Interview at WellStar--possibly relocating to Marietta

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I currently live in the mid-west and will be coming down to GA to interview for an RN position at a WellStar facility. Actually, it's the nurse internship program starting next fall. Does anybody know about this program? I need details! Anybody have an idea of the pay? Details on relocation? Also, I don't know anything about WellStar Windy Hill or Cobb Hospitals. What are they like? We will be coming down to Marietta in a few weeks to check it out...anything we should go see in particular?

Any help is GREATLY appreciated!

Thanks!

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i'm not sure about the intership program but i've applied to a nursing program here in marietta that starts in the fall and wellstar sponsors a limited amount of people in the program i'm applying for, i'm praying i get in. i've heard alot of good things about wellstar from my landlord who is a nurse that works for wellstar and she's completing her master's degree now. the hospitals are really nice and i hear they pay really well. i wish i had more info on the intership program, if you have any questions about the area let me know because i stay up the street from the windy hill hospital. i hope this helps

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Are you enrolling in the nursing program as a student, or are you already a nurse? What do you mean they pay really well? What does the average new nurse get paid in that area? Up here, a new RN at a hospital will start at $19.75-$20/hr.

Do you like it in Marietta? What are some things we should see/do while we're down there?

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I plan to enroll in a nursing program as a student in the fall, I can only go by what my landlord tells me but I hear the make upwards to 30+ and hr. I love the Marietta area, I acually live in Smyrna though, it boarders Marietta....you get the best of both worlds, the suburbs of the city without being in the City of Atlanta, it's plenty to do here, you have the Atlanta Zoo, Georgia Aquarium, Six Flags and of course the dining and nightlife here

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Can you ask your landlord how much they pay new grads? What kind of unit does she work on? Would she be willing to answer some other questions about wellstar?

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independent rn did u go on your interview yet at wellstar and if so how was it and when do u start there, i am trying to relocate myself to the mariett area.

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Independent Rn: I am a new Rn and experienced Lpn and just relocated to Marietta. Did you get a job at Wellstar? I have a friend who works there and I believe the starting pay for new Rn's is around $23 hr.

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Hi. I did get the job there and I start soon. The starting rate for new grads is about $23 I think, but I have a little experience, so it'll be a little more plus shift differential. Yay!

So glad to be here!

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Just wondering what is the shift diff? How much for Nights and weekends? Do you like Wellstar so far?

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Do you enjoying working there? I was recently hired for ICU RN new grad program at Kennestone. Wondering if anyone else has taken this position and what the benefits were and what the negative were in this program.

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How was the new grad interview? I have one today. Any suggestions?

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Specializes in Neurovascular, Ortho, Community Health.

Windy Hill is an LTAC, Cobb is a smaller community type hospital, Kennestone is the biggest with over 500 beds. They pay very well. I highly encourage their residency program, we get a lot of new grads from it actually. I encourage you to try to get into the residency for the area you really want to work, don't try the whole "year of med surg" if you know you want critical care, because the job market doesn't work like that anymore. They'll train you as a new grad but it's harder once you've started working elsewhere. So, go for it, and good luck!

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