nurse4211

That was my thought process in why I would press the code button. Yes I actually emailed everyone who interviewed me a thank you letter but I haven't heard anything back. It's ok if I don't.

I wasn't saying push the code button to call a code it was to get someone's attention. We were taught in school if you need someone there fast to press the code button. Our instuctors said they'd rather have that than still be there for mins with no help. I didn't say press the call bell because she said it was on in the first place. That's what brought me in. Just to me pressing the call bell even if it wasn't on in the first place wouldn't get someone there that fast. As for follow protocol I don't know what their protocol was. The vacations they would of been 6months apart and I had them planned for months before this job was even known about. They're start date would of been after my first scheduled vacation but then they moved it up halfway through the interview process by a month. I didn't know planned time off was discussed after the offer. Thank you for that info.

I recently just graduated from a RN adn program. I had an interview for a CCU program through a hospital. Went through 3 interviews. The last one it was with the manager of the unit I'd be hired on. Well she started off the phone interview like I already had the job. For months I've already had 2 vacations planned after graduation and knew I would have to bring it up to the employer sometime and figured it was a good time to mention it at that time on the phone interview. I explained to her I had one in July but I am able to reschedule it for next yr. I also had one for a wk in sept and would like to know if I can get that honored with no pay. She redirected me to the nursing recruiter then proceeded to ask me Her: "You are one of two nurses on nights and a call bell is going off. You enter the room and the patient is actively having a seizure. What would you do?" Me: "I would protect their airway, head, and any limbs of injury, stay with the patient the whole time until it is over with, turn them on their side and call for help. Her: "How would you call for help." Me: "I would yell help, or push the code button. Her: "It is not a code." Me: Well then I would use my spectra link to call the other nurse. I also would be monitoring the patient during the seizure for what movements are happening and their eyes. After it is over I would call the MD. Her: "You would use the call bell" Me: "Oh. ok" After the interview I immediately emailed the nurse recruiter about my vacation time that needed to be honored. 3hrs later I get an email stating they would be looking into other candidates that better fit their requirements. Now mind you I have 5yrs of experience as a LPN 2 yrs as a GNA and I did clinicals for 1.5yrs in that hospital. Do you think my answer to the seizure incident was wrong? Do you think I didn't get the job because of my answer or the vacation request?