Childrens Medical Center of Dallas July 2016 Residency

sarah.b2024 · Mar 15, 2016

Just had my Skype interview! Only 3 behavioral questions and the rest were talking about the unit and my own questions. Total of about 25 minutes. About 2 hours later the recruiter sent me an email asking me to rank the units I interviewed for, so I chose Trauma ICU first and PICU second :-). I think that's a good sign! Good luck everyone!!

toomanypants · Mar 16, 2016

Anyone tour the CVICU? Being out of state, I didn't get to take a peek after my interview. I'm curious how the unit is set up, like are computers right outside the rooms, is it a large unit, what else is on the same floor, etc. Any information you want to share would be nice to have!

Nurse20161 · Mar 17, 2016

I currently work there in there, though I have chosen not to pursue my nursing career at childrens. I can tell you the CVICU is very very nice. It is the best of all three. These are the best nurses and the actual physical set up is the newest. The CV operating room, the CV MRI, is on the same floor which is very convenient and safe for the CVICU nurses and the OR. It is the BEST ICU to work in at childrens. Also, it is staffed unlike the Trauma and PICU. If you get a job in the CVICU, you will be treated like a superstar.

toomanypants · Mar 17, 2016

Thanks for sharing that Nurse20161.[emoji108]ðŸ½

I'll probably be having ridiculous ICU dreams of grandeur and glory tonight.

Nurse20161 · Mar 17, 2016

are you trying to work in the cvicu?

toomanypants · Mar 17, 2016

I interviewed with them and am hoping they will hire me.

Nurse20161 · Mar 17, 2016

It really is a good area and I hope they hire you to

sarah.b2024 · Mar 17, 2016

I currently work there in there, though I have chosen not to pursue my nursing career at childrens. I can tell you the CVICU is very very nice. It is the best of all three. These are the best nurses and the actual physical set up is the newest. The CV operating room, the CV MRI, is on the same floor which is very convenient and safe for the CVICU nurses and the OR. It is the BEST ICU to work in at childrens. Also, it is staffed unlike the Trauma and PICU. If you get a job in the CVICU, you will be treated like a superstar.

What do you mean it's "staffed"? Like with CNAs or techs? Understaffed? I just interviewed for the PICU and Trauma and asked about staffing and she said she has never had issues with understaffing.

Nurse20161 · Mar 17, 2016

Well, let me clarify. I don't want to say anything bad about the PICUs because they are AMAZING! The CVICU (to me) just seems to always be staffed with happy nurses. PICU often has more travelers and they were in fact very short staffed this past summer. That doesn't make it bad or anything. PICU has a higher census so they are always needing people. CV is more steady. Both are great.... I just think the CVICU is a better place to work.

aspiringRN2016 · Mar 19, 2016

has anyone received another offered and have tried to reach out to HR to notify them and see if they could get a quicker response from Children's so that you could make your decision? I reached out to HR and am hoping she'll get back to me Monday, but just wondering if anyone else had to do that also and if she was able to let you know any sooner

aspiringRN2016 · Mar 19, 2016

*another offer (I mean from another hospital just to clarify)

toomanypants · Mar 19, 2016

I haven't asked that particular question. During my interview, the managers explained that the recruiter may be letting people know around March 23 but most likely by the 28th. It seems like a few pieces of this process differed from the given information on the website, so maybe we will hear sometime during the week of March 21.