itri4vt

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1. New Graduate Needs help finding a job in Seattle

   itri4vt replied to dohasanbarten's topic in Washington

   MPHGirl, that's great! see you there.

2. New Graduate Needs help finding a job in Seattle

   itri4vt replied to dohasanbarten's topic in Washington

   I'm on Med/Surg. I got everything taken care of today and ready for orientation on Aug 1. See you there!

3. New Graduate Needs help finding a job in Seattle

   itri4vt replied to dohasanbarten's topic in Washington

   August 1! Very quick turnaround time. I feel badly for the scheduler at my current job, since she has a ton of shifts to cover for August. What unit are you on?

4. New Graduate Needs help finding a job in Seattle

   itri4vt replied to dohasanbarten's topic in Washington

   Speaking from experience, it is tough and frustrating and takes a lot of patience. Today was finally a breakthrough for me - I was offered a residency position at Mary Bridge Children's in Tacoma. I moved here in March (graduated accelerated BSN in ...

5. First RN job = part time, nights, stable pt

   itri4vt replied to itri4vt's topic in Home Health

   Wow, you sure hit the nail on the head!! However, just as I got comfortable with caring for the family I started with and I had actually had some fun conversations with them, my car was broken into, and I didn't want to go back to their neighborhood...

6. Thoughts on St. Joseph Medical Center? Does a new grad have chance for job there?

   itri4vt replied to hearts895, RN BSN's topic in Washington

   Lucky you! Good job and congratulations.

7. Interview at Swedish?

   itri4vt replied to itri4vt's topic in Washington

   I think there is a a night-and-day difference in jobs for experienced nurses vs. for new grads (or with only non-acute experience). I was not selected for the Swedish residency. I prepared for and executed answers to her questions just as I did fo...

8. Interview at Swedish?

   itri4vt replied to itri4vt's topic in Washington

   Interview is tomorrow... send me good thoughts!! The manager I interviewed with last time put in a good word for me through an email to the manager I'm interviewing with tomorrow... that was really nice of him. Hopefully that helps.

9. Interview at Swedish?

   itri4vt replied to itri4vt's topic in Washington

   Wendy, the residency is paid at the normal starting pay for a nurse. If the nurse going through the residency is hired into the unit s/he did the residency in, then I'm sure the orientation is shorter. However, after the residency, those nurses can...

10. Interview at Swedish?

    itri4vt replied to itri4vt's topic in Washington

    It is for different med/surg units... it is a big cohort of like 34 new grads, so they all do different shifts, every other weekend, and she said they'll try to make them "floatable" to other units so they'll get a taste of other units as well. I we...

11. Interview at Swedish?

    itri4vt replied to itri4vt's topic in Washington

    The phone interview went well! I have an in-person interview next week. Not the ER dream job - it's actually just a residency for 12 weeks that would make me qualified to apply for Staff RN positions there. It's still 100x better than the home hea...

12. Interview at Swedish?

    itri4vt replied to itri4vt's topic in Washington

    I have one too. Here's a post from my last phone interview: https://allnurses.com/graduate-nurse-forum/phone-interview-scheduled-561801.html Good luck! Try hard to sound confident, it will show in your voice. Smile and be happy - you have an inter...

13. Interview at Swedish?

    itri4vt replied to itri4vt's topic in Washington

    I graduated in December. And yes, Swedish only takes new grads into their residency positions.

14. Valley Medical Center

    itri4vt replied to ceea44's topic in Washington

    daisy, Did she know someone within the hospital or do her clinical there? Or did she apply using the conventional methods?

15. Thoughts on St. Joseph Medical Center? Does a new grad have chance for job there?

    itri4vt replied to hearts895, RN BSN's topic in Washington

    Chemdawg, the recruiter was correct. They don't have specific "residency" programs or positions posted. I also graduated in December from a school in VA, and I got one call about St. Clare's ED while I was still in VA, but since I couldn't drop in f...