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I agree with this. That's why as a traveler I left. I was in ICU and it was poorly managed. I had to wait 2 hours after night shift until they found a replacement to take my assignment because they were so short staffed. I didn't know it until 730 am when I was looking around for the nurse. The floor was so poorly run. There were so many unnecessary shifting of nurses and patients room around it made no sense. All ICU nurses are able to float in different ICUs. If they find an extra nurse to help anytime in the shift, if her home unit is this ICU they will change either a traveler or a nurse from a different ICU mid shift to the other ICU, so that nurse can work in her home unit, which is ridiculous. Then, there were this constant changing of patients to different rooms throughout the shift due to geography. Residents are rude, takes forever to arrive at bedside for urgent calls and then walk away without talking to you about the plan.

Thanks for your input. I took the assignment at Stanford and I as well as a few travelers were very disappointed. Coming from Hopkins I was particularly disappointed and quit.I was nicely surprised by El Camino Health though where I extended my contract. it would have probably been where I would apply to be staff . Calif was too expensive. I am now with Mayo clinic and they do offer pension.

I have my first travel assignment at Stanford in the MICU and I am so excited to work there after hearing all the good things. I enjoy teaching hospitals better. I worked at Johns Hopkins MICU as a new grad and Stanford appears to be giving similar experiences that I really enjoy at a teaching hospital. My pay package as a traveler is about the same as Stanford bedside nurses so I am not here to make money. I am from CA, this is more of a paid vacation and testing the waters before moving back. I would love to come on as permanent staff but how can Stanford nurses afford living in the area amd buying a house? Even if commuting further, housing in San Jose is expensive compared to the pay. Where are nurses with family (and not married to a tech mogul :) buying houses??

Got my official yesterday. From verbal offer to official was 2 weeks.

I interviewed yesterday and the manager called me this morning for a verbal offer so it took me a day. Said official offer from recruiter in a couple of days. The recruiter also said you can extend the deadline and just to talk to the nurse manager you interviewed with about extending it. Anyone starting 8/26? I will be in the MICU. Relocating from Colorado. What is a good safe town for a family?

Congratulations to all who have made it! I didn't get an email for an interview. But I have an upcoming interview with Johns Hopkins so I am not totally bummed. Good luck everyone with your new job!

Thank you! When I confirmed my interview with the office, and they said "We will see you at 0830 for some paperwork", I also found this odd for an interview day. What type of paperwork is this? I am taking my portfolio with me that will have my transcripts etc...

I'm set to fly out next week for the interview and share time. One hour with the unit manager seems a long time! Any tips on the content of the interview that lasts this long? Traditional sit down with behavioral and scenario questions? I'm just curious.

Hi @Voltage003 have you heard from your interview yet? I also applied to the MICU back in February but just now was invited for an interview. I don't know which cohort this is for.

@futureprovider Thank you for the heads up! Good to know. It went one day from "application under review" to "interview" so didn't know if the interview was a screening with the recruiter first as with most programs. I called the recruiting office who indeed told me they were swamped. It's been 11 days since the status changed and still no email. I thought maybe they changed their mind..which can happened I hear. Lol.

The recruiter sent me this link on how to prepare for the Mayo interview: https://www.mayoclinic.org/documents/preparing-for-a-behavioral-interview/doc-20150425

I just read tips on how to interview with MAYO. To answer scenario questions they like to follow DETAIL but I didn't write down verbatim under those mnemonic. They want to see: Diagnosis Interventions Intended outcomes Delegate They want to know the thought process, how do you assess them? how you intervene Interviews at the Mayo Clinic have a two-fold purpose, according to the organization. They seek to give candidates the opportunity to learn more about the position and the organization. They also give candidates and management team members the opportunity to assess whether or not they’re a good fit for one another. Panel interviews are very common at Mayo Clinic. During these interviews, behavior-based questions are used and the SHARE model is preferred for responses. S – Interviewers ask candidates to describe a particular situation. H – Interviewers want you to identify challenges and hindrances you encountered. A – Explain your actions. R – Examine the results. E – Evaluate the lesson learned.

@tg95 How did your interview go?

I emailed the recruiter who replied "We are still scheduling interviews. All applicants will be notified at one time or another.We appreciate your patience." Still hoping. But im getting an interview at Johns Hopkins..I wouldn't know what to do if I had to chose between Mayo and JHH ?

I applied in February and my status just now changed to "initiating contact for interview". I'm from out of state. Is this an initial screening interview with the recruiter?