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They implied that we could work in another unit. However, there are no positions open in the other units and they can't just move us over there. So until something opens up, we're S.O.L. And once something does open up, we still have to compete with other applicants, so it's no different from walking in off the street and applying. As for moving across town, well, that wasn't necessary, but I was living 45 minutes away. I knew that I'd be working long overnight hours, and thought I'd be better off shaving off that commute time if possible. I'd never worked 12 hour overnights, and wanted to give myself the advantage of living closer.

Thanks for the good luck. I'm just wondering why they hire new grads into these positions if they're just going to turn around and dismiss us in high proportions. I know you don't know the answer, I just wish they'd have told me at the outset that the likelihood was high of being let go.

Unfortunately for me, there are no other positions in other units. And if they'd told me that this was on a trial basis, I wouldn't have moved. When I write "sea legs" I don't mean that I was becoming expert, I meant, rather, that I was beginning to understand the flow of the unit, the documentation systems, the policies and procedures.

Has anyone ever heard of anything like this? I am a new grad, and was recently hired in the CVICU, which claims to have a training program for new grads as well as floor nurses making the switch to critical care. The learning curve was steep, and I thought I was starting to get my sea legs. I made no major errors and according to my preceptor I was making notable progress. The nurse educator, however, asked me and three of the the eight people hired into the program to leave (and step down to another, less critical, unit -- though there are in fact no positions available). She said that we were "too green" and not ready for the ICU -- this, less than one month after training began. This seems very unethical, since we were not given time to develop our skills (new grads, after all -- shouldn't be a surprise that we're "green".) I uprooted my family and moved across town to be near the hospital, at no small cost. I am still in shock that we were treated so shabbily. I now have no job, despite not having done anything wrong. I even told them during my interview that my strengths are patient interaction and communication, but that I needed to work on my skills and was looking forward to this program so I could develop as a nurse. Has anybody heard of practices such as this? Feeling totally screwed.

Nothin.

Thanks Av03. I don't expect it to go anywhere. It was a mediocre interview. Good luck to you as well, I know you really want it and went the extra mile (or hundreds of miles) for the interview.

I think it'll probably be at least another week. I just had a phone screening interview yesterday, and it sounded as if they still have a number of phone interviews to go.

Thirty more hours, peppered. We'll know for sure by then. I've already decided I did not get it, but that's mostly so I don't make myself crazy in the next day. Nice meeting you, by the way, however briefly and however nervous we were at the time.

Ayayayay, I just realized that both of the thank-you notes I sent the managers (I only interviewed with two) bounced back. I resent them just now, trying to guess what their email addresses are. They wrote it for me on a piece of paper that wasn't easy to read. Ugh. Not a deal-breaker, but still....

I'm guessing there's no real system. They're probably doing it as the unit managers make their decisions and pass the word along. For those who have gotten calls: are the calls coming from the unit managers or HR?

I think you went in at 12:30. I was a few minutes after you. I finished at 1:11. Only two people on my panel, which bums me out slightly since I think that may decrease my chances.

Preparing for the drive to San Diego (Sunday) for Monday interview. Starting to get big zit on forehead = awesome. I'll see all you Monday interviewees scheduled for 12:30. I'll be the old guy in the gray suit with the third eye.

Hey Av03. I got your message but do not yet have privileges on here to respond (until I post 15 quality posting, they tell me.) my direct email is sfjocko at g mail. Can you send me a message there and we can communicate, if you don't mind? I've got a few questions -- again, if you're willing.

Thanks Av03. Are you in process for both Scripps and Versant Legacy as well? I applied for my license in CA about a month ago, and for OR last week (but only just sent in the fingerprint card yesterday; I thought it looked like crap, but the computer at the Sheriff's office gave it the OK.) I'm hoping to be accepted to one of the programs. If not, I've wasted 400 bucks.

Actually, if we make it through this, I'm thinking a few shots of good whiskey.