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Thanks for the responses so far. I'm the type of person who stayed out of politics in the classroom or clinical setting. I never had a disruptive family but I did have one angry patient that I had to deal with. Another question they asked was about a change in procedure or work rules and how you dealt with it. I asked the interviewer if I could use an example from another job and the interviewer kept telling me I had to use a nursing examples. I got the dreaded e-mail last night explaining they selected another candidate for the position. Since I didn't get the job, I will disclose the location of the interview so others can be prepared-Cleveland Clinic Main Campus. Edit-this was a one on one interview, not the phone interview. The phone interview was much easier in my case.

I just had an interview today with a major hospital and I didn't get the typical interview questions such as, "Why do you want to work here?", "Tell me about yourself", or "What is your greatest weaknesses?" The whole interview was scenario questions such as "Tell me about a time where there was a conflict, how you handled it, and give me a specific example." Next question, "Tell me about a time when you used teamwork to accomplish a task and give me an example". Next question "Tell me about a time when you went the extra mile for a patient and give me an example" The interviewer had about ten of these type of questions she read off of a sheet of paper. She specifically told me I had to use examples from my nursing experience or clinical experience. I'm a new graduate RN and the problem I had was I couldn't come up with any specific examples. I never had any "conflicts" and I always go the extra mile on all my patients. I don't know about anybody else, but my clinical experience was non-eventful. Just assessments, treatments, medication passes, and documentation. IMO, these questions should be asked to nurses who have experience, not new graduates. So should I make up stories if I get another interview like this one?

Ohio Board of Nursing is just slow. I graduated on May 3rd, got my ATT on June 21, took the NCLEX on July 5, and my license showed up on yesterday (July 9). I also turned in all my paperwork and did my fingerprints 8 weeks before I graduated. It also took 2 months to get my ATT after I graduated from my LPN school.

I just took mine and I had about 20 SATA questions out of 75. There always seemed to be one answer that was questionable on the SATA questions. On the regular questions there were two answers that were obviously wrong and two answers that were close. I also only got 3 drug questions on drugs I have never seen before- of course they don't give you the easy like the ones that end with lol, pril, pine, sone, statin, etc. I just checked and I got the good pop up, so guess that makes me an RN (I hope).

Wow, these courses sound scary. I got straight A's in my nursing classes but I have no problem memorizing concepts and terms. My biggest weakness is my writing. I barely got two C's in my freshman English courses. Looks like I will be taking only one course per 5 week term. I just hope I can find a RN job that has tuition reimbursement. Thanks again.

Thanks for your responses. I took 308J during the summer for 5 weeks and I really struggled with that course. I can't imagine taking 2 writing courses in a 5 week period. My plan was to take one course at a time and work full time, but then I got accepted for this scholarship. I hate to throw it away. Not working is not an option since I have a family to support. I went ahead and registered for my fall courses based on the schedule above. NRSE 4520 was getting full (440 students) so I didn't want to wait. Looks like I have to October 3rd to drop one of those 2nd session courses to get a full refund, except I will probably have to pay back the scholarship ($1500 for that semester). Decisions, decisions. Ugh.

I'm going to start the RN-BSN program this fall and I have to maintain a full time schedule in order to keep my scholarship. Here is my schedule I plan I doing: Fall 1- NRSE 4510 Fall 2- NRSE 4520, NRSE 4570 Fall 3- NRSE 4560 Spring 1- NRSE 4540, NRSE 4550 Spring 2- NRSE 4580 Spring 3- NRSE 4530 Summer 1- NRSE 4600 With this schedule, I'm concerned if I would be able to handle taking those 2 classes during Fall 2 and Spring 1 and having a full time job. I don't have a job yet, but hopefully I will get one by this fall. I already took all my prerequisites, so I just need these nursing classes. A little background about myself: My writing ability is very poor even though I got an A in my junior composition course 308J (which used MLA format instead of APA style ). It takes me about 2 hours to write one page. So how much writing do these courses require? I'm trying to get an idea on how many papers are required each week, how long, and if there are any large writing assignments (10+ pages). Also does anybody have any concern about taking those 2 courses together during Fall 2 and Spring 1. So basically is this doable? Thanks. Here's a cheat sheet if you don't know what the courses are: Nursing Course Titles NRSE 4510 - Professional Nursing Practice (4 cr.) NRSE 4520 - Health Assessment and Promotion (4 cr.) NRSE 4530 - Family Nursing (3 cr.) NRSE 4540 - Community Health Nursing (4 cr.) NRSE 4550 - Evidence Based Nursing (4 cr.) NRSE 4560 - Gerontologic Nursing Care (3 cr.) NRSE 4570 - Diversity (3 cr.) NRSE 4580 - Leadership in Nursing (4 cr.) NRSE 4600 - Nursing Excellence (3 cr.)

