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Good! I'm glad someone else agrees with me about the date! It just makes no sense to wait.. Yeah! It sounds like you have a lot of great experience! I have some similar experiences as well. I had my senior preceptorship and general peds rotation both in the PICU and had a summer internship at a children's hospital. I have also done the babysitting/nanny deal and worked with kiddos in some of my other clinicals through school. I am crossing my fingers that it is enough! This is my number one choice as well...Hopefully by "MAY 30TH" we will be getting a call telling us one way or another! That is my concern as well...I am scheduled for the same week as you to take my NCLEX. I am not sure how long the process takes to transfer. Plus, I don't want to transfer it until I know that I will be going there for sure. So I am hoping that I can get in contact with HR (hopefully sooner rather than later) to clarify... What other hospitals have you been looking at?

When I had talked to HR before they said they usually have about 150 applicants, look for people with peds experience as a CNA/intern/preceptorship etc., or even experiences with kids like babysitting, being a nanny, camp volunteer etc., and "well-rounded clinical experiences in other areas". Since I am applying from out of state, I asked if they look at in-state applicants first, and she said that they have been accepting candidates from out of state more and more each year. They also said that they have internal applicants, which they look at first. Not sure how many internal applicants there are though...I had emailed HR last week too requiring about dates. She replied that they had reviewed all applications and would notify people about interviews by June 30th...I am hoping that she meant to say "May 30th"? If you think about it, June 30th makes no sense, especially if they have already "reviewed all applications". I don't see the point in waiting over 1 month to notify people if they have already reviewed everybody's applications? They also have the deadline for FL licensure as July 28th, so if they notify (supposedly) by June 30th, that means July interviews, and I feel like then that would make the license deadline very close for people who do not have a FL license. Does this seem like a logical "typo" to anyone else, or am I just being too hopeful?!?!?! I tried emailing her back to clarify, but I never got a response....

Congrats to people who have been offered interview opportunities! Just curious for people who have not received calls, has anyone's application status changed from "route" to "declined", or has anyone gotten an official "thanks, but no thanks" email? Just wondering if they contact people if they are not offered a position...

Hi ValerieKeyes! I had been emailing back and forth with a woman from HR over the past few months and actually went on a hospital tour when I was in Florida for spring break. She pretty much just told me about the number of positions and what areas they would be hiring in. Unfortunately she didn't give me any dates of when they would be notifying us about interviews. I have an email into her that I sent Monday about how the process was going and if she had dates in mind, but she hasn't responded But if you go on the all children's website under the careers part they have all the HR recruiter contact information if you wanted to try and contact them! I'm hoping they give us some kind of information soon! I have applied to other peds residency programs throughout the country. I'm ready for a new adventure so I pretty much applied to any peds residency programs I could find. But this one is one of my top choices! Have you applied anywhere else?

Hi ValerieKeyes and UMnurse310, So glad there people replying to this thread! I have not heard anything (yes or no) regarding an interview. I do know that they will not be having the interview fair this time around because they will only be taking 5 people into this cohort I was pretty sad to hear that from the HR person I talked to. So as if the program wasn't competitive enough already, they are taking less people than usual on top of it! I wish they had dates as to when we will find out...I am getting anxious to hear! Crossing my fingers that it will be sometime this week. The HR person i talked to said that by the middle of June (at the latest) we would know if we got a position, so I feel like if that is the goal they should be notifying us soon! I also heard there will be phone interviews first, then based on that they will bring you down for an in person interview. But with them canceling the interview fair, i wonder if that is still the plan? Hope this information helps! I know hearing from others in the same boat as me always makes me feel a little better! Where are you guys originally from? Do you live in the Florida area, or would you be relocating? I am from the Chicago area and went to school in Milwaukee. My family has had a condo in the Tampa area for almost 10 years, so Florida is like my second home. And after the winter we have had in the Midwest, I am ready for some sun and sand for sure!

She didn't say anything about that or how many they would be interviewing....Sorry!

Hey All! I emailed Donnya the other day asking if the timeline was still going to be the same as it was posted online, and she said that they will notify us by May 22. So I am guessing we won't hear until closer to that date. (But she just said "no later than", so I guess that means they could texhnically let us know anytime between now and then?) Hope this helps ease some anxiety! Keeping my fingers crossed for everyone!

Hello All! I am from the Chicago area, but am attending school in Milwaukee, so I would be relocating if offered a position. I applied on the last day the application was open and got the email yesterday that my application was sent to the hiring manager and my current application says "route". Excited that I have even made it this far! I requested oncology, intensive care, and cardiac step-down. It sounds like an amazing, but very competitive program! Does anyone know how many people the take on average? Good luck to everyone applying!

Hi All! I am a senior nursing student and am looking to apply to the new graduate RN residency program at All Children's Hospital in St. Pete, FL for Fall 2014. I am hoping to get some advice from people who have done this program in the past or people who currently work there now. Also hoping to connect with people who plan on applying! This is my first post on this website, but I hear that it is a great place to find out lots of information about various nursing topics, so I am excited to see what this post generates! :)