and basically assist with anything that goes on in the ED. I make 13.04/hour. Unfortunately we had to move and I now have a 1.5 hour commute to work. Also 5 of my co-workers recently either quit or went on disability leaving us pretty short. I have been offered a position at a rural hospital that is only 30 minutes away. The position is a Technical Partner which is basically a nursing assistant. The catch is that I will make $1.80 less/hour and will loose the ability to do all advanced tasks. I have my choice of the ED or a med/surg floor. The managers both seem nice and accommodating, however I am leery of them because I have been lied to in interviews before. When I do the math accounting for differences in for gas, tolls, parking fees and extra commuting time the pay evens out to about the same. I don't understand why this decision is so hard. I guess it's shallow, but I don't want to go back to being a nursing assistant. I feel like I am giving up all the ladder climbing I did to get where I am. I wouldn't even be considering this, but I have two young children and I feel like I spend all my time in the car instead of with them. Please tell me what you would do. Would you go back to being a nursing assistant under any circumstances?