What should I do about finding a job

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I just finished nursing school and passed my NCLEX. I have recently moved up east with my wife.

Hospital A I was offered the job in a prison acute care unit. My understanding is the training is for only 4 weeks and the pt load is 9pt per nurse which is high. This is a brand new unit. I think currently they have only 18pts but are moving up to 90pts so of course they need a lot more nurses. They did not even hired a nurse manager yet. The doctor had to do my interview. On the plus side I did like the doctor..

Hospital B did not want me at all. I most have had a bad day.

Hospital C is a different story. I had three interviews for three different positions and was told by the first interview she thought I would be better suited for ICU so I interviewed for that unit and a rehab unit. Last Thur. 7/26/07 I interviewed for both jobs and felt that things went good in both interviews. After finally getting a hold of the HR nurse(about a week) she told me basically I did very good in the rehab interview and was waiting to hear from the ICU nurse. This was two days ago. Is this normal to wait so long, I plan on calling HR tomorrow to see what up.This is the hospital where I really want to work. Also I do not know the exact amount of weeks but they have a very good training program.

Option D skip all the above and start applying at new hospitals

Help thanks john

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John,

Congratulations on finishing nursing school and of course conquering the NCLEX monser! When I interviewed for my current position I did not hear from HR until about a week later, it is not unusual. Good for you to contact HR and find out what's up. I wish you all the best and I am pretty sure that you will get the job you really want. Take care!;)

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Specializes in Emergency & Trauma/Adult ICU.
Ok I just finished nothing school

Freudian slip??? :wink2:

Congratulations on graduation and passing NCLEX. I don't think the short amount of time that has elapsed since your interviews is unusual ... hiring managers have full days with other priorities in addition to hiring. However, this doesn't preclude you from applying elsewhere if you wish.

Good luck to you.

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Thanks for all the help.

John

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