itri4vt

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1. New Graduate Needs help finding a job in Seattle

   itri4vt replied to dohasanbarten's topic in Washington Nursing

   MPHGirl, that's great! see you

2. New Graduate Needs help finding a job in Seattle

   itri4vt replied to dohasanbarten's topic in Washington Nursing

   I'm on Med/Surg. I got everything taken care of today and ready for orientation on Aug 1. See you

3. New Graduate Needs help finding a job in Seattle

   itri4vt replied to dohasanbarten's topic in Washington Nursing

   August 1! Very quick turnaround time. I feel badly for the scheduler at my current job, since she has a ton of shifts to cover for August. What unit are you

4. New Graduate Needs help finding a job in Seattle

   itri4vt replied to dohasanbarten's topic in Washington Nursing

   Speaking from experience, it is tough and frustrating and takes a lot of patience. Today was finally a breakthrough for me - I was offered a residency position at Mary Bridge Children's in Tacoma. I...

5. First RN job = part time, nights, stable pt

   itri4vt replied to itri4vt's topic in Home Health

   Wow, you sure hit the nail on the head!! However, just as I got comfortable with caring for the family I started with and I had actually had some fun conversations with them, my car was broken into,...

6. Thoughts on St. Joseph Medical Center? Does a new grad have chance for job there?

   itri4vt replied to hearts895, RN BSN's topic in Washington Nursing

   Lucky you! Good job and

7. Interview at Swedish?

   itri4vt replied to itri4vt's topic in Washington Nursing

   I think there is a a night-and-day difference in jobs for experienced nurses vs. for new grads (or with only non-acute experience). I was not selected for the Swedish residency. I prepared for and...

8. Interview at Swedish?

   itri4vt replied to itri4vt's topic in Washington Nursing

   Interview is tomorrow... send me good thoughts!! The manager I interviewed with last time put in a good word for me through an email to the manager I'm interviewing with tomorrow... that was really...

9. Interview at Swedish?

   itri4vt replied to itri4vt's topic in Washington Nursing

   Wendy, the residency is paid at the normal starting pay for a nurse. If the nurse going through the residency is hired into the unit s/he did the residency in, then I'm sure the orientation is...

10. Interview at Swedish?

    itri4vt replied to itri4vt's topic in Washington Nursing

    It is for different med/surg units... it is a big cohort of like 34 new grads, so they all do different shifts, every other weekend, and she said they'll try to make them "floatable" to other units so...

11. Interview at Swedish?

    itri4vt replied to itri4vt's topic in Washington Nursing

    The phone interview went well! I have an in-person interview next week. Not the ER dream job - it's actually just a residency for 12 weeks that would make me qualified to apply for Staff RN...

12. Interview at Swedish?

    itri4vt replied to itri4vt's topic in Washington Nursing

    I have one too. Here's a post from my last phone interview: https://allnurses.com/graduate-nurse-forum/phone-interview-scheduled-561801.html Good luck! Try hard to sound confident, it will show in...

13. Interview at Swedish?

    itri4vt replied to itri4vt's topic in Washington Nursing

    I graduated in December. And yes, Swedish only takes new grads into their residency

14. Valley Medical Center

    itri4vt replied to ceea44's topic in Washington Nursing

    daisy, Did she know someone within the hospital or do her clinical there? Or did she apply using the conventional

15. Thoughts on St. Joseph Medical Center? Does a new grad have chance for job there?

    itri4vt replied to hearts895, RN BSN's topic in Washington Nursing

    Chemdawg, the recruiter was correct. They don't have specific "residency" programs or positions posted. I also graduated in December from a school in VA, and I got one call about St. Clare's ED while...