Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital New Grad RN Residency March 2021

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Hi all!

Lucile Packard just opened their next round of applications. Just wanted to start a thread to talk about it! This is my second time applying, and it was so helpful to have support from one another. 

Are you applying/did you apply? What units are you most interested in?

I applied for PICU and Pedi Acute ?

I emailed DL on Friday because I also received an offer from Stanford and as much as I’d love to work in peds I can’t keep turning down offers. I asked if she’d let me know what the timeline is in terms of second interviews/rejections. 
I haven’t heard anything from critical care yet so I’m probably going to accept the soft offer from Stanford and just see what happens. 

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2 hours ago, Jordan Keller said:

I emailed DL on Friday because I also received an offer from Stanford and as much as I’d love to work in peds I can’t keep turning down offers. I asked if she’d let me know what the timeline is in terms of second interviews/rejections. 
I haven’t heard anything from critical care yet so I’m probably going to accept the soft offer from Stanford and just see what happens. 

OMG congratulations! I know this wait is agonizing but the scheduled interview time slot listed on their website says the 4th through the 31st so I would imagine we will all be hearing something by the 31st at the latest. I’ve also had to turn down an offer and have been holding off waiting so I feel you 100%. Do you know if you can accept the Stanford offer verbally then wait to hear back from Packard? What timeline did Stanford give you? (And this applies to everyone that’s commented about positions at Stanford bc I’m rooting for y’all)!??

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Just now, nursejess619 said:

OMG congratulations! I know this wait is agonizing but the scheduled interview time slot listed on their website says the 4th through the 31st so I would imagine we will all be hearing something by the 31st at the latest. I’ve also had to turn down an offer and have been holding off waiting so I feel you 100%. Do you know if you can accept the Stanford offer verbally then wait to hear back from Packard? What timeline did Stanford give you? (And this applies to everyone that’s commented about positions at Stanford bc I’m rooting for y’all)!??

Hey there! The recruiter from Stanford told us we have 48 hours to accept the soft offer letter from the time we received it. I didn’t receive a verbal offer from my manager, just the contingent offer letter.

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6 minutes ago, nursejess619 said:

OMG congratulations! I know this wait is agonizing but the scheduled interview time slot listed on their website says the 4th through the 31st so I would imagine we will all be hearing something by the 31st at the latest. I’ve also had to turn down an offer and have been holding off waiting so I feel you 100%. Do you know if you can accept the Stanford offer verbally then wait to hear back from Packard? What timeline did Stanford give you? (And this applies to everyone that’s commented about positions at Stanford bc I’m rooting for y’all)!??

They gave us 48 hours to respond to their soft offer and then we will receive a final offer letter after completing all the pre employment requirements. So if I hear from LPCH before I sign the official offer I’ll decide then. 
I know the timeline on the website says through the 31st but they were off with the timeline before with initial interviews so I haven’t been relying too heavily on that. I was just hoping to have an update last week since that’s what we were told so I’m a bit disappointed that we didn’t even get a “I’m sorry we are behind you can expect to hear from us by ___”  I’m sure they’re busy but it’s definitely hard when you have other hospitals waiting for a response. 

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9 minutes ago, SiliconValleyNurse said:

Hey there! The recruiter from Stanford told us we have 48 hours to accept the soft offer letter from the time we received it. I didn’t receive a verbal offer from my manager, just the contingent offer letter.

Hmmm okay, I wonder if they would be lenient with accepting/refusing the offer (offer you an extension through the 31st) to allow you time to hear back from LPCH. Another hospital I have an offer at gave me a week long extension when I explained I had some logistics to finalize before I could accept in such a short time frame and they granted it to me - could be worth trying!??????

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6 minutes ago, Jordan Keller said:

They gave us 48 hours to respond to their soft offer and then we will receive a final offer letter after completing all the pre employment requirements. So if I hear from LPCH before I sign the official offer I’ll decide then. 
I know the timeline on the website says through the 31st but they were off with the timeline before with initial interviews so I haven’t been relying too heavily on that. I was just hoping to have an update last week since that’s what we were told so I’m a bit disappointed that we didn’t even get a “I’m sorry we are behind you can expect to hear from us by ___”  I’m sure they’re busy but it’s definitely hard when you have other hospitals waiting for a response. 

Gotcha gotcha, so there is still a window of possibility to accept LPCH if they get back to us all in time! That’s good! Definitely doesn’t make it any less stressful though, I’m sorry... and yeah, it was the same scenario last cohort too! We were told we would hear back by the end of the following week then it took 3 1/2 weeks from the initial interview to hear anything (for Hem/Onc). Have you tried calling DL versus emailing? I’ve found it easier to get a respond/get through to her via phone in the past! You’d think that she would send something like that though to give an update with the delay but here we are... it’s a tricky place to be but you’re not alone that’s for sure. Praying we hear something by this weekend!

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yea I do think because it’s technically a soft offer from Stanford there’s an opportunity to turn it down if we hear from lpch before the official offer. I strategically am trying to schedule my occupational health appointment later on so it gives me a bit more of a window. I’ve been running all these scenarios through my head about how to try not to get blacklisted from multiple facilities LOL. Unfortunately I won’t be able to wait to apply to the next cohort since I’ll need medical benefits before then. Either way I’m excited that I have an offer from Stanford even if it’s on the adult side but also still trying to hold onto some hope for peds. 

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1 hour ago, nursejess619 said:

Hmmm okay, I wonder if they would be lenient with accepting/refusing the offer (offer you an extension through the 31st) to allow you time to hear back from LPCH. Another hospital I have an offer at gave me a week long extension when I explained I had some logistics to finalize before I could accept in such a short time frame and they granted it to me - could be worth trying!??????

I believe KS said final decisions are due by 1/25/20 at 11:59pm for Stanford, so I’m not sure how lenient they are. I declined another offer for a Bay Area hospital to accept Stanford’s offer as well.

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Any responses for those that emailed HR to check when we'd hear back?

Also, not sure if anyone said this yet, but I did hear from a few people getting 2nd interviews for acute care, in case anyone was wondering about that.

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Anyone hear back from critical care yet? I’m wondering if I should email the recruiter.... kinda weird how she said we would hear back the week of the 18th and it’s still silent! I would love to just hear a yes or no LOL

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2 minutes ago, newnurse35678 said:

Anyone hear back from critical care yet? I’m wondering if I should email the recruiter.... kinda weird how she said we would hear back the week of the 18th and it’s still silent! I would love to just hear a yes or no LOL

Haven't heard anything ? I know people emailed the recruiter to ask for an update, so I was wondering if those people got a response yet

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Has anyone tried calling DL? Even if you have to leave a voicemail?

praying y’all hear something by the end of this week nonetheless ??❤️ the wait is tough but it’s worth it

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