Duke New Grad Residency Summer 2020

[Royal_RN]

This thread is for all those interested in a new grad nursing job at Duke. Here we can help guide each other through the process and connect with others who have applied or are planning to apply.

Has anyone interviewed? What unit are you interested in?

What attracted you to Duke?

[future_np2022, BSN]

Hi,

I'm interested in Duke's New Grad program. Could anyone tell me roughly how much the starting pay is?

[Royal_RN, BSN, RN]

11 hours ago, future_np2022 said:

Hi,

I'm interested in Duke's New Grad program. Could anyone tell me roughly how much the starting pay is?

Starting pay is around $25.00 per hour for New Graduates.

[hopefulnewbie]

On 3/2/2020 at 7:09 AM, Katie_K94 said:

I'm from Long Island. So I did their "New to the OR Event". It was like a hiring event with all the different OR specialites and about 30 candidates looking to work at Duke. The event was so cool meeting with different nurse managers. They got back to us to two weeks after the interview. I found out last week and accepted the postion over the phone. I am now waiting for an email with the offer and how to proceed next. I'm so scared I am not going to get this email even though I accepted LOL. I just want to sign on a dotted line and make it offical so I can really celebrate

Hi I was wondering what type of question they asked during the interview. I recently submitted in application for the "new to the OR".

[berkenkot]

For anyone that took a new grad ICU position at Duke, I would love to hear about your experiences thus far (even better If you happen to have landed in the CTICU or SICU).

I was fortunate enough to receive a couple of offers and I’m just trying to learn if Duke is the best move for me.

Feel free to PM if that’s more comfortable. Thank you!

[Royal_RN, BSN, RN]

10 hours ago, berkenkot said:

For anyone that took a new grad ICU position at Duke, I would love to hear about your experiences thus far (even better If you happen to have landed in the CTICU or SICU).

I was fortunate enough to receive a couple of offers and I’m just trying to learn if Duke is the best move for me.

Feel free to PM if that’s more comfortable. Thank you!

I just started orientation recently so I have very limited experience so far but I thought I would share what I have seen up to now. Everything at Duke is state of the art and top of the line in terms of equipment, policies, techniques, etc., which is especially true for their many ICUs. Duke is truly a remarkable hospital. The ratios are pretty strict for ICUs (1:2 or 1:1), there is plenty of help (clinical leads, charge nurses, and colleagues), orientation so far has been very thorough and encompassing, and I definitely feel supported.

I will note the negatives which you may or may not be aware of - the most notable drawbacks are low starting pay, horrible parking (far and/or expensive), and rotating shifts to start. However, in my experience so far, the positives definitely outweigh the negatives and Duke has many employee benefits, especially with education reimbursement, that many large hospitals do not come close to beating. Another note - depending on what unit you work on, the average age/experience may be on the lower end (5-10 years). This can be both good and bad but I thought I'd mention it.

Overall, I would say go with Duke. Unless you have offers from top academic hospitals that are comparable in size and resources, you cannot go wrong.

[Lwel, BSN, RN]

Hi everyone!

I am applying for the New Grad Residency at Duke graduating December 2020 and wanted to hear from you all who went through this process earlier this year. Is there anyone who got accepted into the CTICU? I would love to hear about your experiences working there so far and how the application process was. Also, did they require an ICU preceptorship? My cohort received 0 ICU preceptorships because of COVID. 

Thanks so much!

[a.carter]

On 4/16/2020 at 3:34 PM, I Run on Coffee said:

I just accepted a position in the CTICU. Hopefully I will meet some of you!

Hey! I also just accepted a position in the CTICU for Summer 2021, would love to connect and hear about your experience so far!

On 7/25/2020 at 11:58 PM, berkenkot said:

For anyone that took a new grad ICU position at Duke, I would love to hear about your experiences thus far (even better If you happen to have landed in the CTICU or SICU).

I was fortunate enough to receive a couple of offers and I’m just trying to learn if Duke is the best move for me.

Feel free to PM if that’s more comfortable. Thank you!

Hey, I just accepted a position in the CTICU for Summer of 2021! Would love to hear if you accepted your offer and how you liked it