St Cloud area

I graduated from Concordia College in Moorhead, MN--- we've got a BA program in Nursing. The only prior experience that I had was that I worked as a Nurse Aide at a hospital in Fargo and I worked as a Home Health Aide (basically a glorified NA) at a senior community. It was absolutely my dream to have a job in St. Cloud too- I had heard so many great things about the hospital (and they have Magnet Recognition--- only St. Cloud and the Mayo have it in MN). I guess the one thing that they looked for was an internship experience or a preceptorship experience. I myself did not do an internship, but our school provided a preceptorship experience for all of us, and I did mine in Med/Surg. Other than that... apply sooner rather than later! I think their applications start in like November? I didn't apply until like... March or April? Although they do hire like 60-70-some each year for the New Grad program, I really wanted to be in the ICU, and they had already filled all of their positions in the ICU. Oh well, I do love Med/Surg too :) So yup, if you're ever on the Med 2 unit, you'll probably see me running around like I'm going crazy! Good luck to you :)

Hey there...I dug up this 'old' thread to see how everyone is doing. I also wanted to ask Catjricern how you liked the new grad program? I just hired for the new grad position on ortho/neuro and was curious if you felt that new grad program was beneficial in the transition for you.