Westchester/Bronx - narrowing it down

[morenita0527]

I recently passed NCLEX and became licensed this month. After some intense stalking of various recruiters and nurse managers, I got interviewed by White Plains Hospital, Montefiore Medical Center Moses Division, Montefiore Einstein Weiler Hospital and Westchester Medical Center. The Einstein interview is the only one that didn't go so great, and White Plains is paying the LEAST out of everywhere. I need help narrowing it down between working full time 12 hour shifts on an Oncology floor at Monte, or joining the new grad OR training program at WMC which is 8 hour shifts 5 days a week and 9 months of training.

Of course most nurses think a year or two of Med-Surg is important, but OR nurses generally say that the OR is good because you avoid a lot of the unpleasant aspects of patient care. Also, I have an MBA and am thinking long term - Monte is definitely not the place I want to become a manager. Is it a mistake to get stuck in the OR? Will I be stuck there forever? What would you do? I haven't gotten firm offers but it looks pretty good - and depending on what I want I plan to follow up with the people involved to keep my name in their minds (Ex. I work with nurses who have worked with the people I've interviewed and I say btw so and so spoke highly of the training and work flow, etc. and I have actually had some of these nurses go find the nurse manager I interviewed with and give a recommendation about me in person to them because nurse managers are too busy to read emails lol)

[ninathechihuahua]

Sorry if this is off topic but i'm desperate for answers!

I interviewed last september 15' with a recruiter at WPH she said if my references were okay (and if the interview went well, which i felt like 50% of it didn't), she would set me up with a 2nd interview with the NM.

Fast forward to 2 weeks ago, i get an email from a different recruiter asking me to come in. I come in to HR and am greeted by the NM. I felt like the interview went well, i interviewed with the staff, at the end they said "I hope you get the job!". one girl walked me out to the elevator and said "they usually call back quickly", and my interview was on wednesday, 5/4 a few days ago, I have not heard anything.

I forgot to bring the actual RN license, i brought the registration, but i did fax the license 2 days after the interview.

I mean so far, this has been a long process, maybe this time will be long too?

I have 1 1/2 years experience, ADN. currently enrolled (starting May 16') in an rn-bsn program.

How did the process go with your WPH interview? When did you follow up?

Please get back to me , thank you!