man3350

I don't have any experience with the surgical AAUs and have never been to them.

Hello, I have heard from Surgical Division 1 for a second interview. I got a text from the ANM of Trauma/Acute Surgery (K7) yesterday around 4:30pm. They scheduled me for an in-person on-the-unit interview for 06/26.

I'm sorry that happened to him. I've known people who have gotten verbal offers for Stanford and other places but find out later it didn't mean anything. In the future, I would not believe anything or make any decisions until I see an offer letter in my email. It sucks that it has to be that way ?

Hey, did they tell him when the start date would be? If it was April 24th, then I would assume that he did not get it. Our cohort has already started, and there were already two ICU hires for Regional and two for Good Sam ? .

Wait so they gave you a verbal offer and never followed through with it?? That's awful! I'm glad you're at VMC though. I've heard great things about their critical care training program

Sorry for not responding. It's been super busy for me the last couple days. I haven't signed any contract like that, so I'm not sure if we will have to do two years. But my friend who did the StaRN did sign one and finished his time there before jumping. I know another person who left really early and never faced consequences.

I also had my interview with the director of critical care. ?? she seemed nice to me. Tbh I am worried about HCA's reputation too. ? However, I can share with you some info that might make you feel a bit better about the situation. My best friend started in the StaRN program and said it trained him well. He worked there for a while, jumped to VMC and learned some more, and has recently transferred to Stanford (this is all over the course of 6 years). He finds Stanford to be very easy although he is still working the same acuity level; and even though he hasn't been there 6 months, they have him training new hires because of how strong his outside experience is. He says that he finds people who train at less cushy hospitals have a tendency to be harder workers, better team players, and have stronger nursing skills all around. Basically, I think we'll definitely struggle, but it will make us stronger nurses in the long run. ? The management have an awful rep, but they also have a great knack for hiring really hardworking people. In addition, Kaiser is known for paying nurses well, but they actually don't have much of a difference in pay from Good Sam (Kaiser $72.79 vs GS $72.42). So at this point, the only three hospitals that are paying more are El Camino, UCSF, and Stanford. Granted the benefits at those three places are top notch, but at least you're not missing out on money by working at GS. I am a recent new grad. I graduated Dec 2022. I do have extensive and good clinical experience, but I also have a whole ton to learn ? you're definitely not alone in this

OMG she mentioned me ? thank you so much. I talked to the ACNO at 3:45PM EST and then I got my offer letter at 5:48 EST (I'm in another state for one last vacation before I start working LOL). I'm starting to work on the paperwork RN. Did anyone else have to talk to the ACNO too? I wasn't sure if that was supposed to be an interview or something?? I was a little bit confused by the purpose of the call.

Congrats on the ED job! Haha maybe I'll get report from you one day. I'm so glad to hear that your friend's bro likes his job. That's so reassuring. I feel like the only downside is working with meditech ?

May I ask what unit you got accepted to? I just got my offer letter for the CVICU position and other paperwork today after talking to the ACNO. I think there is one Neuro SICU position left. I was told by the ACNO that Good Sam only hires 4 new grads for the ICU a year because they prefer to train tele nurses who have already proved themselves ?