Mayo Clinic AZ Nurse Residency Program - June 2023

HalT · May 9, 2023

Spring2023BSN said:

Has anyone been denied and reapplied right away for next session?

Yeah I got denied- very shocking honestly! Thankfully I have a back up job

Spring2023BSN · May 10, 2023

HalT said:

Yeah I got denied- very shocking honestly! Thankfully I have a back up job

Are you a new grad or an experienced nurse?

HalT · May 10, 2023

Spring2023BSN said:

Are you a new grad or an experienced nurse?

New grad

Ashley Martinez · May 10, 2023

Did they say why you got denied?

I got accepted into the St joseph/ Dignity New grad residency program.

If you want to know how it went let me know.

What's your pack up job?

Don't feel down ?

Spring2023BSN · May 10, 2023

Ashley Martinez said:

Did they say why you got denied?

I got accepted into the St joseph/ Dignity New grad residency program.

If you want to know how it went let me know.

What's your pack up job?

Don't feel down ?

how was the st joseph residency process? I am thinking about applying. any advice and how lengthy was the interview process? not sure what mayo is looking for. I completed clinical and residency (TTP) there and had a very competitive GPA.

J D · May 10, 2023

Spring2023BSN said:

how was the st joseph residency process? I am thinking about applying. any advice and how lengthy was the interview process? not sure what mayo is looking for. I completed clinical and residency (TTP) there and had a very competitive GPA.

I went through St Joes residency last year (don't wanna give away too much info). It was good - 3 weeks classroom, simulations, education modules and 12 weeks with a preceptor. I applied for Mayo's new grad residency along with the rest of you and I didn't even get an interview. I'm guessing because I'm technically not a new grad but I thought I could skirt by as I just finished my RN-BSN and have under a year of hospital experience. If you would like me to elaborate on St Joes, please feel free to PM me.

Anyways, to give some hope to those of you who didn't make it into Mayo's residency I reapplied for one of their experienced RN position and I was immediately offered a virtual interview, and a day after was called to schedule an interview with the unit manager. By the end of the week, I was offered the position which I accepted. So even if you didn't get into Mayo's residency, there is still hope for those of you who really want to work for Mayo! ?

Ashley Martinez · May 10, 2023

I tried DM but it's not letting me. I would love to know about your time as a new grad at st joseph. I want to apply for mayo next round. I just neededa job secure, and from other hospitals st joseph was the only offering a program for new grads.

Spring2023BSN · May 10, 2023

J D said:

I went through St Joes residency last year (don't wanna give away too much info). It was good - 3 weeks classroom, simulations, education modules and 12 weeks with a preceptor. I applied for Mayo's new grad residency along with the rest of you and I didn't even get an interview. I'm guessing because I'm technically not a new grad but I thought I could skirt by as I just finished my RN-BSN and have under a year of hospital experience. If you would like me to elaborate on St Joes, please feel free to PM me.

Anyways, to give some hope to those of you who didn't make it into Mayo's residency I reapplied for one of their experienced RN position and I was immediately offered a virtual interview, and a day after was called to schedule an interview with the unit manager. By the end of the week, I was offered the position which I accepted. So even if you didn't get into Mayo's residency, there is still hope for those of you who really want to work for Mayo! ?

I also tried to PM and it wouldn't let me. I would love to know more.

J D · May 10, 2023

Ashley Martinez said:

I tried DM but it's not letting me. I would love to know about your time as a new grad at st joseph. I want to apply for mayo next round. I just neededa job secure, and from other hospitals st joseph was the only offering a program for new grads.

I think it depends on how many topics you've made until you can PM LOL. What I am comfortable posting openly is that the educators are great, the benefits are awesome, and overall they were more than willing to give you enough time if you needed more orientation or such. However, the culture is very unit dependent. Dignity/St Joes is a wonderful hospital and company, but you will find some floors/shifts are more welcoming/new grad friendly than others. They usually do not let you switch floors until you have been on your unit for a year. The nice thing is that there is no contract/commitment like other hospitals might make you pay money back if you leave before 1/2 years.

J D · May 10, 2023

Spring2023BSN said:

I also tried to PM and it wouldn't let me. I would love to know more.

I'll try to provide as much info as I can! you can expect 4-5 patients on a med/surg tele floor and 1-2 on ICU. ED is capped at 4 I believe. Techs are limited, we frequently only have 1 tech for the whole floor. our "med-surg/tele" floors are really like stepdowns/PCUs as there are no PCUs/stepdowns in the hospital as far as I know. We do have free charge and free resource nurses available but how helpful they are is really unit dependent.

J D · May 10, 2023

Oh I forgot to add despite some of the things I've said, I would say from prior research and anecdotal evidence of what I've heard from friends who have worked at hospitals across the Valley, the general consensus is Mayo> Dignity> Honor> Banner = Valleywise > Abrazo = Steward. Dignity is really not a bad place to work and I'm proud to have worked here

priyagoel1998 · May 23, 2023

Did you guys have competitive GPA's or work experience when you applied?? I'm gonna apply for the October cohort and want to know the apps process. Thanks!