KatsieRN

I know this is a very old post but I was just hired onto an ortho/uro unit and it makes me SO happy to see such a positive things about new grads on ortho units. yay!

hang in there ladies! I'm sure it could take a while to get a call. I got day shift (woah!) on 3East which is the ortho/uro/rehab floor. I'm really excited since allnurses has tons of posts under ortho about new grads doing really well in it. Best wi...

Hi tashacorrine and jackie, well I got the phone call! very excited and hoping that you two do as well. They give all the info about unit / shift and follow it up with an email with all the attachments that detail the stuff that needs to be done. Fe...

well, I am hoping for early week because of my other offer but I am sure it will take some time for HR to make all the calls.. I emailed the interviewer last week and she told me that last bit of info about her almost being done with decisions. It mi...

I did my preceptorship on cardiac pcu and loved it too. I am totally just assuming it was a lot of ppl's first choice since getting tele experience as a new grad is so great, but maybe I'm just thinking that way because that's what I think :) but he...

it looks like we chose the same :) I bet cardiac and neuro were a lot of ppl's first choices but couldn't bring myself to choose a "less desirable" unit. I know a nurse on the transplant floor and she loves her unit! I am surprised we are the only 2 ...

I think it went well too, the recruiter was nice and really informative about the program. I had prepared most of the questions so nothing was too shocking although someone had told me there wouldn't be any clinical questions so that caught me a bit ...

Was just called 5 mins ago for an interview on November 15th for general medicine/ortho unit. Thinking I will call back tomorrow since I am supposed to start a job here in Arizona on the 14th! boohoo for me right? but happy to give someone else my in...

I am from the Bay Area and went to school in Arizona and am hoping to return home as soon as I can. I am planning on staying in AZ for at LEAST 1 year of experience ( I start work in 2 weeks, whew) but more likely 2 years. I am worried that 2 years ...

This is where you need to sell yourself! What would you say about yourself in an interview? Discuss your strenghts - high GPA in nursing school, leadership roles, volunteer work, passions. This isn't a "trick question", they are just trying to get to...

Hey everyone, I graduated in May 2011 and received a verbal offer for a new grad position on a telemetry unit in July. Paperwork took forever and I just received the official offer and I am getting set to go in mid November. I am very excited about g...

Thank you for your responses! I had always assumed that I would train on 3 twelves so when she said 8 hour 5 days a week I wasn't sure if it was normal. Your responses have made me feel confident in the program that has hired me. I will start looking...

For a moment I thought I had written a post without realizing it! I graduated in may 2011 and moved to Phoenix to live with my bf (long distance for over a year) and thought it would be "easier" to find a job in Phoenix than my native SF bay area. D...

Kimberly, this exact subject was posted with tons of comments very recently. I would suggest doing a search for this topic to get some good replies.

got the email about references tonight. pretty exciting. I just hope that my references all check their emails and take the time to do the references for me. I would hate to be dropped from consideration due to a professor not completing it. I'm sure...

yes! loved the bear and living 2 blocks from Rileys. Its tough when there are not a lot of hospitals nearby to network while you are in school ( experienced the same thing... 1 hospital in the town) I checked my CHOC status and still under review, I ...

tasha, congrats on the phone interview! Im excited for my interview with Mayo, its such a great hospital :) so I clicked on your profile and saw that you've been writing in the CHOC February thread. I also applied for that and have been following t...

Hey there, I have an interview for the January 12 new grad program and wondering if anyone that has gone through the interview process could help me out. I'm wondering what types of interview questions were asked, (situational and behavioral), what t...

Graduated May 2011, passed the boards in June and interviewed for two positions (both through referrals, had NO luck with 100+ internet apps) and got offers from both jobs. One was small psych facility and the other was a 8 week new grad telemetry fl...

ChuckeRN I was recently offered a new grad position at MVMC and the pay is not that low at all. Its completely competitive with Banner at 26/hr with 5 dollar night dif.

Thought I would add in my experience since I just graduated from nursing school had an interview for telemetry floor new grad program a few weeks ago. I did not have any situational questions which I think is what a lot of new grads fear. The intervi...

congrats on the interview! My phone has been dead all afternoon so hoping,wishing and praying I have a vmail. Flips, I would think it would be over the next few days, not just today so don't give up. 430 applicants this time around, whew!

I am waiting to hear back too. Its 3 weeks tomorrow, hopefully sometime this week?? Anyone know how many applicants they typically get? I bet they were swamped with amazingly qualified applicants this year...

Yes, don't fret there is plenty of time to have a life while in the program. In my opinion, the program starts slow enough for you to get accustomed to being in school and you are just itching to start doing "real" nursing things. It feels like forev...

Well I think it is completely changing from when I applied since my cohort only had 60 qualified applicants while this year had 130 applicants. I had a decent gpa for my prereqs probably a 3.6 but I really don't know. I also did well on my HESI entra...