PGH feedback

mikeru22 · Jul 18, 2012

Hi mikeru22,
Will they have an interview tom? I have given them a call last July 9th and was advised that my scheduled date will be on the 17th. I was also informed that I need not to give them a call for confirmation today.

Hi chanchanx...Have you gone to the panel interview? How was it? Sorry I just saw your message now.

chanchanx · Jul 19, 2012

Hi mikeru22,

Yup! I'm done with the panel interview last Tuesday. I was overwhelmed since there are a lot of panelists. They asked a lot of personal questions and the interview didn't last that long. I will now wait for an update regarding my final interview :)

mikeru22 · Jul 20, 2012

Hi mikeru22,
Yup! I'm done with the panel interview last Tuesday. I was overwhelmed since there are a lot of panelists. They asked a lot of personal questions and the interview didn't last that long. I will now wait for an update regarding my final interview :)

Woah personal questions? Nice nice. Goodluck. How many applicants were screened that day?

shinanigan · Jul 22, 2012

I just wanna ask, is the more than a year of waiting for the PGH employment worth it!?

mikeru22 · Jul 25, 2012

I think it is especially if you've not been a practicing nurse for years and it is the only way that you can go back to practicing your chosen profession. It won't be if you don't have any jobs and you're family depends solely on you for a living.

Ar-en · Jul 29, 2012

I think it is especially if you've not been a practicing nurse for years and it is the only way that you can go back to practicing your chosen profession. It won't be if you don't have any jobs and you're family depends solely on you for a living.

umm i just wanna ask if its true that PGH has training and you have to pay 10k for it?

mikeru22 · Jul 29, 2012

umm i just wanna ask if its true that PGH has training and you have to pay 10k for it?

Hey Ar En, what you are referring to is the APCN. It's a 6-month paid exposure in PGH where you will be deployed in different wards and specialty areas. The screening happens twice a year and the DNRD normally announces when they're accepting applicants.

Ar-en · Jul 30, 2012

Hey Ar En, what you are referring to is the APCN. It's a 6-month paid exposure in PGH where you will be deployed in different wards and specialty areas. The screening happens twice a year and the DNRD normally announces when they're accepting applicants.

thank you mikeru22 :). umm if you ever get into the training, does the trainee has a chance to be absorb in the hospital?.

Ar-en · Jul 30, 2012

Hey Ar En, what you are referring to is the APCN. It's a 6-month paid exposure in PGH where you will be deployed in different wards and specialty areas. The screening happens twice a year and the DNRD normally announces when they're accepting applicants.

thank you mikeru22 :). umm if you ever get into the training, does the trainee has a chance to be absorb in the hospital?. also sorry for asking but what is DNRD?

mikeru22 · Aug 2, 2012

Nope, joining the APCN doesn't guarantee a trainee to be absorbed by the institution. DNRD means Department of Nursing Research and Development.

eissej_rn · Aug 4, 2012

shinanigan:as to my job application experience, it took me 3 years to finally fill up the position as Nurse I at PGH. After passing the written exam it was after a year that I had my panel interview, a year passed then I had my final interview then recently my medical exam...then I got hired. I wasn't really expecting they would still contact me because of the large "pool" of applicants they had who also shared the same experience. During that waiting period I made sure no time is wasted. I took trainings, volunteer works, applied to almost every hospital (even applied as a military nurse), took & passed NCLEX, even had a non-nursing related job. I am very eager to gain & develop knowledge & skills related or not to my chosen profession. Then, I found myself working as a ER staff in a private hospital--it was overwhelmingly challenging but I was happy that finally I had my formal hospital job. I felt I have adjusted already then a MAJOR dilemma came in--finally my NC (military nurse) & PGH appication knocks! And I was like...whoa!!! It was very though, I had to think it over for some time, prayed really hard & seek advice from my "mentors"....PFT (for NC) or leaving my safe zone & starting back to zero in a public hospital. To cut the long story short...I am now a PGH staff nurse. Is it worth it? Yes! How would you survive a almost 1:20 nurse-patient ratio if you come there unpreprared. Nonetheless, there are lots of benefit, perks that comes with it--which will be revealed once you're part of it. Hope my experience sheds some light. Good luck & Glod Bless to everyone!:)

shinanigan · Aug 5, 2012

shinanigan:as to my job application experience, it took me 3 years to finally fill up the position as Nurse I at PGH. After passing the written exam it was after a year that I had my panel interview, a year passed then I had my final interview then recently my medical exam...then I got hired. I wasn't really expecting they would still contact me because of the large "pool" of applicants they had who also shared the same experience. During that waiting period I made sure no time is wasted. I took trainings, volunteer works, applied to almost every hospital (even applied as a military nurse), took & passed NCLEX, even had a non-nursing related job. I am very eager to gain & develop knowledge & skills related or not to my chosen profession. Then, I found myself working as a ER staff in a private hospital--it was overwhelmingly challenging but I was happy that finally I had my formal hospital job. I felt I have adjusted already then a MAJOR dilemma came in--finally my NC (military nurse) & PGH appication knocks! And I was like...whoa!!! It was very though, I had to think it over for some time, prayed really hard & seek advice from my "mentors"....PFT (for NC) or leaving my safe zone & starting back to zero in a public hospital. To cut the long story short...I am now a PGH staff nurse. Is it worth it? Yes! How would you survive a almost 1:20 nurse-patient ratio if you come there unpreprared. Nonetheless, there are lots of benefit, perks that comes with it--which will be revealed once you're part of it. Hope my experience sheds some light. Good luck & Glod Bless to everyone!:)

Thanks for enlightening! Though some of the benefits were actually said before we actually had our exam. And I guess there's somehow an edge of working in a government hospital. But still, your story was very well appreciated. Hehe.

And by the way, are you able to see the list of passers for those who applied last July 6? They informed us that they'll post the results after a month.