Every time I think to post I always end up forgetting to do it, which is why my posts are always so spread out. But anyway I come bearing news. I believe since the last time I posted, it was when I was being considered for an OR fellowship. Well I have yet to hear back from them if I got the job or not since then lol. Obviously I assumed that I didn't get it, but it would have been nice for someone to at least contact me and tell me I didn't get the job. I would rather be told I didn't get the job than to just sit around and assume I didn't but what's done is done. In other news I had been contacted by the same hospital again for a different position but this time on a new telemetry floor they were opening. This was amazing because that is like the ideal job for me and its a full time day shift which are usually hard to come by. While waiting to have that interview I got called by a different hospital for an interview for an RN New Grad Telemetry Internship a week before my other interview. What are the chances that would happen around the same time and the same type of floor on top of interview for the internship which was a panel style interview. That alone made me scared beyond belief but I thought it went really well. And by the end of the week I found out that I had gotten the job all before I even went on the other interview for the first job. Crazy right?! I accepted the job but still went on the other interview anyway. That interview I felt also went well. Like I said this job was a full time day position on a brand new telemetry floor. I would get 8 weeks orientation and since the floor they were building wouldn't be ready until the end of the year, we would start off temporarily working on a different unit and then transfer over once it is ready. They said they wouldn't have an answer for me for at least a couple of weeks because they were interviewing a lot of day and night staff for the new floor and this would take some time. So I figured I would just keep the internship especially since it was a 16 week orientation for me.
And just like that I was employed! I did all my paperwork and employee physical. This past Monday was the first day of orientation. We learned about the hospital policies and procedures and got to know some of the other staff since it was general hospital orientation. Wednesday was the first day of RN orientation. this was the real stuff like learning how to use the EMR, medication administration, mock codes, etc. However Thursday afternoon things changed for me. I got a call from the recruiter of the first job on the brand new telemetry day job I had interviewed for at the end of last month. Come to find out that I had gotten the job and to make matters harder, they were going to pay me more money. My dilemma though was that I had just started with this hospital and the job that I had wanted originally wanted came through for me. I went home and tried to talk to everyone I could and get advice on what to do on the situation. About 50% of the people I asked told me I should stay at the hospital since I was already there. The other 50% said I should go for the other job because this hospital system was hard to get into so when they extend an invitation you should take it. Being in a situation like that is very hard and I don't wish that feeling on anyone. I cried about it a lot and I'm not the type of person that is prone to tears so of course I got pissed off that I was crying about it and ended up crying more. I went to sleep and the next day I had to wake up at 6 AM for orientation so I needed to make a decision because I told the recruiter I would give him an answer the next morning. So Friday morning came and my alarm went off and I laid in bed and thought long and hard about my situation. I finally thought to myself which one would I regret not doing the most if I turned my back on it. And just like that my decision was made. I called the recruiter that morning and accepted the daytime telemetry job and resigned from the other job the same day.
Now I know I probably seem like a spoiled ungrateful brat but I am just the opposite. I am so grateful that I had two great opportunities offered to me considering many people in the same position as me have yet to find jobs. I know the internship might have been a great opportunity but I knew I would have regretted turning down the other job. Anytime I had a bad day, bad moment, or even if I couldn't find parking(btw parking is horrendous and practically impossible at that hospital), I knew I would have been like I should have taken the other job. Which is why I decided to take it. I know 8 weeks is not a lot of time especially on a telemetry unit but that health system is so nurturing towards its nurses that I know I will be okay. Now I don't at all expect it to be smooth sailing because nursing is a tough field and its especially tough for new grads so I'm not expecting to be skipping through fields of daisies but in my heart I know things will be okay for me. So I was originally told that I was supposed to start March 23 but that is pretty far away. The recruiter mentioned another orientation to take place March 9th, so I mentioned to him how if it were possible that I would prefer to start on the 9th instead of the 23rd. Sure enough he said it was possible so I will officially be starting orientation on the 9th of March. I know some might think I'm crazy because I am pretty poor at the moment because I hadn't gotten paid yet before I resigned and I don't even know if they are going to give me that money at all. But I'm super excited because I am going to be starting at a place that I have always wanted to work. So we'll be doing a little back and forth for a bit but who cares. God is on my side so things will ultimately work out. I'm about to get paid!!! Lol that was totally uncalled for but hey what can I say, I'm a work in progress...
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