Received the interview, now impatiently waiting

[Entangled]

Hey my fellow nurses! I just want opinions, but at the end of day I know no one truly knows what the people at human resources are thinking. I just need some direction!

I was a LPN for five years and have worked at my only job at a nursing home for the whole five years as a LPN. Working at that nursing home encouraged me to take my career further and as of June 21, 2016 I am a registered nurse!

I have decided to take my career further and on June 30 I went on an interview within the company I work for to work on the telemetry floor at the hospital. I met my possible future supervisor who asked me those same nursing interview questions. She asked my weakness, strengths, and where I plan on being in five years. She told me about the floor and how my orientation would be. She asked me what shifts was I planning on working since it is a PRN job and after hearing that I could work day and night shifts she stated, " that's great and what I need." Before walking out of her office she said, "I have more people to interview but don't give up on me because you know next week is a holiday (July 4)."

The following Wednesday I was offered a position on another floor that I have since found out has a very high turn over rate. I asked What the status was of my previous interview and the lady said you will have to talk to the manager of Hr about that. I refused the position due to it being strictly nights. This is something I've found out my company commonly does when an area has a high turn over so I don't think this necessarily means I didn't get the original position.

Last monday, July 11, I couldn't take the wait anymore and decided to call and leave a voicemail for the Hr manager who didn't return my call. I ended up calling again and talking to the secretary and explained the circumstances because at this point I just need to know something so I can figure out what to do. She ended up telling me the reason the hr manager hasn't called me back is because she is waiting for approval for the vp for the job. She said it shouldn't be much longer. That day I also noticed that my application was no longer showing and the job has been taken off the website.

In the mean time I am still working as a Rn through my nursing home while waiting to hear something. I am thinking about just applying to another position by the end of this week. I just really didn't want to give up on this one and I don't know what will happen if I apply else where in my company. I'm afraid once I do this then the telemetry position will be completely eliminated.

what do,you guys think? I am so lost. I should be happy that I got my Rn but instead I am moping around and feeling anxious

[OrganizedChaos, LVN]

What's there to be moping around about? You are a licensed RN with a job. Yeah HR takes their sweet time with applications but that's how it is sometimes. You don't only have a job but you were offered another one, which you turned down.

There is no reason for the moping. You will hear back, one way or the other, soon enough.

[Entangled]

You're right. I am trying to stay positive but it's so hard.

[Entangled]

Also that's the thing. Do you really feel like I will hear back if I didn't get the job that's why this is so hard. If I didn't get it just tell me, don't have me sitting here running in circles.

[Marshall1]

Have you thought about contacting the person you interviewed with? Most HR dept are notorious for ignoring phone calls/emails..and often times the hiring manager is not aware of the delay/lack of communication..if you really want this position I would just reach back out to the person you interviewed with..be honest, just say since you interviewed you have not heard anything and wanted to check on the status of your application since the interview and have been unable to connect w/someone in HR. If you don't get a response after this, move on and apply for other positions or other places.