What the heck is going on in Portland right now?

New Grads welcome

here is the link

http://www.ohsu.edu/hr/jobs/job_deta...NEW%20IRC28121

FYI- it's not a bad unit at all to work on, nice team.

I applied for that position at OHSU as soon as it was posted and the very next day seen that they'd decided to go with more qualified applicants versus new grads.....<heavy sigh>

I see that Providence health system is opening up quite a few positions latley. I can't tell if they are open to external applicants though (I work there and have a different login portal). They don't say experience required, but the generic one year of acute care "preferred" That's what my job said when I was hired as a new grad. If the positions are open to external applicants, I'd say go for it......

I work at Kaiser. We are hiring. We just opened a new CVICU, the program is off to a good start. Also, for any nurses with CVICU experience, they are offering a 10K bonus for night shift...

Are they hiring new graduates (Dec. 2009)? My leadership course is in a CVCU and I will have my senor practicum in an ICU.

The CVICU isn't hiring new grads yet. (Our program is still really new). The MSICU might be hiring new grads. Not sure how open you are to a commute, but several of my classmates started at Salem Hospital, and are all still there.. (Linfield 2007). They have a MSICU and a CVICU...

Congrats on you new job.

Salem Hospital has 30-40 Critical Care New Grad Internships for January 2010, only BSNs need apply.

30-40 positions for critical only care sounds huge. Why is that? Did a bunch of people just quit or somthing?

Salem has a new tower they opened in spring with 4 floors of critical care - 120 beds. They are going Magnet so full staffing is a must.