RookieRN

I was just reading this post because I was searching to find out if Mayo's hiring more now. I was a Summer III in 2008 and absolutely loved it. I worked in adult psych and was so impressed with the staff, unit and Mayo in general. I was just floored when the medical director of the psych building asked my opinion on a patient's situation, since back in Missouri during nursing clinicals the doctors would barely make eye contact with the nursing students. It just showed me that they care about their employees, the staff respects each other and values their opinions, and that the relationship between doctors and nurses was better than I had seen anywhere else in my limited experience. One nurse there told me a lot of nurses who work at Mayo end up coming back sometime in their career, because it's hard to find another hospital that treats you as well as they do. As far as my role as a Summer III, I got to do everything a nurse would do on that unit besides actually passing medications. Even for that though, I was with my preceptor and she would quiz me about each med and its uses, side effects, etc. While you're there, you'll have access to the fitness center which is amazing. It was definitely worth the money to join for the summer. I cannot say enough wonderful things about my time at Mayo. I was set to work there after graduation last May, but then the hiring freeze started. If I had the opportunity, I would gladly move back. I know every unit there is different, but I generally heard from other interns that they had a great time too and learned a lot. I hope you all enjoy it there!

Definitely don't expect just your application or resume to get you in. Calling HR sounds like a good idea. When I was looking for jobs, I only got interviews and job offers after calling HR. I would suggest researching the hospital some and coming up with a few questions you could ask HR. They may even be able to connect you with the manager or someone in charge of the residency program. When you call, they look up your application and that at least gets your name out there. If you never call or ask to meet with the manager, you risk them possibly not even looking at your application.

You can only apply to one state for a license by examination. Then you have to wait for that license to be officially issued to you before you can apply for license by endorsement. But once you have your first license in hand (from whatever state you chose to get the license by exam), you can apply to however many states you want for license by endorsement simultaneously. I can't imagine you needing to have more than 2 or 3, but I'm guessing the school's told you what all you need to do. My advice would be to do the license by exam through the state that has a reputation for being fastest in issuing licenses. That way, you can get the ball rolling faster on applying for the other states' licenses.

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