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A Career Magazine for Medical Professionals Fall 2006

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Travel NursingInterview Prep

Interview FollowupStudy Tips and Tools

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ContentsFall 2006

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Travel nursing is a popular career option for nurses. Here’s how it works.

You begin by selecting a travel nursing company, who acts as your personal job recruiter. The company helps you to determine where in the United States you want to work, the type of facility that interests you, and which travel assignments are available.

The travel company then helps you get placed in the work assignment of your choice, provides you with an apartment (usually close to the facility), pays you a generous travel reimbursement, and then supports you during your assignment. Usually travel assign-ments last 13 weeks, and upon completion, you can

either renew at the same hospital or travel to a new location. There are no annual contracts or other strings attached. You can work for as many assign-ments as you like.

If you are an RN with at least 8-10 months of clinical experience, the exciting field of travel nursing is open to you. Most travel assignments are 13 weeks, although travel nursing companies may be able to customize the length of an assignment to meet your needs. Chances are, the exact assignment you want is out there waiting for you.


Get PreparedFOR THE INTERVIEW

Have a perfect, complete résumé in a folder along with the other documents you may need. (For tips on preparing and checking your résumé

Bring your nursing license or notice of passing board scores (if you have it), CPR/BCLS card, driver's license, immunization record and social security number with you. Have them quickly accessible for copying. Or, if you really want to make an impression, have several copies of all documents already copied and ready to provide to the human resources department and the hiring/interviewing manager.

Prepare a typed reference list complete with names, titles, current addresses and telephone numbers of previous managers and personal references. Make sure you have the most current contact information for these people.

Have at least two copies of your references with you—one to leave with the human resources depart-ment and one to leave with the hiring manager. (You may bring along reference letters, but most employers will use them only to supplement the references they will obtain and not as a substitute for them.)

You may be asked to give permission for a criminal background check. The permission form may ask you to list all of your addresses for the previous five to seven years. Have those addresses with you! Take along a copy of your most recent cumulative grade report, demonstrating that you are not at risk to fail the licensing examination, if you have not yet taken it or are awaiting results.

Anticipate and create answers to some of the most standard questions: How would you describe your skills as a teamplayer? What will you do to get along with difficult staff members? How do you plan to handle problem patients and/or families? What will you do when your unit is short-staffed and you have to give a treatment that you have never done before?

Develop and practice an answer to the question, "Tell me a little about yourself." This question is designed to

In today's environment, few applicants follow-through on their interviews with personal notes. However, these indicators of interest and thoughtfulness are powerful devices that reinforce a favorable impression, and can win the job for you. So, if you want the job.......

Accomplish this task immediately after your interview. Hand-written or computer-generated? It doesn't matter, but neatness and 100 percent accurate spelling does! Use high-quality paper, either a plain note card or bond paper. Chatty or strictly business? Neither - make it focused but friendly. Thank the interviewer(s) for their time and consideration.If you remembered to inquire about current challenges (also known as problems) the manager or unit is facing, mention a specific contribution you can make to a resolution. This is dynamite! ASK FOR THE JOB! Stress the match between the needs of the hiring manager and your skills and personality.

Hiring managers will appreciate your courtesy in taking yourself out of the pool of candidates. Despite its large numbers, "movers and shakers" in the nursing profession have close networks. This small act of consideration may result in the manager's willingness to assist you in finding another position that is a better fit for you within the same hospital, or within your clinical specialty in another hospital in the area.

Call to convey your interest and to ask if there is anything else you can do to be the candidate chosen. Find out when the decision will be made. Call again the day before the decision is made. In that call, wish the hiring manager great success with the hire, even if you are not the one selected. This demonstration of graciousness may be the nudge that throws the decision your way.

test your judgment. The interviewer does not want a chronological biography, or any self-deprecating remarks. The correct answer is one that gives the interviewer insight into what unique skills, talents and attitudes you can bring to the unit. Be prepared to define those, and to give examples to substantiate your claim. For example, if you plan to talk about your team-playing or team-leadership skills, give an example from your nursing schooling or a previous work expe-rience that validates your self-assessment.

Ask a friend or relative who is in a management position or who is familiar with the interviewing process to do a "mock" interview with you, asking the thought-provoking questions they would ask of their candidates. Don't be afraid to pick someone tough.

Consider: You are being interviewed because the manager has a problem. There is a vacancy. It is no doubt causing stress for the manager and the other workers on the unit. Be prepared to give examples of your ability to be a part of the solution to the prob-lem.

As a new graduate, what type of assistance and support will you need to get up to speed? What special attitudes do you bring with you that will help you quickly carry your own weight on the unit? (If you have done an accurate/honest self-assessment before deciding to apply for this position, you should be able to answer these questions easily).

Practice answering the questions until they feel "right" to you. "Right" means that the answers accurately reflect your skills and personality, not what you think the interviewer wants to hear. Be true to yourself. Otherwise you may find yourself hired, but in a position, that does not "fit" you well.

If you have had an unpleasant experience as an aide or in another pre-nursing work setting, what did you learn from it? Be prepared to answer questions about negative situations positively.

AFTER THE INTERVIEW


Medical Mnemonics

EKG’s

Virtual Stethoscope

Mnemonics, which simply means "memory aid" in Greek, is a quick and significant means to enhance your memorization skills. Unlike acronyms and other means of learning by asso-ciation, using mnemonics is an effective way to remember hard to retain lists of facts.

Check out these mnemonic aids: http://www.medicalmnemonics.com

With so many different types of cardia arrhyth-mias, learning what the electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG) rhythms mean can be confusing. Use the following links to help you interpret, study and improve your ability to recognize EKGs

EKG Tutorial http://www.studymed.com/ekgtutor.htm

Normal & Abnormal EKG's and Heart Sounds http://bioscience.org/atlases/heart/index.htm

Use this virtual stethoscope site to help you decipher normal and abnormal cardiac and respiratory sounds.http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/heart/heart/steth-f.htm

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