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It’s official. It’s real life. It’s what I’ve been writing about for the past year and the reason I went to college: I am a registered nurse and even better, I am employed!
In the past two weeks, my life has changed dramatically and I couldn’t think of a more fitting way to say my last farewells to Hire Education. While I was studying for the NCLEX two weeks ago I received a call from a nurse manager at Onslow Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville, N.C. She received my application for a position in the Labor and Delivery Unit and was hoping to set up an interview with me, also telling me that another position was open in the newborn nursery that she thought I might be interested in as well. Needless to say, I scheduled an interview as soon as possible.
In the moments leading up to the interview, I was a combination of excited, scared, nervous and hopeful. I was ecstatic that my relentless quest in finding a job finally paid off in an interview, yet I was scared because it was so far my only shot at employment. I practiced answers to common interview questions and I also read some posts about interviews on Hire Education written by my peers. I even stumbled upon my article that I wrote about the first time I toured the hospital, amid the chaos of wind and rain.
Both my fiancé and best friend perhaps gave me the best piece of advice, and that was to be myself. No matter how well rehearsed my answers were, if I didn’t show my personality in the interview, then I wasn’t giving it my best effort. It can be all too easy to lose yourself in the intricacies, but you can’t forget to bring your personality to the interview right alongside your professional portfolio. I walked out of the interview feeling proud that I did my best, and a week later I accepted a job in the newborn nursery. I will also have the opportunity in the future to expand my skills and train as a labor-and-delivery nurse as well.
Now with a job under my belt, all I had to do was focus on passing the NCLEX-RN exam. After all, what good is a job if I don’t pass the NCLEX? I prepared as best as I could in the weeks before, studying content and taking practices quizzes. I walked into the testing center bleary eyed and nervous and an hour and a half later I emerged. I learned a couple days later that I had passed the exam and was an official Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina. As you can see, many things have changed since my last post. I am employed, I passed my boards, and I am well on my way to starting my life as a real person in the real world, albeit without a dog.
If you have been following my posts for a while now, you probably recall that I typically drop remarks about owning a dog one day soon. After thinking back on how much my life has changed since my very first post, I think it is quite fitting to see that my endeavors to own a dog remain steadfast. Unfortunately, I do not have a picture of a sickeningly cute fur-ball dog prancing on the beach that I can share with you (oh, but I wish), but rest assured, once I have this job figured out I will do my best to rescue the best dog from the local animal shelter—when both my fiancé and I are ready for that responsibility. In the meantime, I now have a wedding to plan.
A few last words of encouragement for those still searching for employment. “Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal. Nothing on Earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.”
—Thomas Jefferson
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