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I don't want stats to be a discouragement or a deterrent. They are people who are book smart but lack hands on experience and vice versa but it all comes down to how well you interview and how you showcase your experiences. It's how well you can use your life experiences and academia and apply it to real world scenarios. I know people who have been hired with ADNs. Mostly internally but they will want you to purse your BSN eventually, but they will provide financial resources. At the end of the day, despite degrees, we all start with the same foundation and zero nursing experience. Advanced degrees are required for advancement roles after your new grad. Go in with confidence. I wish you nothing but the best!

It's department specific but after the interview panel, it takes 2 weeks for them to make their selection. Once hired, you have administrative paperwork and 2 weeks of mandatory orientation. And then you do 12-16 weeks of training to fully take on patients independently. The whole year you'll be doing virtual classes and simulations. You'll have a primary preceptor and back up preceptors with follow ups from your educator and coordinator. I am currently enjoying it. Nursing is tough and challenging but I am enjoying it. It all depends on your views on workload. You're basically working 40hrs weekly. There is a lot of support and everyone is super friendly. But of course other experiences are different from mine. I worked for Kaiser previously. Quit and then went to school and then applied for this program so technically I was considered an external but I have references from the department. So it is important to leave with a good impression if you were ever to come back. Our department only took one new grad at first but opted to take a second one since this is the first time this department joined the new grad program. So there's only two of us. I believe there is only 3-4 new grads for med surg in our facility. Interviews are from a point based system. It is the typical standard of kaiser. It depends if you have masters, bachelors, associates. Internal or external. Previous hospital experience and your interview answers. Each panelist will individually score you. Kaiser prides on education because they want you to move up within the ladder and become a leader. My suggestion is to work on your interviewing skills because they will ask behavioral, situational, and work experience based question. You need to have all your certifications but it won't help you stand out because ANYONE can get those certs. They instead want to see what YOU can bring to the table. I can recall that they ask MI and stroke questions but, they don't expect you to know all the answers because you are a new grad without nursing experience, but they want to gauge on your thought process and what you do if you don't know the answer. Like ask for help, look at protocols, etc. I believe I was selected because I interviewed well and I conducted research during nursing school used that as a leverage on how I can utilized those techniques to help improve current issues for quality improvement. In addition, my GPA helped to give me a boost as well. I know many say it doesn't help but it was used as a talking point. I had multiple recommendations but there were others who had those as well so it was a rigorous interview. my stats: MSN from Johns Hopkins, GPA 3.95. BLS, ACLS, NIH. Research honors. Practicum in ICU. 7 years of EMT experience. Volunteered in Baltimore. however, with these stats. I have applied to various hospitals in CA. I put in about 50 applications. Only two interviews and it took about 4 months after graduating in finding a job. It is tough out there and I got lucky. Even then, once you're in a program it is definitely a humbling experience.

Yes, I did. If any of you have any questions, I will try my best to answer them.

Last cohort had ~1300 applicants . Only ~50 applicants were hired. Wishing you all the best and keep your heads up!

sorry for the late responses. Im trying to not dox myself too much here LOL. But my advice is to work at kaiser before applying. I know it's tough to do that now but I worked for kaiser before and during school. I also received numerous recommendations that helped me land an interview (as an external) after 30+ rejections from other new grad programs. The panel interview was tough, but this is where I used my previous academic and work experience. Overall, build your connections and get familiarized with the kaiser culture. I apologize if I am being too vague.

I received a phone call from the residency recruiter around 1400.

Receive an offer from Anaheim today.

Congrats on completing your interview. Sounds stressful. Did they tell you when they would let you know? Trying to gauge their time lines as an external

Bummer. And I was about to get ready and head over. Thank you for letting us know!

did anyone's application status change to "under review" today?

Yeah IDK. I've applied to their non new grad positions and have been left on "under review" for awhile LOL. And I'm sure you'll be fine! But I'll keep you posted if I hear anything.

It didn't let me pick either. Maybe they will ask via email as they did with this past cohort. I also wonder if they take awhile to review our applications.

I did! I didn't know that they offered a new grad program.

I also didn't apply for step down neuro, I was just placed there. And exactly! ??

Catching up on the thread here, did anyone receive a call or an interview invite for 13A?