Loma Linda University New Grad RN Pediatric Residency August 2016

Caltenurse · Jun 3, 2016

I wish there was more information on LLU website on what the residency entails? How many classroom hours? etc... Would you mind sharing some of that info with us?

Plutonium261 · Jun 10, 2016

Hey everyone! I got a call for an offer yesterday! So freaking excited! Can't wait! From what I'm told the new grad residency program is 22 weeks long, with two 8 hour days in the classroom, and two 12's on the floor. I'm not sure how long both 8 hour classroom days last during the program though. And yes, be patient, every department does things a little different it seems, so time frames for the process are going to vary. Good luck to you all!

Newgradnurse9209 · Jun 10, 2016

Awesome! That's great news! Thank you for that information. Also, wanted to ask anyone on here if they applied for NICU and has heard back for interviews.

Newgradnurse9209 · Jun 13, 2016

Hey everyone! I got a call for an offer yesterday! So freaking excited! Can't wait! From what I'm told the new grad residency program is 22 weeks long, with two 8 hour days in the classroom, and two 12's on the floor. I'm not sure how long both 8 hour classroom days last during the program though. And yes, be patient, every department does things a little different it seems, so time frames for the process are going to vary. Good luck to you all!

Plutonium261, so i just got an interview for NICU, do you know what kind of interview questions they will ask? so nervous/excited!

Plutonium261 · Jun 14, 2016

Plutonium261, so i just got an interview for NICU, do you know what kind of interview questions they will ask? so nervous/excited!

Congrats! That's awesome! When is your interview? It's a little nerve wracking, but just remember everyone else interviewing is nervous too. Just be yourself. If it's anything like my first interview they'll ask lots of personal (types of) situation questions. The kind that help them get to know you. Like, "Tell me a time when this happened, or that happened..." type of questions. Most interviewers will ask different kinds of questions so it's hard to say what specific things they'll ask. I have a friend who interviewed for a different department, and besides the basic questions like tell me about yourself (which they'll probably ask. Most places will ask that one), they asked her completely different questions that my interviewers asked me. Just be prepared for some of the general questions that they're likely to ask like, Why do you want to work for Loma Linda University? Why neonatal? Why Neonatal ICU? Your strengths and/or weaknesses. What makes you a good candidate for this position? And if they ask you any situational-type questions, make sure you have a beginning, middle, and end/outcome, to your story. Some of the other questions they may ask are Loma Linda's style of asking questions, and some of those are really hard to prepare for, you kind of just have to answer on the fly. They're designed that way on purpose. It helps them see who you are. And remember when responding to always look at who's asking you the question. If there are more than one interviewer (my first interview was a panel interview, yours may not be though), you can look at them all, but focus on who asked you the specific question. I noticed a lot of people look down at the floor, or the ceiling, or anywhere but who asked them the question. It's just a nervous thing, but it doesn't portray confidence. Practice that just as much as you practice interview questions. It's important. Hope that helps a little. Just be yourself. If this is truly your passion, let them know, or let it show. They'll see it. Good luck, and let us know how it goes.

Plutonium261 · Jun 14, 2016

Anyone else here hear anything? Anyone else here apply to the PICU?

Plutonium261 · Jun 14, 2016

Hi All!
I am currently in the residency for the April '16 program. I just wanted to tell you guys to be patient, they take some time to get back to all of the applications. They receive so many and filter them out before they start the interview process. I applied in October 2015 and didn't get an interview until Jan but I think yours will be sooner than that. I wish you all the best of luck. I truly love working here, everyone is so nice and welcoming!

Which department are you working in? So awesome to hear that everyone is nice and welcoming. I really have heard that about here. I'm pumped to join the team!

Newgradnurse9209 · Jun 15, 2016

Congrats! That's awesome! When is your interview? It's a little nerve wracking, but just remember everyone else interviewing is nervous too. Just be yourself. If it's anything like my first interview they'll ask lots of personal (types of) situation questions. The kind that help them get to know you. Like, "Tell me a time when this happened, or that happened..." type of questions. Most interviewers will ask different kinds of questions so it's hard to say what specific things they'll ask. I have a friend who interviewed for a different department, and besides the basic questions like tell me about yourself (which they'll probably ask. Most places will ask that one), they asked her completely different questions that my interviewers asked me. Just be prepared for some of the general questions that they're likely to ask like, Why do you want to work for Loma Linda University? Why neonatal? Why Neonatal ICU? Your strengths and/or weaknesses. What makes you a good candidate for this position? And if they ask you any situational-type questions, make sure you have a beginning, middle, and end/outcome, to your story. Some of the other questions they may ask are Loma Linda's style of asking questions, and some of those are really hard to prepare for, you kind of just have to answer on the fly. They're designed that way on purpose. It helps them see who you are. And remember when responding to always look at who's asking you the question. If there are more than one interviewer (my first interview was a panel interview, yours may not be though), you can look at them all, but focus on who asked you the specific question. I noticed a lot of people look down at the floor, or the ceiling, or anywhere but who asked them the question. It's just a nervous thing, but it doesn't portray confidence. Practice that just as much as you practice interview questions. It's important. Hope that helps a little. Just be yourself. If this is truly your passion, let them know, or let it show. They'll see it. Good luck, and let us know how it goes.

