Questions about Seton Versant RN Residency in Austin

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I have just been accepted into the Seton RN residency and can answer any questions you may have. I will also be creating a post throughout my experience in the residency. Ask away!

mllnjll,rn I applied for Perinatal, NICU, and Medical Surgical.

I have no idea how this works! lol:nurse:

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I don't either...originally i applied for NICU, Pedi, and ER...but then I went back and re-did it and applied for 3 acute care areas and then added woman services...but they maybe going off of my first application. My top would be Pedi so I am good...my app was routed to the children's hospital and if it's meant to be it will be.

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Specializes in Telemetry.

For the hospitals does everyone's status say "routed"? I edited my application and now it says applied. Hope it doesn't effect if the managers can see my application /:

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mine say routed accept for the original one which still says applied

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Does anyone know the salary range for versant employees?

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Does anyone know the salary range for versant employees?

good question. im wondering as well

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I have read between 21-23, but I am not sure. I think as a GN it is one and then you get a raise once you become a RN...but not sure at all. Not from Austin, so don't know.

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an idea: I was offered a position with St Davids yesterday (Seton Versant is my #1 pick) and day shift started at $22.45 but I am an RN with 5 months experience (prob same rate for GN since thats really not a lot of experience to matter in pay rate).

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i also applied at St. David's, but haven't heard back from them.

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what units did u apply to? I know nights are a major need for them and decemeber is a big timeframe for GNs to be picked up...

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Nice to read about Austin nurses :) I lived in TX for 17 years, 8 1/2 years in Austin. :) It's a great place- and was only 450,000 when I moved there in 1985 :) I made 10 bucks an hour at St. Davids' on the neuro floor :D On nights- 28 beds, 2 nurses, no CNAs!!! Rare IV pumps (unless on hyperal or heparin).

Hope y'all love Austin = there's a lot going on there :)

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Sorry guys. Been busy but here's an update on what's going on with me. Hopefully this answers some of your questions.

So basically I am still on orientation which consists of 12 hour days on the unit and class days. You also get put in groups where you and your peers can speak with nurses who have been through the Versant program and they can give you advice and tips on time management and other stuff.

Many of you have been asking about pay so let me speak on that for a moment. All Versant nurses get a base pay. If you work nights or weekends you get paid a differential. If you work on a weekend night you get paid both differentials. However, during the Versant program, most of your work hours will be during the day. Once you finish the program, you will most likely work nights unless a day shift is open in your unit. I'm not going to post on this site the exact pay for obvious reasons but it is competitive for the area.

You get raises based on what Seton calls clinical ladder. When you first start in the Versant program you are a RN I. In order to climb the clinical ladder you must gain points by going to conferences, joining committees, completing competencies, years of experience, gaining higher certifications, etc. Every year you bring your portfolio with all your activities for the year to your manager and if you reach a certain number of points then you can move up the ladder. Each time you move up the ladder you get a raise. Its Seton's way of rewarding you not for just years of experiences but for actually advancing yourself professionally.

I must say that so far Versant has been great. I have really learned a lot by being in the program. Some people may feel that it moves too slow but I like it. Especially because some people have not had the chance to get as much experience after nursing school as others. So it kind of equalizes everything. It kind of seems like being back in nursing school but we get paid for it so can you really complain?

As far as the application process goes, I really hope many of you were able to go to the open house. I feel that is the single most important thing you can do to get yourself in the door. The second most important is to create a resume that will attract their attention. Do not forget that each unit is literally looking at hundreds of resumes. How do you get them to remember you? Go to the open house and put your resume in the hands of the manager of the unit to want to work at. After that what else can you do? Calling HR 50 million times wont help because they are not the one's that hire you. Managers do. However, if you do get an interview, do not miss out on that opportunity. I promise you, once you get to the interview stage you are on the same level as all other candidates. GPA, HESI, volunteer hours, and all that other pretty stuff will not get you the job. Trust me because there will always be 50 people with a more impressive background than your own. The interview is where you get the job. Trust me. My GPA wasn't impressive, I didn't volunteer at all, I had no hospital job experience, and my HESI wasn't all that great. But I went all out for the interview. You have to understand this if you want to increase your chance. This is how things are now. Who cares about a 3.5 GPA if 90% of applicants have it? Impress on the interview and put your resume in the manager's hands at open house. If you do that you've got a good chance. And sometimes they do take a while to call you but thats out of your control so dont worry about that. Just do what YOU can control. You know? And everything will work out fine. Dont stress guys. It will work out. You WILL find a job. Just be patient and handle your business on your end.

Any other questions let me know. Peace out.

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