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That's cool. UCLA children's hospital did one too: [video=youtube_share;FBsb1zCjUnU]

I mostly just looked through Craigslist because I didn't know anyone there. But if you have time, it might be a good idea to just go around the neighborhoods and check them out.

If you want to live in Westwood (which means you can probably walk to work), due to the saturation of college students, it's about $1000 for a studio, $1400 for a 1-bedroom, and $2400-2700 for a 2-bedroom. The farther south you go, the cheaper it gets. Culver City is a popular location to commute from (15-30 minutes), as is the Palms / Mar Vista area. Parking at the Med Center lots costs $75 a month.

I find this hilarious.

They are two different units.

I suppose it can really depend on where you live. This is my first year at the UCLA Med Center and I'm making about 34 an hour day shift plus 6 night differential. I live about 5 minutes away from the hospital, but rent around here is about 1400-1500 for a 1 bedroom since there are so many UCLA students here. Westwood is a really expensive location to live, however, so I have a feeling that other places in LA may be cheaper (but probably still over 1k for a 1 bedroom). Also, if you're considering commuting, realize that the 405 freeway is always a nightmare and may add an additional 30 minutes to your travel time during peak hours.

It's a shame that your teachers didn't at least explain the process to your class. It probably would've taken 10 minutes. The school that I attended walked us through the process. They got the paperwork, passed it out in lecture, and walked us through how to fill out the application. Needless to say, with NCLEX and finals coming up, it was a big help. In fact, I don't believe I even had to mail anything in because the registrar person did it for the class. In response to your question about the transcript, I took my some of my prereqs at a different college and only had to submit one transcript (nursing school one). We had to wait for final grades to be officially posted, but once that was done with, the eligibility letter arrived in about a month. But I've known people who've actually gotten it sooner.

I'm curious, what do you say when you call HR yourselves? Do they have a list of names from managers as to who have been hired or something?

Has anyone else been hired for step-down or medsurg? I've been calling HR but keep hitting voicemail.

Congratz on the med/surg hire! Looks like the calls are starting to come in.

Congrats you two! I assume it's going to take another week or two for Med-Surg and Stepdown units to make their decisions.

15 people for one spot? That's a lot of hopes to raise. Good luck. I also heard the rumors of the program being pushed till a later date and wonder if anyone has been officially offered a position yet.

A friend of a friend works in one of the medsurg units and told me they already started interviews. Not sure about ICU/surgery. Program begins early next month. Anyone here get called for an interview yet?