newRNAllie

I feel exactly the same way. I have a BA in an unrelated field and went to a community college with a high NCLEX pass rate (that was the only standard I knew to inquire about). We had short "virtual" skills labs, and crowded clinicals only two days...

Hi, I just wanted to start a thread for people applying to UCLA's new grad program this year. I have filled out the application online, but wondered if I should send a hard copy too. Does anyone else have any information? I heard that for the las...

Thank you so much for writing that..and I agree with the comments as well. I would only add a couple of things. They're based on my experience: I graduated in 2009 - when many of the local hospitals weren't hiring new grads for $$ reasons - and jus...

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No but if you find out, post it please!

My start date was changed from 2/14 to 3/14 so I must be in the second batch of new hires....good luck everyone who is starting earlier!

Isn't it funny how emphatic all of us are (who live here) about that commute? We're all screaming "Nooooooo!" I used to commute from Santa Monica to East LA - maybe 15 miles - and it could easily take me 90 minutes... sitting there...trapped on free...

OMG don't commute from Orange Co to UCLA on the 405!!!!!

I am very excited...but also kind of terrified!

I don't have a start date yet, but the HR person told me my orientation was 2/14...I guess for me there will be a gap between that week and when I start work. But I haven't heard from the unit director yet (since she gave me the job).

FYI - at my physical they said the orientation classes would be the week of 2/14...one day of general orientation, two days of nursing orientation and one day of computer classes...

Several of my friends from nursing school got hired there last year. They all had GPAs over 3.5 had done clinicals there and three of them had second languages (two Spanish, one Russian) which probably also helped. Cedars is also Magnet, so wants B...

sdnewgradnurse, i'm so sorry that you didn't get a position at ucla. please keep us posted about where you do wind up working, because we all feel like friends at this point, having gone through this process together! i wish you the very best, and ...

sdnewgradnurse, did you call them to check on your status? This whole process made me realize how big the UCLA bureaucracy is and how you have to check and double check. My physical is tomorrow...I will try to get more info on start dates for the c...

Thanks for posting that...I received a job offer last week but haven't heard anything, even in reply to repeated emails, so was wondering what was going on. I guess I'll just keep waiting. This has been an interesting hiring process. Maybe it's bec...

Congratulations NewGradRN001! So exciting! Best of luck with your new job!

I was told that the unit manager would call HR to get the paperwork started, but I'll double check. My floor requires ACLS and an EKG certificate, but I've got those already and a current TB test, so I'm not sure what's left besides the physical and...

Hey just wanted to share with everyone that I was offered a position on a med/surg floor today. It was almost a month since I interviewed, so don't give up, OK? Good luck to everyone out there, and thanks again for all the support and information.

Look through previous posts to be sure, but I think most people had a quick interview with the HR coordinator (mostly completing forms and learning about benefits) and then another with someone on the unit a different day. That was my experience any...

nope...just waiting... hard...

And for anyone coming in from out of town...bring an umbrella...it's cold and pouring here!

I interviewed two weeks ago and haven't heard. Don't know if that means I'm out of the running or if they just haven't decided yet. Pretty nervewracking....

Hi there are previous posts that also give interview tips...and there are several threads going in addition to this one; they've all been helpful to me. I agree with what other people have said, about trying to project confidence (which of course yo...

There's a couple of threads going now about UCLA... has anyone heard anything else?

ktgrl1004, i know what you mean...my interview was a week ago too and i wish i would hear something.... i think it went well but you never know if they will just prefer someone else. i'm having a hard time even getting in a holiday mood for my kids....