Babynurse1993

I'm going to start the application process as a brand new nurse soon. A friend of mine told me my dream hospital does a med test as part of the interview. Can anybody give me an idea of what to expect? Ex: drug calculations, ADR's to meds, etc? It's my dream hospital and don't want to blow it so I want to be prepared!

I'm in your same shoes! I graduated May '15 and in August had my beautiful baby boy. I used wanting to stay at home as a crutch - yes I love staying home with him and would love to just do that if I could make money that way and hadn't just rung up 20k in student loans. I took my board (finally) in January and much to my surprise I passed. People asked when I would start working and my reply was I wanted to stay home with my baby, while true, it was for sure a way to hide from going to work out of terror. I have low self esteem and anxiety. I just got put on my anxiety pills last week so that will hopefully help. I've been reviewing everything I can like crazy and trying to get as much insight about even just the interview process, that alone terrifies me. Now I'm slowly coming to the realization that is this: I got through nursing school!! If I can do that after multiple times of dropping out because of the anxiety from it all I can do this. If I can study for and then pass my boards with a baby at home I can do this. And you know what, if it just doesn't work out, if it's truly not for me it's not the end of the world - there are other careers out there and this just goes down as a lesson learned. The longer we wait the more our anxiety will grow - trust me in the year I've put it off it hasn't gotten any easier and now I'll probably have a harder time getting a job so go for it! :) Easier said than done, I know, but if you don't do it know then when will you? Good luck! Both of us will be okay :)

What's the best attire I could have to knock their socks off and leave a great lasting impression. What all happened with your interview? Scenarios? What would you do style questions? Medication tests (what was on it)? Tips for for aceing the interview?! Thanks!!

I graduated May of '15 with my BSN, had my baby in August and then took and passed my boards in January. I've been a stay at home mom for the last nine months and because it's been a year since I've graduated I've decided soon I need to start looking for a job but I am terrified! I had anxiety in college because of the course load (who didn't) lol. Anyway after school I was fine but now that I'm even thinking about apply for jobs in a nervous wreck. Even in nursing school I never felt like a confident nurse. It takes me several times to really catch onto things so I feel like I'm not where I should be. I know it's normal to be nervous but is it normal to feel like you don't know anything? To feel under qualified?! Like all I can think is do I really need to know every ADR for every drug? What if I'm in a rush and don't have time to look up if this drug interacts with this one? What if I can't remember what ever single drug treats? Pharm was my absolute worst class and I'm currently trying to learn my meds again but it's so overwhelming. Please any advice, stories of 'I was in your shoes but now I can be a nurse in my sleep' stories would help. Failure and the anxiety a new job may/will bring is so strong that I've contemplated a new career path but I worked really hard to get here and it's a great career and stability for my family.