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It's after. During the first interview I met with the PCD. Then like 15 minutes afterward the unit staff interviewed me. There were 3 staff members sitting in the interview. One Charge Nurse, The Assistant Patient Care Director, and a staff Nurse. I'm pretty sure after that I went right down with the PCD and did my drug screen at the lab the same day. If they are considering you after the in person interview they will give you a phone number to call and schedule your Talent Plus Interview.Then someone will call you and ask you personality based questions. Like do you smile a lot? Do you consider yourself a happy person? What are your thoughts on work flow? etc, etc. If they need you to repeat a question they can, but they can not elaborate on it or explain the question further. VHC utilizes Talent Plus because they want to make sure you fit their anchors of service and mission. One more reason they got recognized as top #100 of hospitals in US. The people who work there love it and are happy to be there, thus enhancing patient experience. So their interview process has a lot of steps :) There may be variations with the interviews such as if you get a coworker interview or not and whether things occur on the same day or not, but one thing I know for sure everyone who gets hired there must go through the Talent Plus Interview. At least that's the way it was until I left this past August.

Not very long at all. Maybe just a week or two from the time the Recruiter called me. I got an in person interview first and then the Talent Plus interview. They only offer you the Talent Plus if you do well at the first interview. Everyone hired at VHC has to go through it. The longest wait at VHC is just between the time you apply and the time they contact you with interest. I've applied there twice and each time it was 4-5 months from the time I applied. The first time I had already accepted another job so I declined when they called. The second time I left my current job at the time of two years to join with them at VHC. But both times it was a long wait after application. I stayed there for 6 months and then my husband got orders so moved to Colorado Springs in September. Good luck!! They're a great hospital to work for! They offer great resources.

Which unit was it for? I used to work on 5B until we got orders to Colo Springs.

I'm already working, but did apply a month or two ago before I got hired and they said they'd start interviewing in April; but have yet to receive a phone call like I have from the other places that I had applied to before I started work. I would just call and ask the nurse recruiter.

Nevermind! I saw it on your previous post! Well so happy for ya!! Just goes to show there is hope for those like us out there!!

Congratulations! As soon as I accepted this position just a week later I got two calls from different hospitals for interviews, but I turned them down! Isn't that how it goes, you get an offer then all of a sudden you get calls. Anyway, they couldn't compete with the hours or pay, so it all worked out for the best! So, what unit are you going to be on?? I hope you're loving it!!!! -Katie

I got hired in a doctor's office started last week. So just ended my second week. They're paying me $27 an hour...and although I initially wanted a hospital job....I L-O-V-E my job! It's a holistic medicine office and I'm learning a lot of stuff about various testing that hospitals don't do, accupuncture, etc. I'm getting great at blood draws too!!! I love the staff and the doctors! I'm couldn't be happier. I found the job on Craigslist! Can you believe that??? After all those stupid online applications I filled out literally hundreds for hospitals.

Thanks for your advice but I haven't found any career fairs or open houses. I'm in the Southern DC area. And I graduated from MO so my instructors and nursing school is absolutely no help here. Also have applied to everything even if it said experience required but have not gotten a single interview.

Do you have advice for someone with zero contacts in this entire state? I just moved to the southeastern side of DC and I was born, raised, lived my entire life until now, graduated nursing school in Missouri. Graduated Dec 11...still jobless and my husband and I are barely surviving on one income! HELP!

I didn't see any new grad postings last time I checked. They called about a position I applied to a while back. They know I'm a new grad yet they called and told me they were placing my application under review...so I'm not sure if they're planning on taking new grads or they were just thinking about hiring me and were okay with having to orientate me or what.

I applied to two at sibley a few weeks ago and got their reply emails about interviews in april...hoping i get a call. And I just got a call from Virginia Hospital Center yesterday and called back and spoke with a nurse recruiter today. I'm hoping something comes up from one of these! I'm praying for a job! I'm tired of filling out applications my brain and fingers are tired! :S Thanks for replying to my post!

Has anyone else recently gotten a call from Virginia Hospital Center. They called yesterday and my phone didn't ring. I got the voicemail and it was delayed an hour. I called back today and spoke to a nurse recruiter. Wondering if anyone else out there is in the same boat as me :)

Hey does anyone know of any new grad/RN opportunities or residency programs starting up in the next 4 months???

Sounds like you passed! You got the good pop up. You finished in 75 questions...May I mind you it is very unlikely to fail at 75 questions. Also if you felt the test was super hard, that is also a good sign that you passed! I just took it on Feb 1st...I also go the good pop up. and I got my quick results this morning and I passed the NCLEX-RN!! The more easy questions you answer right the harder the questions get so feeling like you failed...means you most likely passed, especially since you had only 75 questions and you got the good pop up! Watch a movie...take a bubble bath...go get a massage! Relax! Best of Luck!

I got my quick results at 9am this morning eastern time. And I passed! Had 75 questions and got the good pop up! I got my quick results and the trick was right!