Thank you so much! This was so helpful! I really appreciate you taking the time to respond :) As far as the "Loma Linda" style questions, I'm not really sure what you meant by this. If you are not allowed to discuss it, I totally understand!

Plutonium261 · Jun 16, 2016

Loma Linda just has a certain way of asking interview questions. It's just a way of interviewing someone in the form of asking questions a certain way which also helps them simultaneously get to know you and get to know how you address certain situations. By the way I forgot to mention before, definitely know the hospital's mission statement and values. You're always taught to make sure to know the mission statement and values of the hospital(s) you are applying to and/or interviewing with, and it's true. I've been on a few interviews with Loma Linda and in one of them I was asked out of all of their values, which value did I like the most, and/or relate to the most, and/or which value I thought was the most important, and why.

So, since nursing school, I think of many things in the sense of ADPIE. Hahaha. I know, dumb right. But, if you take many interview questions and break them down to answer them in this way, it may help. For example, some of the questions they may ask will be directed towards something like asking you to tell them a time when you ran into some kind of problem, issue, or conflict. The question will obviously be more specific, but it'll be something similar to that, and they just want to know how you address things, deal with things, and solve problems. And, what was/were the outcome for these situations? (Remember before I said to make sure you have a beginning, middle, and an end to your story? They may even let you know that they are looking for a beginning, middle and end, as they did with me). You can find/look up many specific nursing questions, to go over, that many interviewers ask by just googling them. So...when coming across a problem, in nursing or life outside of nursing, we assess the issue, we may not necessarily diagnose a normal life problem but after we assess an issue we definitely plan and then implement something to address the issue (what did you do to attempt to fix your issue, problem, or conflict), and then we evaluate (again, what was the outcome, and then assess whether we need to or had to plan and/or implement something else to do). Attack interview questions like this, and attempt to answer them like this, and hopefully it should help a little.

Newgradnurse9209 · Jun 17, 2016

Loma Linda just has a certain way of asking interview questions. It's just a way of interviewing someone in the form of asking questions a certain way which also helps them simultaneously get to know you and get to know how you address certain situations. By the way I forgot to mention before, definitely know the hospital's mission statement and values. You're always taught to make sure to know the mission statement and values of the hospital(s) you are applying to and/or interviewing with, and it's true. I've been on a few interviews with Loma Linda and in one of them I was asked out of all of their values, which value did I like the most, and/or relate to the most, and/or which value I thought was the most important, and why.
So, since nursing school, I think of many things in the sense of ADPIE. Hahaha. I know, dumb right. But, if you take many interview questions and break them down to answer them in this way, it may help. For example, some of the questions they may ask will be directed towards something like asking you to tell them a time when you ran into some kind of problem, issue, or conflict. The question will obviously be more specific, but it'll be something similar to that, and they just want to know how you address things, deal with things, and solve problems. And, what was/were the outcome for these situations? (Remember before I said to make sure you have a beginning, middle, and an end to your story? They may even let you know that they are looking for a beginning, middle and end, as they did with me). You can find/look up many specific nursing questions, to go over, that many interviewers ask by just googling them. So...when coming across a problem, in nursing or life outside of nursing, we assess the issue, we may not necessarily diagnose a normal life problem but after we assess an issue we definitely plan and then implement something to address the issue (what did you do to attempt to fix your issue, problem, or conflict), and then we evaluate (again, what was the outcome, and then assess whether we need to or had to plan and/or implement something else to do). Attack interview questions like this, and attempt to answer them like this, and hopefully it should help a little.

Thank you for the advice!!!! :) I've been looking up those interview questions to get a feel of how I want to answer them! You've definitely made me feel more comfortable. My interview is on Wednesday, so I'm really, really praying it goes well. NICU is my dream! Congrats again to you!

Psandes · Jul 7, 2016

Hi newgradnurse9209, did you hear Anything from Loma Linda? I also had an interview for NICU, but did not hear from them yet...

Newgradnurse9209 · Jul 13, 2016

Hi newgradnurse9209, did you hear Anything from Loma Linda? I also had an interview for NICU, but did not hear from them yet...

Hi Psandes, I did actually hear back from the NICU for an offer 2 weeks ago. Hopefully they are still making decisions!