(this is another post, typed up in September, that I didn't 'publish' either, so a couple months later, here it is!)
Praise the Lord! I received my first job offer, and accepted :) It all happened so fast! From the time I had reconnected via email with the HR recruiter until the time of my interview and job offer, only 10 days had passed.
The interview with the nurse manager almost seemed more like a personality test to me. Questions such as:
What 3 words would you want people to describe you as?
Has there been one event/moment in your life that has defined you?
What's the most common misperception people have about you?
Why do you want to be a nurse?
Do you follow your head or heart?
Do you want a summary or details?
What makes you really angry?
etc.
Overall, it went pretty well, and I'm looking forward to starting on this unit at the end of the month :) Everyone seems very friendly and helpful. Time to enjoy what free time I have left, and get ready to move!
Friday, November 8, 2013
Grace, R.N., B.S.N. (late post)
(this is a post I typed up in July but never hit "publish"-- so here it is, 5 months later! haha)
So, I'm pretty sure NCLEX is designed to make every person who walks out of that exam room feel like they failed. Four years of college, 2 years of actual nursing school, plus X hours and 2,000+ practice questions later... you'd think that once you're graduated the actual licensing part wouldn't be that bad. Nope. Take the pressure of all the exams of nursing school and combine it into ONE test.
All I can say is that I'm so relieved and grateful to be done with NCLEX :)
Sunday (the day before NCLEX) I went to church, hung out a little bit afterwards, then came home and relaxed. I refused to do anymore practice questions. Thankfully, my test was scheduled for 1pm, so I had plenty of time to sleep in, and at least get a decent night's sleep. I had a slight moment of panic when I started thinking too much about it and got that feeling of anxiousness that I experienced during my first week of nursing school (chest tightening, a little short of breath).
It was pretty nerve wracking, though I thought I stayed as calm as possible for the situation. I'm pretty sure my blood pressure and pulse were elevated for most of the day.
It seemed like I had alot of traction questions (material that I was NOT good at at all...)
And these drugs I've never heard of before. Tolcapone? Never heard of that.
I gotta say, it was as difficult a test as our profs described in school, mainly because of the fact that anything and everything is fair game. Critical thinking skills are an absolute must.
Thank the Lord I really didn't have many OB/peds questions.
I felt like it was a lot of teaching, prioritizing assessments, delegation, and PHARM. Sheesh, alot of meds.
and the Select All That Apply questions.... I felt like there were so many!
To conclude my post, a picture from tumblr just for fun:
So, I'm pretty sure NCLEX is designed to make every person who walks out of that exam room feel like they failed. Four years of college, 2 years of actual nursing school, plus X hours and 2,000+ practice questions later... you'd think that once you're graduated the actual licensing part wouldn't be that bad. Nope. Take the pressure of all the exams of nursing school and combine it into ONE test.
All I can say is that I'm so relieved and grateful to be done with NCLEX :)
Sunday (the day before NCLEX) I went to church, hung out a little bit afterwards, then came home and relaxed. I refused to do anymore practice questions. Thankfully, my test was scheduled for 1pm, so I had plenty of time to sleep in, and at least get a decent night's sleep. I had a slight moment of panic when I started thinking too much about it and got that feeling of anxiousness that I experienced during my first week of nursing school (chest tightening, a little short of breath).
It was pretty nerve wracking, though I thought I stayed as calm as possible for the situation. I'm pretty sure my blood pressure and pulse were elevated for most of the day.
It seemed like I had alot of traction questions (material that I was NOT good at at all...)
And these drugs I've never heard of before. Tolcapone? Never heard of that.
I gotta say, it was as difficult a test as our profs described in school, mainly because of the fact that anything and everything is fair game. Critical thinking skills are an absolute must.
Thank the Lord I really didn't have many OB/peds questions.
I felt like it was a lot of teaching, prioritizing assessments, delegation, and PHARM. Sheesh, alot of meds.
and the Select All That Apply questions.... I felt like there were so many!
To conclude my post, a picture from tumblr just for fun:
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