Today is a good day. Today is a scary day.

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Specializes in ER/ICU.

Today is a good day. Today is a scary day. Today is the start of a new journey. Today is the first day of moving onward and upward. Today I was offered a position as a nurse. YES A NURSE! I have been applying and interviewing for jobs for months without sucess. Today I was offered a job. I start on Monday. I don't know if I am more excited or nervous.

Thank you everyone for being my support system. I am sure I will need your advice just as much if not more now. Please keep hanging on and don't give up. Hope is alive.

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Congratulations!! Stay tried, stay true

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Specializes in ER/ICU.

I am horrible when it comes to interviews I hate going to them. I have lost many of job that I was qualified for simply over a poor interview. This may have changed my mind. It was by far the best interview I have ever been on. She made me feel super comfortable and she actually listened. She wasn't rushed and she allowed me to answer without cutting me off. We sat on equal ground and eye to eye. If there were a difficult question or uncomfortable situation (being fired from a job) her calm demeanor was what I needed to take a breath and get thru the interview. When it came time for the "monitoring" disclosure she sat quietly and listened. She didn't get awkward or upset or roll her eyes she simply listened. Once I was done she asked the questions she had and then thanked me for the professionalism displayed while disclosing. She reassured me and we moved on. That was it. No pain at all. At the end if the interview she let it slip that as long as the background check was ok they would offer me the position. I officially got offered the position today!

I just want to put this out there for all hiring managers. The lady doing my interview has to be the most caring professional (when it comes to hiring) that I have come in contact with. There was no eye rolling, squirming in chair, jostling of paper etc. There was just good old fashioned caring. We are all professional and we are all on the flip side from time to time. We know what we did and it was wrong. We punish ourselves daily. We are embarrassed and ashamed. All this on our own! No eye rolling necessary.

The DON at my new job (I love saying that í ½í¸€í ½í¹í ½í±âœŒí ½í¹Œ) is absolutely amazing. I look forward to starting my new career here!

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Specializes in Clinical Research, Outpt Women's Health.

That is great. Rock it.

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Specializes in Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life).

That's great - we actually hire quite a few nurses in the program where I work. It's in-patient psych and in Southern California so if you are looking in that area about 30 minutes from Los Angeles. Drop me a PM - I promise you will get a fair shake and no eye-rolls.:sarcastic:

Hppy

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Specializes in ER/ICU.
That's great - we actually hire quite a few nurses in the program where I work. It's in-patient psych and in Southern California so if you are looking in that area about 30 minutes from Los Angeles. Drop me a PM - I promise you will get a fair shake and no eye-rolls.:sarcastic:

Hppy

Thank you so much! I live in Arizona and my monitoring program is thru that state. Thank you for putting that out there. I wish more people would network and help each other get jobs. I did get a job offer and I start Monday. I am so excited. I keep wanting to pinch myself but I am scared it's just a dream.

I CHALLENGE all of you who are fortunate enough to be working to put it out there like hppygr8ful did (we can handle it via PM's. I advise against naming a company directly) and be willing to help our fellow nurses succeed with their recovery. And yes that does include working. I haven't even started yet but my overall mind frame has changed and I find myself smiling just a little more.

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Congratulations! After I searched for months, I was finally offered a position as an RN too, it feels good to say that. It's so exciting to get back to it! My first day is tomorrow! Good luck to you! Keep up the good work!!

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Specializes in ER/ICU.
Congratulations! After I searched for months, I was finally offered a position as an RN too, it feels good to say that. It's so exciting to get back to it! My first day is tomorrow! Good luck to you! Keep up the good work!!

Congratulations to you also. It took months but it finally happened. I start the 12th also. I am so nervous. I feel like it's to good to be true. I am afraid it's all a dream. I am afraid they made a mistake and they will withdraw the offer. I can't sleep I can eat I can't do anything. I have never been this nervous about a job before. I would love to know how your day goes. I am in AZ. What state are you in?

Once I get myself situated I am committed to helping others find work also. I am committed on sharing info (in a way private to the employers and companies) on businesses that are willing to hire nurses in a monitoring program. though this site has been very helpful I wish I had more support from others in my situation. Finding work has been one of the hardest things I have ever done.

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Three for three! I start my first nursing job under monitoring today as well.

Remember you've worked hard for your degree, for your license, for your sanity. You would not be practicing if any of the myriad of professionals (board, therapist) thought you were less than safe and competent. You've earned this!

go get em!

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I am in Ohio. My day was good, just the usual paperwork, videos and setting up passwords. I feel the same as you do when it comes to supporting our peers. There isn't anything in my area. Luckily I found a nurse who graciously walked me through this terrifying process. I have helped some others, paying it forward. The most helpful thing for me was meeting people who made it through to the other side and I will gladly put myself out there so that others know that we can and do get through this. We are all worth having the gift of recovery and a second chance at being nurses. We cannot do this alone, we have to stick together. WE HAVE A VOICE & EVERYONE could benefit from hearing us. I know I have learned things that I didn't know I needed to. My eyes are open and life is beautiful! I look forward to hearing about your day! KEEP IT UP!!

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Specializes in ER/ICU.

Congrats K10 and twoyearnurse! When I started I was sure I would never find work. As of today I am grateful and thankful. All we did was orientation but everyone was so nice. In all my years as a nurse I have never been with so many positive people. I two will be helping out as much as I can. I had ZERO support coming into this. I was scared and lonely. I think they should require a nurse mentor instead of a sponsor. Lord knows I would have given anything for someone to advise me on my new path.

CONGRATS TO ALL OF US. what a great day!!

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Specializes in ER, ICU/CCU, Open Heart OR Recovery, Etc.

Me too. I didn't really find anyone I could talk to about all this licensure/monitoring program stuff until I came to this forum.

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