Salem Hospital is hiring RN's

CaLLaCoDe, BSN, RN · Sep 28, 2011

Thanks for posting this! A lot of us have given up hope. This might be our last hope!

nurse23jo · Oct 3, 2011

Do they still have openings? Also what are the requirements. I don't have much experience as an RN. I only have 9 months going on 10. I've noticed that most posting require 1-2 years of acute care experience. I have applied to multiple positions at Salem Hospital that state 6 months of experience in acute care but I do not seem to get past the Thanks for applying. Is there a specific format I should submit my resume in? Any advice would help.

Thanks :)

CaLLaCoDe, BSN, RN · Oct 12, 2011

One element that can help is to include various elements of the job requirement described by the employer in your resume. Some computer programs select candidates whose resumes have these job descriptors in their resumes/applications. Good luck!

I also heard that OHSU has a weed-out computer program that works by this principle.

gardenwalker · Oct 14, 2011

The job requires a BSN and two (2) years experience and I'm a new grad ADN, so unfortunately they won't even look at my resume. :cry: But, the posting is still up for all you BSN's, go for it!

CaLLaCoDe, BSN, RN · Oct 16, 2011

The job requires a BSN and two (2) years experience and I'm a new grad ADN, so unfortunately they won't even look at my resume. But, the posting is still up for all you BSN's, go for it!

The link above does lead to a job requirement BSN posting. However...

I'm sorry to disagree. I have looked at some other postings from this hospital and the descriptions do not specifically state a requirement of having earned a BSN to apply. Please look into this more fully! But I may not be looking for the same work as you at this facility! :lol2:

PS, I looked under cardiology and endoscopy and no mention of BSN requirement!

Professional Qualifications:
Must be a Graduate of an accredited school of nursing and licensed through the Oregon State Board of Nursing before date of hire.
Must have a minimum of one year recent (within past 3 years) RN experience from either CVCU, ICU, Step Down (tele) or a combination of these.
Unit-specific specialty certification or ability to obtain within one year from date of hire.
Adequate visual and hearing ability to read and perform nursing procedures safely.
Manual dexterity adequate to perform skills and procedures of patient care safely.
Ability to safely pull and turn a minimum of 50 pounds unassisted and more than 100 pounds with assistance: bend, stretch, and reach to accomplish duties.
(cardiology position)

gardenwalker · Oct 17, 2011

I'm just saying that new grads have a tough time. It doesn't matter if you are an ADN or a BSN, they all want experience. That's the one thing new grads don't have!

CaLLaCoDe, BSN, RN · Oct 23, 2011

I called the hospital to talk to the nurse recruiter yesterday and she said "We only hire BSNs since we are a magnet hospital and all of the Adns on staff are busy working towards their bachelors." Oh well, sorry news for us Adns.

NurseWinn · Oct 30, 2011

I don't understand the philosophy behind all this madness. All the positions want experience, and all of us New Grads ( and in my case becoming a stale Grad) have NO experience but they won't even look our way. Now all these positions stay open leaving floors understaffed and a whole bunch of qualified unemployed individuals....who is really winning in this picture? Do we need to go "occupy" a hospital?

Long Term Care Columnist / Guide · Oct 31, 2011

I called the hospital to talk to the nurse recruiter yesterday and she said "We only hire BSNs since we are a magnet hospital and all of the Adns on staff are busy working towards their bachelors." Oh well, sorry news for us Adns.

Trust me, it's not sorry news at all. I have a couple of friends who work there and say the working conditions are not at all what they're cracked up to be. "Magnet" status is a big deal for the stockholders and the administrators, not the nurses......don't make the mistake of thinking a Magnet hospital offers nurses anything better than any other hospital.

Besides, I have personal experience with this hospital, and I have no respect for it whatsoever. Their ER is the worst I have EVER had to deal with. I don't know if they're incompetent, or if they just don't give a crap, but if you're over 60 and/or on Medicaid, they don't want to treat you. I've sent frail elderly folks there in CHF who got boomeranged back in three hours, still unstable, still dyspneic---they give 40 of Lasix IV and call it good. I sent out a fellow the other day at 3 PM in full-blown psychosis, hallucinating and threatening to kill everyone in the building and then himself, and they barely even looked at him---he was back before supper with NO new orders. They also won't keep folks who have fallen and rung their own bells, even if their neuro status is questionable, nor will they admit someone whose pain and other symptoms are out of control unless they can do surgery....and sometimes not even then!

What ****** me off even worse is that they don't even have the courtesy to call report to the receiving LTC, unless it's to tell us WE need to arrange transporation for them:mad: Nope, the resident just shows up on the doorstep with the broken leg splinted, howling in pain, and it's "T.S., you gotta deal with him now, too bad, so sad". :devil:

Maybe it's just me---I'm a small-town girl who simply hasn't adjusted to the "big city" way of doing things, but when I had a pre-syncopal episode during the hottest day of the summer a couple of months ago, I refused outright to be evaluated there. Instead, I asked my boss, a former paramedic, to assess me. As I suspected, he thought it was just a little dehydration, which was easily fixed with fluids and a short nap in the model room where it was cool and quiet; but even if it had been life-threatening, I would've insisted on being taken to the hospital in my own city 25 miles away.

It's been claimed that Salem Hospital s one of the Northwest's best; all I can say is, if they're one of the best, I'd HATE to see the worst. Feh.