Busy GYN office is seeking an experienced RN, professional for a triage/staff nurse position. Must have at least 3 yrs. experience and be able to organize and prioritize responsibilities correctly. Canidate will be a motivated self starter with excellent people skills and have the ability to forsee potential problems and take appropriate action to avoid them. Must have proper certifications and excellent references from prior private practice positions. Applicants without this experience need not apply.
This is what every job post reads like, hospital or private practice, always the same thing. Here's where I'm gonna start offending peeps...
I can understand why a post for a NICU RN may state experience is prefered, but a doctor's office, really!? 3 years, no exceptions!? I've had lots of girlie issues and have spent quite a bit of time with the hole doctor. In all that time I've seen the RNs take history and vitals, set up euipment, ask for pee in a cup, and give depo shots... and one time start CPR, this guy was looking pasty in the waiting room, I asked if he was feeling okay, he said he was anxious about some test results for his daughter(wife and daughter had been back with the doc for a while). Moments later he fell out clutching his chest, the triage nurse started CPR, attached the AED, and yelled for the admin lady to call 911.
3 years? Really!? Give me 3 weeks and I'll prove I can do it. A few weeks ago I preformed 2 rounds of CPR and delivered 2 shocks with the AED, this happenned in the beer section of "The Superstore". EMTs arrived and wisked him away, breathing and with a pulse. I grabbed a six-pack and went to the beach. Can I put that on my resume?
I understand the knowledge that comes with experience is invaluable and that I can't learn it from a book, but would someone please throw me a frickin' bone... please.
If you want the job at the ob/gyn dr's office, you can try this: this is not easy to do BUT, you can offer 3 days to one week of work for free so they can see "you have skills". I have heard of people landing jobs like that because they proved themselves and it showed cojones.
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