Interview at Grand Rapids Hospital

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Hi all and Happy Holidays!

Just got my FIRST call back about a RN job in Grand Rapids. I will be going up (since I live near Chicago) after the first of the year for an interview with HR and then she said with the unit manager. :up:

- Any tips as a new graduate nurse interview? It's a PACU position (I've worked 4.5 years in a hospital in an ICU & tele tech position)

- I've looked in past posts about starting range for new grad nurses pay in the Grand Rapids area and a few years ago it was about $22, I would think it's relatively the same amount a tad more just wondering if anyone had any recent experience with the pay amount. I'm just trying to figure out rent/traveling/living expenses.

I'm just really excited, want to ace this interview, and make the best impression I can! Thank you all for your help and hopefully I'll be calling myself a Michigander soon!!! ;)

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Congrats on your interview! I went to school in Grand Rapids, so the stomping ground is familiar.

A word to the wise--if you're looking at hiring into the Spectrum Health system, proceed with caution. Many of my friends started their nursing careers there and moved as soon as they possibly could to St. Mary's or outpatient clinic settings due to the nature of Spectrum Health. They own pieces of the healthcare system all over West Michigan and they're bad news.

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Thank you so much for the quick reply, congratulations, and insight. It's greatly appreciated.

Thanks for the heads up. I went and visited Spectrum when I was there in September. Needless to say, I was treated quite rudely by anyone except the volunteer staff. At that point it turned me off and I haven't been looking as seriously into it.

Still in the MI area?

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I'm glad to hear you got an authentic taste of Spectrum's culture. I have known several nurses who were initially impressed and treated pretty well by Spectrum, only to hire in and find themselves miserable. You dodged a bullet!

I'm actually on active duty, so I'm not still in MI. It's a lovely place, though! I'd like to go back at some point!

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