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  1. New Graduate Needs help finding a job in Seattle

    MPHGirl, that's great! see you there.
  2. New Graduate Needs help finding a job in Seattle

    I'm on Med/Surg. I got everything taken care of today and ready for orientation on Aug 1. See you there!
  3. New Graduate Needs help finding a job in Seattle

    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 on?
  4. New Graduate Needs help finding a job in Seattle

    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 moved here in March (graduated accelerated BSN in ...
  5. First RN job = part time, nights, stable pt

    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, and I didn't want to go back to their neighborhood...
  6. I finally got an RN position after graduating from a BSN program in December! Not my first choice, but it'll give me experience (and hopefully confidence as an RN). I'm working in home health just part time right now (until my other temporary job en...
  7. Lucky you! Good job and congratulations.
  8. Interview at Swedish?

    Hi! I have an interview at Swedish and I just wanted to see if anyone had advice for what kinds of questions to expect from them. Should I be ready for clinical questions?
  9. Interview at Swedish?

    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 executed answers to her questions just as I did fo...
  10. Interview at Swedish?

    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 nice of him. Hopefully that helps.
  11. Interview at Swedish?

    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 shorter. However, after the residency, those nurses can...
  12. Interview at Swedish?

    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 they'll get a taste of other units as well. I we...
  13. Interview at Swedish?

    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 positions there. It's still 100x better than the home hea...
  14. I had a phone interview last Monday, and I was told they'd let me know either way in a week to a week and a half if I can come in for a 2nd interview. It's Friday (12 days later) and I haven't heard anything. Should I call the recruiter and inquire...
  15. Interview at Swedish?

    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 your voice. Smile and be happy - you have an inter...
  16. Interview at Swedish?

    I graduated in December. And yes, Swedish only takes new grads into their residency positions.
  17. Valley Medical Center

    daisy, Did she know someone within the hospital or do her clinical there? Or did she apply using the conventional methods?
  18. 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 I was still in VA, but since I couldn't drop in f...
  19. I have been waiting for this day for a long time! After months of applying to various positions with a large hospital system, I finally get a call to schedule a phone interview for my "dream job". It's a new graduate position, so at least they are ...
  20. Interview at Swedish?

    I got beat out by an internal candidate, a tech who probably had lots of the staff pushing for him/her to get it. Here's the email I got: -------------------------------------------- Thank you for taking the time to interview for the ED Resident RN p...
  21. I got beat out by an internal candidate, a tech who probably had lots of the staff pushing for him/her to get it. Here's the email I got: -------------------------------------------- Thank you for taking the time to interview for the ED Resident RN p...
  22. I got beat out by an internal candidate, a tech who probably had lots of the staff pushing for him/her to get it. Here's the email I got: -------------------------------------------- Thank you for taking the time to interview for the ED Resident RN ...
  23. The waiting is the hardest part. I was supposed to hear back after the phone interview in "one to one and a half weeks" but I didn't hear until over 2 weeks later. I called the HR lady and left a message at day 10, so maybe you can try calling on F...
  24. I hope everyone is enjoying their Memorial Day Weekend! I work in a home on Sat/Sun nights 11p-7a. I was already feeling a little left out because my friends went out of town for the weekend, but I was trying to make the best of it anyway... at 7pm ...
  25. I guess it does come with the job, although I kind of feel that should've been brought up during my office orientation... we talked about everything else! Anyway, I emailed the HR lady at my agency and she said that that situation really stinks and...