Interviews

Today was my interview with TMC. You should have seen me in the waiting room. I don't think I've ever been that nervous before an interview. I had to give myself a pep-talk and hope that I didn't need to take a xanax! HA! I guess that just shows how much I want this job. The interview was an hr long. I talked to two people and had to answer a lot of scenario questions. I don't think I would have been so nervous if one of my former classmates didn't apply for the job as well. It hurt me, considering he already has a RT job in Richardson. Why go after the job I have been waiting for? And his girlfriend posting statuses on FB saying she hopes he gets it. It is going to be a huge pay cut for him yet he still goes after it. I've worked at this hospital for four years! So now I get to play the waiting game and hope for the best.

Discouraged

I hate the waiting game. And I hate how big of a kick my ego has taken over the past 4 months. I keep saying to myself, "I'm not going to get the job at my own hospital, I just know it." I don't think anyone can understand the feelings I've been having. For 4 months, I've been rejected by so many hospitals, saying that even though my experience is impressive, they want someone with experience. I can't help but think this is going to happen again. Someone who already has a PRN job is going to get this job as well. I don't care how many times all the nurses on the ICU floor have said, "they have to give you the job, you should have President over all the applicants since you would be an internal hire." Well no, I don't. It's up to the director. I told the nurses that if I don't get the job, to not expect me to work for a week or two. I don't think I could show my face in this hospital with that big of a blow to the ego. And I'm not going to kiss butt and bug the director just to attempt to get hired either.

I do have an interview for a PRN spot at Touchstone Imaging in Plano on Monday, thanks to Jeremy and whoever he knows on the inside. You just got to love how for months you don't hear anything about interviews and once the job you want opens up, you get interviews at other places. I'm not going to blow my interviews at the other places, hoping that I get the one here at TMC. All of my possible job opportunities are PRN so even if I do get two of the jobs, I can take both.

Yesterday I renewed my CPR certification at the Texoma Red Cross. By the end of the class I was being asked by the instructor to become an instructor because he found my skills impressive. I told him I would think about it. It's for my own profit and I could charge however much I wanted, since I would be charged by the Red Cross for every CPR dummy I had to rent out. It would look impressive on my resume, and I wouldn't mind doing it, but I am waiting to see how the job outlook turns out. The instructor said that they would pay for me to take a $300 class so I could become a certified instructor.

To wrap it up, I know the career I'm pursuing is the career to I want to have. Last night I got to help out the Rad Dept at work by shooting the post op CABG xray while they dealt with traumas in the ER, and it made my whole attitude change. I was happier, I was getting compliments about how I just jumped in there and took the lead to get the quick shot I wanted. It felt right. It's not like it's a hard xray to get. It's the very first one we learn. But the OR team put the cassette upside down under the patient so I had to reshoot in the room where the patient was surrounded by the OR team, lab, respiratory, and nurses. It didn't bother me. But I still loved getting the compliments I got. :)

Job Postings

Today feels like its my day. I had a great night's sleep, I woke up refreshed, I found job postings in my inbox, and behold, one was for TMC! For once I was glad that my alarm woke me up way before I needed to be awake. I applied for the PRN job and I'm hoping for a good outcome. I understand though if they are looking for more applicants to see if someone is better qualified. :( Even though that would hurt my feelings! I also got a call from John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth today. HR went over my application and license so they can do a background check on me and send my application to the radiology department. This too would be a PRN job. How amazing would it be to finally get a job? Completely amazing.

I signed up to take Social Problems through the college. I figured why not take a class to raise my GPA up. That way I can hopefully get into Brookhaven's CT Program sometime next year and get certified in that modality. Social Problems will also count towards an RN degree if I decide to go that round to be a Radiology Nurse.

I'm still waiting to hear back from one job opportunity that a friend set me up with. What a great feeling.

Introducing: Kathryn & Jeremy Poet

Two days ago I had the pleasure of taking photos of one of my favorite nurses Kathryn and her husband Jeremy. They recently celebrated their fourth year of marriage this month. We took these on their land in Southmayd. The pond looked so pretty with the reflection in it! This was definitely one of my favorite photo sessions, despite the run of bad luck we had at the beginning when we were trying to leave the house! ;) I had so many favorites so I posted quite a few on here. Enjoy!

  

My First Post

This is my first blog post. I made this as a place I can go and ramble since I know it can get out of hand on Facebook. ;) Here I will talk about my two passions, photography and radiography. Feel free to follow me on my journey as I search for a Rad Tech job and as I continue to try out new photography techniques and make people happy.

I graduated from college this past May with a degree in Radiologic Technology. I tested right after graduation and received both my ARRT license and my Texas Health Rad Tech license. Now if I can only find a job! The job market is flooded with Rad Techs so it's going to be a big task. Fellow classmates are also having trouble finding jobs or there are the few lucky ones who got hired by their Spring semester clinical sites. Unfortunately, my clinical site isn't hiring, even though I have worked at the same hospital for 4 years now! I keep telling myself that now is the time to spread my wings and overcome my fear of change. I've been applying to open jobs all across the state of Texas. I have to put my faith into Someone greater and remind myself that if it's meant for me to move away from the DFW area, then it will happen. What a scary thought!

I've been slowly trying out different types of photography other than portraits. I've been doing portraits for 6 years now! I still love the simple job of portraits tho. :) Photography doesn't feel like work to me. Same goes for Radiology. I don't charge enough money. I always feel like I'm getting paid to have fun. Last night I stayed up late playing around in PhotoshopCS3 and tried to create the "scotch tape" effect to make it look like a photo is being held up by simple tape. Enjoy the attached photo. It is my first attempt at tape and I'm sure it can only get better from there! :) *Note: the photos used in the photostrip are also photos I have taken myself.*