How long did it take for you to hear back from Vanderbilt Nurse Residency Program ?

Hey JennRN09 and Paintingskies!!! I looked back on the classes before and decided to count all the names...yes I am a dork. Well Summer 2008 there were 196 new grads, the winter class had 79 and my friend that was accepted into the summer of 2009 program had about 100 new grads. I don't know if they have decreased the numbers since then but hopefully they are still accepting many new graduates for the winter cohort. I also asked my friend if they offered relocation assistance but unfortunatly they do not...bummer. I guess we are on our own for that one. She also said that the pay is not that great. If you would like to know, New grads that are on the medical floors for the day shift start at $18.25, if you are placed on a critical care then you will start at $19.25. The night differential is +3.00/hour and to my understanding it is $6.00/hr on weekends. However she raved about the program and absolutely loves it. Plus the benefits are awesome and the training you get is fantastic so I guess you have to take the good with the bad. Hope that info helped. Good luck.

Hey paintingskies!!! Yeh I was a little discouraged with the pay too. They start new grads in Colorado at around $22/hr so $18.25 is not that much. I asked my friend about the cost of living and it really is not that high. This website may help you figure out the cost of living between where you live now and what the Nashville area is like http://www.bestplaces.net/COL/. Good luck. If you have anymore questions feel free to ask. Where are you from??