SingingBird

You are awesome! Thanks for the thought provoking questions and articles.

Are any of you coming into LD from another area of acute care? Or is it your first job?

and then the lab calls to tell you that he was MRSA positive, hahaha

I learned that St. Joseph Hospital hired 12 new grads to start the versant program. Wondering if any of them are on allnurses?

I am being hired at a hospital that hires travellers but also has a versant residency program. It seems like they may have a higher than normal turnover rate, although, some nurses have been there for years and years. Anyways, they asked me to repay over $5,000 if I leave before 2 years. This way hiring new grads and training them is cheaper than hiring travellers because they require the committment. When I wanted to become a nurse back in 2002, I met a new nurse who was not even graduated yet and was deciding between three hospitals to work for, all with sign on bonuses. Haha! Now I may have to pay my hospital if I leave, all while paying back student loans. And I am so crazy because I am really happy that I am going to start working in my dream career.

Hi Rn_MA, I haven't heard of anyone scheduling 2nd interviews yet. She said 2-3 weeks until it is scheduled right? Haven't heard of any ref checks either.

For people that had a second interview....How much time did you have to prepare for the second interview!? Did they call you and ask you to come in that same week or gave you a couple weeks before setting up the second interview?

UCLA starts later than a lot of new grad programs. I wonder if second rounds will be completed by the end of this month. Hoping so.... :)

Wow! Congratulations!

There were interviews on Tuesday too :)

I have a friend who isn't on all nurses but she said she got an interview with L&D and it looked like there were two half days of interviewing going on, she said with the unit director.

Hi. I was trying to pm you but it said your box was full. But thank you soooo much for your advice and help.

Wow...hope you have an amazing time at your new RN job!

hope you are doing better now, did you end up transferring or staying?

Congratulations Gastro2012!!! I have seen you on other threads so I am really happy for you!!! How long were you looking for a job....just curious. I received a rejection letter via email last week but they didnt say who it was from...they just said HR...Does desert regional do snail mail though?