It doesn't matter what degree your going for as long as your doing your Pre-Med courses. Things might have changed now, but when I was in college back in the 1990's, my Pre-Med advisor told me to get a degree in something you like. He said medical schools didn't give any preference to students majoring in subjects such as Biology or Chemistry. So I majored in Civil Engineering and took my Pre-Med courses. In the end, my lack of volunteer experience prevented entry into medical school, not my degree. I could of went into nursing back then, but I thought I was too good to change bed pans or check blood pressures. I was a little naïve back then.

I'm in Ohio and I applied to about 10 positions so far; five of them being new graduate positions. I had two interviews at hospitals out of state, and two interviews at LTC facilities near me. I heard nothing back from the hospitals-one I interviewed a week ago and one a month ago. I got two job offers from both LTC facilities but they were only part time with bad schedules- one was working 3 days in a week then off a week, and the other was every other weekend. Plus as I mentioned in another post, one paid only $17 hour as a RN. I turned those down, so no job yet. Oh by the way, I haven't gotten my RN license yet (or even my ATT) since the Ohio Board on Nursing is slow. I'll probably just wait until I get my license to apply for other jobs.

These nursing homes are taking advantage of desperate nurses. I just got a job offer for $17 for a RN position at a LTC facility when I get my license. I would start at $14 as a LPN until I pass the NCLEX-RN exam. Not as bad as $12.50, but still pretty low. I really want to work in a hospital but I don't want to turn down a job. Plus I feel like I'm contributing to the problem by accepting such a low wage.

Yes, my wife smokes and I don't. It's probably best for me to talk directly to the hospital to see if this disqualifies me from employment or health insurance coverage for my wife. But if anybody works at a hospital that doesn't allow smokers, please feel free to comment about this situation. Thanks.

Not sure if I posted this in the right section but does anybody know if a hospital requires their employees to be non-smokers, is it alright if his/her spouse smokes? I don't smoke but I want to apply for a job that says they test applicants for nicotine. My wife doesn't work so I would need to get family health insurance.

I have a few of questions. Do they hire assoicate degree nurses? I will be doing online RN-BSN classes next fall. I will be graduating in May from my associate degree program, but probably won't get licensed for at least 2 months. When should I apply for this SNIP program? Do you know what dates they usually have the applications available and where do you find them (job search page?)? I currently live in Ohio but I read Duke will pay for relocation. Is that still true? Thanks.

I just finished my finals on Friday and got one more semester to go. So far I'm not too impressed with my LPN-RN program at OU. During this last semester they told us we weren't doing any preceptorships for our final semester because they couldn't find enough preceptors. Instead were doing regular clinicals with fewer students per clinical instructor. I was looking forward to preceptorship because it gives me real world experience. Also the switch from quarters to semesters has caused many problems including disorganization, broken promises, and last minute changes.

I'm the OP (forgot allnurses password and the email account I used). Anyways, to clarify this further, I'm in Ohio University's LPN to RN program at the Chillicothe branch campus. They handed out a form that second year ADN students (or LPN-RN students) at Ohio University can enter the RN-BSN program as long as they have taken the following prerequisites (ENG 151, PSY 120, SOC 101, PSY 101, PSY 273 or EDEC 160, CHEM121, BIOS 130, BIOS 131, BIOS 201 or 221, NUTR 128), have a minimum 3.0 GPA, and a letter of recommendation from the Associate Director of the ADN program. I already took all the prerequisites for the RN to BSN program plus the junior level composition course. I decided not to do it anyways. I'm going to wait until I finish the LPN to RN program and have a job. I figure it would be too much work. Thanks and sorry for the bump.