Suga Moore

Thank you for the insight and you brought up some great points that I can think about before the interview!

Thank you, I will answer these so that I am prepared.

Hello, I hope that everyone is having a great day! I am looking for some advice. I have a hospital interview coming up and I feel that being well informed will help me be successful in the interview for a graduate nurse position at a local hospital. I am scheduled to be interviewed by managers from different departments at the same time and I have never been interviewed like this before. I have been an LPN in nursing homes for two years, and in my experience, I was interviewed by a couple of people and not questioned very much about anything except availability and length of time I have been a nurse. I really want to do well, but I have never been on an interview for a hospital before and I am not sure what kind of questions they will ask or what information they will expect me to know. I would appreciate it if any of you who have been on these interviews or has in fact done the interviewing, could tell me some of the information I need to know or the questions that are generally asked. Thank you in advance for your help! Also, I am not sure if this helps, but the areas in question are Med Surg and Renal.

I used to do a lot of crock pot stuff, like crock pot meatloaf or crock pot glazed chicken, but I bought a pressure cooker and now I am so freaking happy!!!! That thing is seriously quick. Like I just did a quick meal.......half a cup of water, a few beef bullion cubes, threw some meatballs on top, threw some frozen stuffed pasta on top of that with a can of tomato sauce and waited for it to get done and finished mixing in some jar of spaghetti sauce, and threw some garlic bread in the oven for five minutes and I was done honey. Usually meals take no longer than thirty minutes and I leave it on the counter on warm for kids and hubby before I go to work. Now cleaning, that's a whole 'nother story, and hopefully the family can pitch in before we end up on an episode of hoarders :)

Nursing is a hard major and it's sink or swim, so you better worry about keeping your grades up because it's harder to get out of a hole then it is to stay afloat. It takes more than one bad grade to get a 1.9 so if her degree program isn't working for her, then maybe she should talk to the counselor. She needs to figure out her learning style and tailor her studying habits to it, so she can understand what she's reading. You are responsible for your grades and I would screen her needy calls and avoid them like the plague. It might be harsh, but if she cared about you, then she wouldn't put your grades at risk. In nursing school, you learn how to let go of the rubbish and focus on what's important. I don't know about you, but I worked like a dog to get those A's and B's in school and I cried more than once and I didn't let anything stop me. I have friends that I didn't talk to for months and we are STILL FRIENDS. Cut her off until school ends and see if she still wants to be your friend.

Hello everyone. I didn't want to leave this thread without commenting on what eventually happened. I did get a cushy raise and I can now focus more on working towards my RN degree. I guess enough grumbling reached enough ears; also companies pay a lot to try to train new workers, so it's to everyone's benefit that my pay increase and I stay put. I am very thankful.

This is starting to look like a "Southern Trend." I guess I better check out some salary websites of neighboring areas.

Ok, I might not agree with everything you're saying, but I can respect it. If I stay with this company, due to how their raises are set, this situation will not get better, so I guess I do need to look at companies who take more than time into consideration.

Someone said that I can start a union for nurses.......I will look into this. Another person said to switch jobs......I really hate job hopping. Maybe when I finish my RN I can renegotiate a higher salary.......I like this idea.

I am not familiar enough with the RN role to honestly answer that question. I can only speak on roles that I have worked, such as aide or l.p.n. I guess that it would depend on job duties and experience, now wouldn't it? What I do know is: An LPN is a licensed practical nurse, an RN is a registered nurse, and there are Advanced Practice nurses.......but all of them are actually NURSES with varying levels of education and responsibilities that they expect to be paid for. The CNA is a "nurse's aide or a nursing assistant" so there is no fair comparison.

Yeah, last year I worked as an aide in the South and my pay was $9 an hour and I felt that was too low for the work that an aide does. Although I felt that way, the starting pay for an l.p.n here is starting at $14 an hour at clinics/hospitals and $16 an hour at the nursing home, so where should the nurse aide cap off? Should their pay just keep increasing because of their years of service, without an increase in skilled duties? I at one point earned $14 as an aide in another state, but I also had a certificate to pass medications and do treatments in a cbrf/assisted living, and that is a skill set that should be paid for, hence the higher wages. I know this is a touchy subject for many and I thank all you brave souls who are commenting and taking the poll, whether you agree with me or not.

Well, maybe it's because of their union because the nurses don't have one........

I was an aide for many years and in my post I said that they work hard, but I do too, and I do believe that asking for compensation for a skill set that I had to be licensed for is fair. I didn't just fall off a turnip truck and decide to be a nurse. I have been an aide for at least 15+ years before becoming a nurse! So by your account, since I should lend my skills elsewhere, should that be reverting back to cna work with my company, since they get paid so well? Maybe you are coming across as a harpy because it's not your check suffering.......you know, since I'm butt hurt and all. The very nerve of you lady!!!

Why is this ridiculous? Nurses on contract are sometimes asked not to discuss how much they are earning. Some companies have rules in place like that, but I don't feel that it's "ridiculous" in any way.

What a lovely group of people on this site and thank you all for your comments! Maybe I can get some blood work panels done and start from there.