New Grad opportunities

klone, MSN, RN · Oct 6, 2014

Sorry, not sure how many positions they have. I would guess around 30?

Other facilities would be Denver Health and University of Colorado Health

scaredsilly, BSN, RN · Oct 7, 2014

Children's as well as those mentioned by klone are good programs, but historically to get into the new grad programs you have to work as a CNA while in school.

sourapril · Oct 8, 2014

Not always true, but it helps. :)

Children's is super hard to get in, but you can always try. They will want to look at your CNA experience, where you did your clinical (hospital peds helps), how you did in nursing school, volunteer experience (again, any experience working with kids helps). Good luck. It may take you 6-9 months to find a job as a new grad in Denver, but some people are lucky and maybe you are one of the lucky ones.

Children's as well as those mentioned by klone are good programs, but historically to get into the new grad programs you have to work as a CNA while in school.

WesternRN · Oct 15, 2014

As an HR rep told me, "it is brutally competitive here for new grads." It was hard to even get a CNA job!

scaredsilly, BSN, RN · Nov 10, 2014

It IS brutally hard! I know of only one person who got on at Children's and she worked there as a PCA for 4 years while in school. Same with University. Actually 4 of my classmates worked there and only one got into the new grad program.

Swedish seems like the most friendly to new grads, but an online application there gets trashed without anyone ever seeing it. 14 or 15 of my classmates have been hired there, but only after taking their application into a NM. A few got on at other hca hospitals the same way.