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This forum is for the new grad RN Residency Program starting in Sept 2014, at Swedish Medical Center, in Seattle, WA.

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My husband and I found that we really like having a 15 year mortgage. It increases your payment a bit, but greatly reduces the amount of interest you pay over the life of the mortgage. Your house gets paid off before you know it. We'll outright own ...

Wow FutureBSNurse, you won't need most of what you listed. I just finished my ADN and BSN, and I just want to caution you not to get too much before you actually start school. Here's what I used throughout my whole 3-year journey in school. Timbuk2 m...

Just a little correction on this. An MD completes a 4 year undergrad degree and then 4 years of medical school. They then do a 3 year residency, and perhaps even a multi-year internship should they specialize within their specialty (ie - cardiac peds...

I graduated from NSCC last June and just finished the RN to BSN program at UW Bothell a week ago. I went straight into the UW two weeks after I finished at NSCC, and took my NCLEX during my first quarter at the UW. It was a great program that I'd rec...

I graduated with my RN in June 2013 and just finished my BSN at the UW today. I passed my NCLEX back in July 2013.

AnnieMathilda I recieved my offer letter today in email. Yay! I'm from Seattle - I live over near Children's Hospital. I actually graduated from nursing school (NSCC) last summer and have been working and finishing up my BSN at the UW (I graduate in ...

AnnieMathilda - I haven't heard anything since I heard from the recruiter that I was being offered the job. No email, no snail mail. She said that I should be receiving a background check packet sometime in May or June. Do you remember if that was g...

It was pretty much what I expected. The typical behavioral questions - working on a team, a conflict, a disagreement, why do you want to work in postpartum, etc. It was a panel interview with 4 people. They were very nice.

I was offered a postpartum residency position last week. I interviewed with the department on 5/8 and was offered the position on 5/12. The HR person who extended the offer said they would be completing the hiring round for the entire Sept cohort wit...

Hi! I also accepted a residency position in postpartum starting in September 2014 at Swedish First Hill. I think that others will be trickling in as they complete more hiring. The HR person I spoke to said that they will be doing hiring for the next ...

Mine was 77%. It wasn't often that students didn't make the bar on exams in my cohort. I don't think anyone failed out due to grades on exams. If they were asked to leave, it was because of performance in clinicals.

I interviewed for the Sept 2014 Swedish Hospital residency program on May 7th. I'm waiting to hear back whether I will receive an offer. Anyone else out there playing the waiting game?

I'd love it if you could share any info that you find regarding custom gloves. I have very short fingers and even XS gloves are too long by about 0.5 - 1cm per finger. The thumbs fit fine. I don't have any problems doing most things, but once in awhi...

Maybe another alternative would be completing your biology degree from UCLA, and then applying to a nursing master's program? You would skip the BSN and go directly to an MSN.

I worked for a university medical department that had the same sort of cap thing. It's wasn't that the individual raises were capped at 2%, but that the university was capping the average of the department raises at 2%. So if someone was to get above...

Take the job. Who better to understand your symptoms and challenges than people who work with pregnant women all day! :-) If you're still in the first trimester of pregnancy, I would guess your symptoms might lessen/resolve as your pregnancy progress...

My cousin is the CTO (chief technology officer) at a major hospital here in Seattle. Her and I were just discussing the qualifications for analysts the other day, as she was encouraging me to move into that area of nursing when I graduate next year. ...

They're both vesicants, so might it be a pretty harsh brew for the vessels if administered together? I'm just a student, so likely totally off base. Just a guess.

Decembergrad, you can calculate your full-time yearly salary equivalent by multiplying your hourly rate by 2080. At least that's how they do it in HR/payroll. :)

I think what you're planning on wearing sounds great. In my opinion, a hospital hiring manager stating that you're overdressed is pretty unprofessional. It's not as though you were interviewing at Mickey D's. When I was interviewing folks to work at ...

I use a Timbuk2 laptop messenger bag - which I love and is a great size. I'm not sure why you would need such a huge bag. Do you need to bring a large number of books to class every day? Most folks in my cohort use backpacks or messenger bags.

I'm currently in nursing school - I've completed my first two quarters. I'm averaging around 3.7-4.0 in my classes. I don't think you need to be a brainiac to succeed in nursing school, you just need to work hard. Make sure you keep up with the work ...

Can you take the classes at a different school? Maybe a community college? The one I'm attending offered most of the key pre-reqs every quarter. Good luck and hang in there!