Parkland Residency Summer 2020

[futureRN_2020]

Hello everyone!

I created this thread for those who are interested or applying to the residency program at Parkland for the summer 2020. I'm hoping this thread is helpful for those wanting to talk and ask questions. Good luck to everyone!

[Nurse Pink, BSN, RN]

https://allnurses.com/new-grad-losing-hope-getting-t715289/

For those that feel hopeless. This is my story.

[CrunchyEvenInMilk, BSN, RN]

3 minutes ago, lcal07 said:

I been a LVN for 7 years and all the residencies I applied to said my previous LVN won't count towards nursing experience I'll basically be starting over.

Oh that’s good! I think it’s weird that places like Cook’s count it because an LVN and RN are different.

[rebeccaUTA]

14 minutes ago, CrunchyEvenInMilk said:

Have you checked the requirements? Just asking because some places (like Cook Children’s) won’t take former LVNs in a new grad residency. They say being an LVN counts as professional nursing experience. ??‍♀️

Yes, I did. Didn’t apply to cooks for that reason. I’m not sure why EMTs are ok but LVNs aren’t. Oh well. God has a different plan for me. ❤️

[rebeccaUTA]

2 minutes ago, CrunchyEvenInMilk said:

Oh that’s good! I think it’s weird that places like Cook’s count it because an LVN and RN are different.

Yes they are. It is strange because I feel more familiar with my scope of practice as an RN vs an LVN. And I’m familiar with a lot of skills. My best guess is that they don’t want to have to break habits already there. But I think that really depends on the nurse.

[rebeccaUTA]

12 minutes ago, lcal07 said:

I been a LVN for 7 years and all the residencies I applied to said my previous LVN won't count towards nursing experience I'll basically be starting over.

No it definitely doesn’t. I didn’t expect it to though. The RN role is different in a lot of aspects so I feel new in many ways.

[nursemich21]

On 2/17/2020 at 4:27 PM, Nurse Pink said:

I got hospitalist med surg 13th floor.

Hey there, I have an interview with the hospitalist med/surg floor coming up in March! Can you tell me a little bit about the unit? Like what type of patients they see?

[OKNURSING]

21 hours ago, registeredmurse1 said:

I interviewed w/ NPCU today. Standard interview with supervisor and a couple of nurses from the unit.

Was your interview pretty short? I didn’t feel like they asked enough questions ?

[registeredmurse1]

40 minutes ago, OKNURSING said:

Was your interview pretty short? I didn’t feel like they asked enough questions ?

Mine was about 45 minutes. It was very much dialogue based. They did ask a bit of questions, but so did i

[OKNURSING]

11 minutes ago, registeredmurse1 said:

Mine was about 45 minutes. It was very much dialogue based. They did ask a bit of questions, but so did i

That makes me think something went wrong with mine then.. they only asked me about 6 questions and I asked a few as well but it was still pretty short. Hopefully I’m just in my head. Good luck! They’re taking 6

[Cogake, BSN, RN]

Anyone hear anything from Ortho or Plastics?

[registeredmurse1]

4 hours ago, OKNURSING said:

That makes me think something went wrong with mine then.. they only asked me about 6 questions and I asked a few as well but it was still pretty short. Hopefully I’m just in my head. Good luck! They’re taking 6

Kinda hard to gauge anything at this point. That view from the pcu of downtown dallas was amazing though... i can get used to seeing that on the daily ? good luck

[Julie Dinh]

Hi!

Who all interviewed for Micu PCU already? I interviewed today but felt like it was a tough crowd. Do you know how many positions are available or when should we expect offers or declines?