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Congratulations on your offer! Can I ask when you interviewed and when you got the offer? And....did you accept?

I would if I were you. You never know what the full hiring process was when you interviewed the first time. For example, they could have hired someone that didn't work out and you were like their runner up candidate.

Sorry I have no idea. I think you have to keep checking the Sutter Health Careers website, that's what I did.

The hiring manager wound up reaching out to me letting me know that they would be extending an offer but that there was a hold up with HR bc my BLS wasn't from AHA (it was from Red Cross). That's wonderful that you're doing your NRP! They def want that.

I don't want them to forget about you either! I just got the formal offer and accepted for Antepartum. I have gotten BLS, ACLS, and NRP certified, which I think hospitals around here really want of Antepartum, L&D, PP, and NICU new grad candidates. I suggest you do it. I did my NRP and ACLS at Safety Training Seminars and it was super easy, although expensive. Hoping you get an offer still!

That's really interesting that your app status changed to that. Mine still says "your application is under review." I'm going to send a follow-up email to the hiring manager tomorrow. It sounds like you never got a response to your thank you letters? I think it's totally normal to email the hiring manager for the one that changed app statuses. Just to give myself an option, I'm going to the In-Person Hiring Event at St. Frances Hospital. Have you thought about going too? Also random question, are you NRP certified already and if so, was the skills test hard?

Thank you! I still have yet to hear from HR though ? Have you heard anything back yet?

That's wonderful to hear! I really loved the hiring managers I interviewed with. I got confirmation that they will be offering me a position from one of them today! They said HR would be reaching out probably Monday with official offer. I'm 75% certain it will be antepartum as opposed to L&D. I'm so excited!

Crossing my fingers for you! Did you like the hiring manager(s) for NICU? Did they say how many positions they were hiring for? L&D/PP/Antepartum/NICU are all highly coveted positions for new grad, so the fact that we are interviewing in the most competitive part of the country is a good sign.

Hey! I have applied to the L&D & Antepartum New Grad RN positions at Alta Bates in Berkeley. They told me in my interview that they think the start date will be November 1st. Have you interviewed and/or received an offer?

I'm so sorry I didn't reply earlier. I actually turned down both offers and moved back to San Francisco where I lived before nursing school and have a better network. I am currently in final rounds for an L&D position at Sutter Alta Bates Medical Center in Berkeley. 8 hour shifts, better pay, recently ratified collective bargaining agreement, etc. For what it's worth, I thought the hiring process was ridiculous at Swedish. You didn't even have the opportunity to speak with the hiring manager 1:1 to see if you would even like working for them. They told me their residency hiring process was "new.”

Same. I graduated this May on the 25th and I'm scheduled to take my NCLEX with the California Board of Nursing in 18 days (ack!) I received my ATT June 7th so it took 2 weeks and one day. I will say that I started getting all of my materials ready in December and sent my fingerprinting cards by mail ASAP so I got my ATT super fast. Sometimes I think it's not the CA Board of Nursing that is the issue but more the standard of hiring new grads in that state. Residencies will take your application before you're an RN, but any position outside of these hospital residencies won't look at your application until you are officially an RN. After you get your Maryland license, I would suggest getting your materials together (pre-nursing school transcripts) ASAP. They want to see that you have their specific prerequisites surrounding communication courses, intro to Psychology, and others. Doesn't matter if you're a first-time NCLEX taker or transferring, they want all of this documentation.

No, this is about the MSN program

I'm about to graduate from JHU's MSN program in a month and a half. We had almost 200 students in our class. I had a very different experience from the previous poster. The administration is tired af and so are the teachers. The university also breached my confidentiality when I came to them for help because I was experiencing domestic violence. If you are 23 and have never had any culture or lived experience this program would be great for you. If you actually have worked for over 10 years and have some grit, be prepared to come to a very depressed city marred by racism and social inequities pretty much caused by Johns Hopkins. The one positive is that you'll never have a problem getting a job and I've had a bunch of offers from great and high paying residency programs months before graduation date. They pay abominably in Baltimore and at Johns Hopkins in particular.

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