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Can anyone who has done clinicals or lives in the area give some background on specialities for each facility or some info on the culture of the facilities.

I know Salem had a huge group of new grads hired end of July. I think there were 36 critical care openings ( Ed,neuro trauma,cvcu, icu,imcu) as well as a large group in med/surg and mother baby. I think there was also a batch back in feb so they defiantly have had opening Good Luck

My status changed today to "application in review" for LPCH so looks like they should make calls soon

Are you a new grad? Internal? precept on the unit? I thought they were not extending offers until the 20th from the timeline I received. Anyone else here anything?

Updates anyone?

It's too early to give up hope. Only sounds like hemp/onco has made calls lots left! Good luck everyone

Has anyone heard anything regarding the crticayl care training? If you have interviewed how did it go? Was it behavioral or scenarios? Also any information on stregths or weeknesses of the program and facility?

Has anyone got a call? Is anyone on here internal or precept at Loma Linda ?

Little: don't give up I live in the SF BayArea and was still told I was a "very strong" candidate. My only real peds experience has been as a volunteer but hope its enough.

Lovepeacelove:I live in northern California near SF and was told priority went to those living near by so I feel lucky to have even gotten this far

I thought I would update everyone on what I learned from talking with HR today. I only resubmitted my documents last Friday and received a call today to see if I would be interested in switching my top choice. I was told they had already forwarded "hundreds" of applications to NICU, PICU and peds acute and that there were significantly fewer who applied to intermediate care and cardiac ICU. After talking to her for about 45mins about the program and the units that had more opportunity I decided cardiac ICU was the best fit for me. She did mention NICU probably had 4 openings and 2 were most likely already planned for who would get. Cardiac ICU and intermediate had 2 open postions each and I think she was going to forward around 60 applicants for the cardiac unit. Stickyrunner from my conversation it was clear no where near everyone was getting forwarded so Im pretty sure the email only went out to those who are going to get looked at by a manager. She also mentioned they began calls on Monday but had many more to make and some units had not begun she said to expect something very soon (wasnt more specific though lol). It also sounded like living close and having something tying you to peds definatley increased your odds of getting forwarded. Good Luck Everyone !

I am wondering if anyone has selected units yet? I though we would make them during the initial interview but I was never asked. Does anyone know how many people moved on to the next round? Finally since I choose a phone interview I missed a few names if anyone wrote them all down with department could you please send me a pm with the info. Good Luck everyone

What did everyone select as their units of choice? What type of unit did you precept on?

How long is it taking to receive your packet? I'm still waiting

RN New Grad - Care Partner Job Code: 47742Facility:Corona Regional Medical CenterLocation:CORONA, CA US Region:Travel Involved: NoneJob Type: Full TimeJob Level: Minimum Education Required:Associate Degree Skills: Category:NursingFTE:.9Position Summary:Reporting to the Unit Charge Nurse, the Care Partner is responsible for patients personal hygiene, ADL's, Vital signs, application of ice bags, K-Pads, assist patient with TC and DB and use of incentive spirometer and providing safe comfortable environment for their patient. They provide emotional support to their patients and document their interventions. Responsibilities include but are not limited to answering the telephone and patient call lights. Care Partner acts as the liaison between nursing, physicians, patients, visitors, and hospital staff. RequirementsCalifornia RN License required. Current BLS (CPR) certificate required. New Graduate RN in the last 12 months required. OPUS training completed within 60 days of hire.

I graduated May 09 and this has been a regular thing for Stanford to have a narrow window. I got my BSN in Sept 10 and did not qualify the next time since my BSN graduation date was 1 week later then their requirement even though I was licensed.

Very sad for all of us living and/or working in the Bay Area..............stay safe everyone

JjoBsn: I haven't been able to obtain a position or even a face to face interview yet but figured it would help open up more doors since most facilties locally are only hiring BSN graduates. I did continue to apply but with a little less follow up then I probably should have been doing. Education is never a bad thing and when I get the question what have you been doing? I at least I feel like Ive continued to learn. Local RN-BSN programs are no where near as difficult as my ADN and I felt like it was the only route for me so that I could still be a "new graduate".

Unfortunatly what I have to say is probably not what you would like to hear but I am a May 09 graduate with the same situation. I wanted NICU more than anything and my school decided it was "too specialized" and placed me on an adult med/tele/onco unit. I got great references from the nurses I worked with and clinical instructors and still have not landed a job NICU or otherwise. I have found MOST NICU programs require a preceptorship in PICU or NICU. I do have volunteer experience and decided to go back for my BSN which I just took my last final today :) I would suggest if you can volunteer but apply to everything. Things have to turn around eventually.

Does anyone have suggestions for northern CA?

I know this is an old thread but was hoping to find someone with some more current experience with Bright Star to see if things are getting any better/more organized. I was called for an interview this week and after reading this thread I am having second thoughts. I am a new grad in Northern CA and the market is extremly poor right now so I am thinking about this opportunity but don't wish to place my license or patients in jeporady. They said there is opportunity to shadow more experienced nurses and inservices to help increase my skill set and take on the more challenging patients ie trachs, wound care, TPN etc. So just want to throw it out there and see what others have experienced and which locations you were at.

I did the Online Hurst review and passed in 75. I think if you struggle at all with taking tests you might buy the Kaplan book and look at breaking apart the questions but that was not the issue for me. Most people I know did Hurst since it was less and EVERYONE passed on the first try. Hurst is mostly content review so you have the foundation to analyze a question. No review book is anything like the NCLEX in my opinion just trust you have been through school and reviewed and take a deep breath.

What units has everyone selected for UCSD?

May 09 graduate in N. CA and still not even a face to face interview. Did work retail last holiday season along with flu clinics to get by but no real leads. Since I have started volunteering at a local hospital and decided to futher my education at a local RN-BSN program . Only 4 weeks left and Ill have a BSN but no job offers yet.

Graduated May 09 Passed NCLEX June 09 and still searching in CA. I am almost finished with my BSN ) and spend lots of time volunteering hopefully it will all lead somewhere soon.