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We are! They pay relocation, too! We're expanding like crazy so they're hiring thousands.

Also started at 34/hr as a new grad 1.75 years ago. Making 36 base now.

check your pm's corgidad

I work in Minnesota in an acute psych inpatient unit, and from what I have heard from nurses in other states, we are pretty spoiled here. Most of the time only have 3 patients (or 1 if the patient is acute enough to require 1:1 or 2:1 nursing care). If we are short staffed, we have 4 patients. The pay isn't as high as california, but the cost of living is much, much lower, and the pay exceeds some higher cost of living areas I looked at. I make $36/hr base with only a year of experience, and we get differentials for evenings, nights and weekends. The work environment is wonderful, all of the nurses and docs are very respectful and supportive.

It largely depends on facility. I work at an academic medical center with an acute inpatient psych unit. Our techs are CNA/PCA/PCT, so its a pretty short schooling requirement. The techs on my unit get vitals, record food intake/distribute meal trays, do all the q15 safety checks, and help the nurses with various requests from patients. They will also assist with any physical holds/restraint episodes if they're needed. They aren't allowed to do blood sugars or give meds or anything like that at my facility.

Generally speaking, the SE part of town, but there are nice areas down there as well - its not all bad. The elton hills area is nice, as is most of the NE/NW part of town. The SW can be pricey as its so close to everything. I am sure you will be fine. And if you aren't, Mayo works with you to address any problems you are having. Worst case scenario, I went through orientation with someone who just wasn't cut out for the ICU, and they helped her get a job in a different unit in Mayo. They are very transparent about how you are doing, and it is always approached as a learning opportunity - not punitive. This is not always the case at other hospitals. It's actually pretty difficult to get fired from Mayo, so don't worry about anything like that!

I have enjoyed it immensely. I was worried about it having come from so far away and not knowing anyone in the area, and being worried it wouldn't live up to the expectations or preconceived notions I had. So far, it's exceeded them and I have to say we are pretty spoiled here as far as work environment and staffing goes. Just the whole culture of Mayo is a special thing to be a part of. Even if you're a work to live type of person, we have it pretty good. The pay is higher than most places even in larger cities, and it feels like we do less work than say, someone having 6+ patients on a medical floor who has to do all their own IV's, foleys, etc. Let me know if you have questions about neighborhoods!

Sorry, I missed this one before. When I did mine in 2016, it did not require anything like that. You go in for an appointment and they just ask a bunch of questions related to the physical requirements. I didn't have to do push-ups or anything, haha. The rest of the POPA is just some HR paperwork, getting your TB test done and read, and a urine drug test.

@ andy: I work in one of the ICU's at SMH. We rented a house, it can be tough to buy here - the houses go pretty fast, but it's not impossible. I work 12s, but I know people who do 8s day/evening and days are 7am-330pm and evenings are 3pm-1130pm. My unit doesn't get low census very often, typically we are full and are the ones getting floats from lower census units. I think I have floated twice in the 20 months or so that I have been working here. That is not entirely true. You can get what is called an EA or excused absence, where you basically get your scheduled shift off and you can use PTO so you're still paid. Mayo staffs by acuity in 8 hour increments so if your unit has a surplus of nurses and there isn't a need for a float, the managers definitely want the charge's to send people home. Typically though, that is correct, you will float to other units you are qualified for. For example, if you don't work ICU you won't ever get floated to an ICU, but if you are ICU you can either be floated to another ICU or even general care floors. You won't ever float to the ED, Peds, NICU, Psych, or other speciality areas like PACU or the OR etc. If you do end up floating you usually get a pretty easy assignment as they know it isn't necessarily your area.

The new grad program will depend on your specialty. If you are doing critical care, it has it's own set of classes with assignments and 3 exams. There will be weeks where you will be in class 2-3 days all day, and then on your work unit for 2 shifts. The nurse residency itself doesn't have assignments, aside from a research poster project that is due at the end of the residency. You can do it as a group though, so it wasn't too bad. The residency itself just meets like every 4-6 weeks for an 8 hour day, typically 7a-3pm. If I remember correctly, there were 8 total sessions. A lot of it has to do with just acclimating you to being a new nurse and dealing with the stressors that come with it. They have a lot of interesting speakers and group activities at the sessions as well. It's very engaging and you don't feel like you're just sitting in a class all day. Regarding nursing at Mayo. Yes, it is true that there are teams for foleys and IV's and drawing labs. If you work in radiology or the ED, the nurses there do their own IV's. Personally, I don't feel like I'm "losing nursing skills". We teach laypeople how to do these things all the time, if you end up changing jobs down the road it's not really that difficult to pick up and learn quickly. Especially with getting time management down as a new grad, you'll be thankful to have a few task-y things that you don't have to worry about As far as turnover goes, it really depends on the unit. The unit I work on has 10+ nurses who have been there for 20-30+ years, and even more that have been there 10+, so I would say it's pretty low for the most part. Pretty much everyone I talk to says how spoiled we are at Mayo though, and can't imagine working anywhere else. Our staffing and resources available exceeds what most people would call a good work environment, so there is that, and they treat the staff really well. The physician culture at Mayo is unlike most other places as well. They are always polite and take your recommendations to heart. About Rochester - I can definitely see that being a drawback. It wasn't for me, cause I enjoy being a homebody. If you're young and like to have fun I can see it being a little boring, but the Twin Cities is only 70ish miles away. I know a lot of nurses who just go the cities every weekend. Personally, i think working at Mayo is worth the tradeoff of being in a small town with no much to do in terms of night life. I did move from out of state, and I haven't regretted it for a second. You really can't beat the cost of living vs how well Mayo pays, either. Let me know if you have any other questions!

I work at Mayo and went through the nurse residency program. Let me know if you have questions about Mayo or Rochester!

Congrats to everyone who got accepted, and good luck to those still waiting! I graduated from Mercer - happy to answer any questions!

Piedmont and Northside are both new grad friendly themselves also.

I have one, and I work for a private hospital. They still exist.

Uworld no longer offers a free trial. No codes will work any longer.

New Grad in a residency program Minnesota $33.50 hr base, $3-5 shift differentials for nights and weekends No previous HC exp ICU

Atlanta Medical Center is ceil blue, Emory is caribbean blue, Grady is white, Northside ATL is your choice (this could be unit specific however), Dekalb Medical is navy.

They did not seem to care about previous healthcare experience except in cases of externships in specialty areas. They were more interested in practicum placement. I had offers at both and had no previous healthcare exp.

there is no code anymore.

Uworld was the BEST prep and I can't recommend it enough! Passed in 75 first try.

You should be well prepared, then! I only did about 950 or so uworld questions and passed :)

Couldn't agree more. I also used Uworld and passed in 75. I would say at least 60% of my nclex consisted of SATA and like you, I would not have known the answers to some of them if it had not been for Uworld.

Congrats!! I took mine the same day as yours and passed too! SO glad that's over with!!

Northside, Piedmont, or Children's

I was offered $22/hr for critical care and a $2/hr differential for night shift at Candler as a new grad BSN.