I hope I am posting this question in the correct thread/section. I'm a senior nursing student from Cleveland, about to graduate in Jan 2016. I am looking extremely hard to find a nurse residency in the Seattle area. I was confused about UW's nursing residency program. It seems that it's listed as a "job posting" rather than a typical application. For example, UCLA's RN Residency program is very clear. Applications are due Oct 5-11 and interview invites sent out in November and you will hear back if you are accepted in December.
I'm just a bit confused about UW's program and how it works.
Also, I was wondering if anyone knew if Swedish's Residency program dates are only in July, August and November? Will I have to wait that long and go on without a job (once I pass my NCLEX) until July?
Thank you for taking time to read this! Any information would be extremely helpful!
Glad you got another interview with them which increases your chances of getting into the residency. I hope I get another interview if in case I didn't get my first choice. However, I thought my panel interview went great but I'm still worried until I get an answer. I spoke with the recruiter and mentioned that they interviewed more applicants for fair evaluation. I wonder how many they usually hire per unit. I really hope that we all get in.
Had my second interview today for first hill IMCU. Panel of 7 (via Skype). Everyone was so nice it made me want to work there even more!! They said they have more interviews to do so they will get back to me in a couple weeks once they make decisions. I felt prepared for about 80% of the questions, a few definitely caught me off guard. Tell me about yourself, about 10 situational questions and one scenario.
I just had another interview with the cardiac telemetry unit at cherry hill. Only the nurse manager this time, she said if she's having trouble deciding she may do another panel interview. I got nervous when she said she was only hiring 3 new grads for this cohort. I forgot to ask during my first hill interview how many they are taking. She was super nice and I felt like it went pretty well but I'm still nervous. She also said she would have a decision by the end of the month.
Thanks for sharing an update. I was wondering if you requested to be interviewed for another unit? or did they just schedule you? I'll probably request for another interview to increase my chances.
The recruiter told me when I had my first interview that she'd try to get me in for multiple units to increase my odds of getting in somewhere. I didn't think I was gonna get another one but they emailed me yesterday about it.
Me too!! She did say that sometimes they have a lot of people they like and will offer to start in the next cohort if the individual is okay with that.
I had my panel interview with first hill and she said she was doing one more week of interviews and then she would make a decision the following week. I still haven't heard any answers from issaquah. I don't really know what that means:/ the part where they are only hiring 3 nurses is scary
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Hi Andrea,
Glad you got another interview with them which increases your chances of getting into the residency. I hope I get another interview if in case I didn't get my first choice. However, I thought my panel interview went great but I'm still worried until I get an answer. I spoke with the recruiter and mentioned that they interviewed more applicants for fair evaluation. I wonder how many they usually hire per unit. I really hope that we all get in.