Grady RN Residency Program 2019

silentmajesty7 · May 20, 2019

5 minutes ago, RNBSN 2018 said:
Thank you !!!! This information helped tremendously. Can't wait to work with you!!!

@RNBSN 2018

Anytime love!!

Nursetwinky · May 20, 2019

1 hour ago, silentmajesty7 said:
@Nursetwinky
No worries! Orientation was for 4 weeks on each unit. Mother/Baby is the only unit that is required to do this I believe. It makes things slightly harder as you only have 4 weeks be oriented (which is nothing considering that you only work 3 days a week), while the other resident have the whole16 weeks to get familiar with their unit. And yes, I had separate preceptors. Fortunately all the units are on one floor. ER is definitely a big jump but that was my first choice. I recently reconsidered transferring so early into the program so I will be staying on the MB unit. What unit will you be working on?

Seriously, thanks so much for taking the time to answer our questions! I'm also going to be on mother baby!

How is the acuity on APU and mother baby and how many patients are typically in the nursery. Do you get to have a say in what unit youre working on a given day? I like mother baby but my clinical was in a super tiny hospital that tended to get slow, so I'm hoping Grady will offer lots of cool experiences and I wont be bored.

During the interview HR said that at some point we would be eligible for a $4-$8 raise, so is that true? I'm also surprised that you were able to transfer so soon because the HR lady said we would have to wait atleast a year. What was that process like?

I know I'm bombarding you with questions, but they tell us nothing! Thanks, again!

nursenemo123 · May 21, 2019

I’m curious about the 4-8 dollar pay raise as well. Does that start after the 16 weeks of orientation or after the 1 year of residency?

silentmajesty7 · May 21, 2019

16 hours ago, nursenemo123 said:
I’m curious about the 4-8 dollar pay raise as well. Does that start after the 16 weeks of orientation or after the 1 year of residency?

18 hours ago, Nursetwinky said:
Seriously, thanks so much for taking the time to answer our questions! I'm also going to be on mother baby!
How is the acuity on APU and mother baby and how many patients are typically in the nursery. Do you get to have a say in what unit youre working on a given day? I like mother baby but my clinical was in a super tiny hospital that tended to get slow, so I'm hoping Grady will offer lots of cool experiences and I wont be bored.
During the interview HR said that at some point we would be eligible for a $4-$8 raise, so is that true? I'm also surprised that you were able to transfer so soon because the HR lady said we would have to wait atleast a year. What was that process like?
I know I'm bombarding you with questions, but they tell us nothing! Thanks, again!

@Nursetwinky @nursenemo123

I would say that the acuity on all the units can be low at times but definitely has its share of high-acuity patients. The community around Grady is very underserved which means that you'll come across patients that receive little to no health care, who are substance abusers, have comorbidities, etc. You don't choose your assignment, the charge nurse will assign your patients depending on your competency and the acuity. For instance, you may have 2 antepartum patients and 1 postpartum couplet (Mom and baby) equaling 4 patients, which is the typical ratio on a good day. You can have as many as 3 couplets (6 patients) on a bad day. Grady is a 900+ bed hospital so you'll definitely get some experience here especially considering the type of patients that we have. However, if you're assigned to the nursery for the day, you won't be assigned any postpartum, antepartum or ob/gyn patients.

You do get a raise. $4-8 does ring a bell but I'm not sure totally sure how much it is. Because we are a specialty, we get a higher raise than some of the other residents. The raise in contingent on a list of things that have to be completed after your first year in to the program.

I reconsidered my transfer. You can't really transfer until after a year but year but the manager in ER will consider your application after 6 months.

I hope this helps! If you have any other questions feel free to ask :)

Nursetwinky · May 21, 2019

Thanks so much @silentmajesty7

Looking forward to working with you!

rubygrapefruits · Jun 3, 2019

Has anyone heard any updates from Grady in the past few weeks?

RNBSN 2018, RN · Jun 3, 2019

2 hours ago, rubygrapefruits said:
Has anyone heard any updates from Grady in the past few weeks?

No nothing yet. In the email did say that we wont hear from a recruiter about on boarding until the end of june up to the second week in july. So we still have a few weeks of radio silence left sadly.

Kmiles10 · Jun 25, 2019

Check your emails.

FutureERNurse · Oct 14, 2019

@silentmajesty7

I'm just curious as to how you like the residency program. If you had gotten an offer for ER at a different level 1 hospital that paid significantly better would you have taken it? Or was getting the Grady experience worth the lower pay?

Also, I heard they pay part of your student loans as an incentive and that's why there is a 2 year commitment. Is that true?

Are the benefits very good?

Sorry to ask a million questions ?

Shannon Hoggle Dwiggins · Oct 30, 2019

Has anyone heard back for the winter 2020 residency program? From interviews on oct 21 and 22 of 2019?

Proud_BSN_RN · Oct 31, 2019

I have not yet. I am anxiously waiting for an email.

RNblessing · Nov 1, 2019

On 10/30/2019 at 3:57 PM, Shannon Hoggle Dwiggins said:
Has anyone heard back for the winter 2020 residency program? From interviews on oct 21 and 22 of 2019?

I am still waiting i interviewed for ICU on the 22nd. I wonder how long it usually takes for us to hear back. Have you heard from anyone who heard back already?