Somebody wants me!!!

[antihippie]

I am 3 weeks away from finishing my first Med/Surg rotation and was getting discouraged. I have never worked health care before and I know that just because I will be an ADN graduate in a year I won't be ready to be a nurse, so I have been applying like crazy for jobs as a PCA but never could get anyone to ever call back.

Well yesterday the ward manager on the floor I am doing my clinicals on asked me to stay late and come to her office to "have a talk", what did I do wrong now? She asked me if I would be interested in being a nurse technician on her floor (short stay/pediatrics) and I jumped at it. I start as soon as Med/Surg is done and work as a tech all summer, then I am enrolled in their extern program working different units until 2 months before graduation. I spend the last 2 months 1 on 1 with an RN in the department of my choosing. After graduation they send me to an N-CLEX class for a month and upon passing I am automatically hired as an RN in the open position I desire, and if I sign a 2 year contract I get 10 grand!!!

I can't believe this fell into my lap just when I was feeling like noone would give someone with no experience a chance to learn some confidence in a safe enviornment (we don't have a nursing shortage in this area). Yesterday was even better than the day I got my acceptance letter for nursing school.:biggringi

[jhawks83]

I had a somewhat similar experience. I didn't get into nursing school last year simply because the school I was applying to gave preference to the residence of the county it was in. I spent another year taking some remedial classes to raise my GPA and moved to the county. In addition I decided to seek a job as a PCT or patient care tech, the new version of a nurse aide. I didnt think I would be able to find a job with no experience that could compete with what I was making bartending but I did. I got a really good job at a great place for gaining experience making enough money to get by in school, and far more this semester when I was simply waiting to hear if I got in for next year. I got in for this august for an ADN program and cannot wait. Gotta thank connections, my step-sister is an RRT there and said I was worth training, gotta love fate. I just hope my mom's connections with a couple the CEO's of big hospitals in the area can get me into ICU as son as possible once I am done.

[Travellpro]

Congratulations! I didn't know GN's could get bonuses. That is great to know!