Anyone applied for an Internship for Scott & White, June 2012?

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The deadline is the last Friday in March. From now on I going to open my options because I am now aware competition is pretty fierce for jobs; for some reason I just assumed a job was going to just appear and float down in my hand like a feather, how naive. BTW I graduate this upcoming May. I am starting to get pretty freaked out about jobs now. And, have you all heard anything about Scott & White? Seton was my first choice, but I'm just making more room.

Specializes in Pediatric ICU.

Anyone else interviewing for PICU? Mine's this week. Very excited!

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Hey everyone I am also applying at Scott & White. So far I have applied for NICU, Children's ED, and Children's Acute Care. I also applied for the ED, just because I always wanted to work there and I do enjoy it, but since I'll be living in Austin I'm not sure if I want to sign up for 3rd shift just yet so I have been thinking of withdrawing from that.

I always wanted to work with kids when I was younger, then nursing school started and I was against working with kids (even after I took pediatrics). But now that I'm applying for jobs I just keep coming back to wanting to work with children lol.

I saw some people have interviews this week. Good luck on all those interviews.

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mpihl: Have you heard anything from Children's ED? I have been listed as routed for a long time, it seems.

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Anyone else interviewing for PICU? Mine's this week. Very excited!

How did your interview go? I hope all went well! :)

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mpihl: Have you heard anything from Children's ED? I have been listed as routed for a long time, it seems.

No I haven't heard anything from the Children's ED and I've also been routed for awhile. But I have heard that some departments like to wait until after the applications have to be turned in to actually call anyone. I don't know how accurate that actually is but since the application closes next week maybe we will hear something soon!

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I thought it went well, although it is hard to tell. My interview was more about getting to know me and my experiences and telling me a bit about S&W. I didn't think it was terribly stressful and the managers who interviewed me were very pleasant. How was everyone else's phone interview?

They actually allowed you to do a phone interview? I got a call today for a med-surg interview and the lady stressed that it was very much preferred that I do an on campus interview with them. I'm 4 hours away, and maybe I'm much closer than some of yall, so maybe thats why she said I really needed to be there. I think she felt agitated though because I had to schedule it 3 weeks out just so I could have a day where I'm not in class or clinical since they don't do Friday interviews.

It's good to hear your interview went well though!! Is Med-Surg your main choice?

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I am from California, so I am assuming that is why they opted for the phone interview. Med-surg is not my first choice. I think I may have let that show a bit in the interview, because I never got a call back. ICU, and more specifically Burn ICU is my true passion, but in this economy you take what you can get. Best of luck on your interview! I would emphasize your work ethic as well as your time management with S&W, it appeared to be a focus in my phone interview.

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Oh well hopefully there just going over other applications and you'll get a call back. Luckily Med-Surg doesn't go through the same deadlines as the other internships so its always a possibility later. Med-Surg is not my first choice either so I'm hoping I can get enough interview practice in at school to not let that show. Thanks for the tips as well!!

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...since the application closes next week maybe we will hear something soon!

I had no idea that was how it worked, only that some units take longer than others. It helps to know that. I also got a call today to schedule the Medsurg interview by phone next week. Yes, she did seem to want to get these arranged as soon as possible. However, I must give her credit for how quick her turnaround is--I appreciate that. My first choice is not MedSurg as well, but I am not above doing things the old fashioned way and working my way up into my specialty of choice--just may take a little longer.

Specialty would be icing on the cake, but I am just happy to be almost done with nursing school and potentially making a salary for a change :)

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Yah someone from Human Resources told me all the applications (besides Med-Surg) is only open for October and some of them require longer contracts than others depending on how long the internship is. Med-Surg almost always takes applications and they do internships all the time. So luckily if for any reason one of our specialties is not the way we get to go we can still fall back on Med-Surg.

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Has anyone heard from NICU or Children's ED yet?

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Specializes in Critical Care.

I did not apply to those, but of the areas I did apply to (ICU, PICU, OR) I have only received correspondence from the ICU manager.

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