Stanford Nurse Residency August 2023 Cohort 39

[NewGradRN_23]

Hello everyone, 

I just wanted to submit this here to start a place where all of us who have applied to Stanford's nurse residency program can communicate. This is for cohort 39, which has a start date of August 21, 2023. I hope we all get in!

[tke]

bergamot said:

I also had someone in my panel that had not taken the NCLEX yet. So I'm curious as well. 

Hello! I received a call back this morning from Medicine AAU. I have not yet taken my NCLEX and I plan to take it near the deadline. Im really pushing it close, but it was my original date to take it by end of/ near July 30th. In the interview info session, I also recall a manager stating they would prefer it to be July 28th. Hope this helps! Good lucK to those who received a 2nd interview. And for those who didn't, don't give up, try again!

[cccrnurse]

Has anyone heard back from the ER?

[Nurse6779]

Kevin11 said:

Anyone remember if they said callbacks for 2nd ICU interviews would be done this morning?

I believe they said callbacks would be done from Tuesday evening until Thursday (not sure what time exactly). But someone correct me if I misheard! 

[ERNurse7890]

Does anyone remember for the ER if they are going to call or email you today? Best of luck everyone!

[cccrnurse]

ERNurse7890 said:

Does anyone remember for the ER if they are going to call or email you today? Best of luck everyone!

They said they're gonna make calls today. 

[tke]

GoodRNS2 said:

For those that were invited for a second interview, did you keep your answer under 2 minutes or they were a little over? I am practicing my answers and I am having a hard time at keeping them under 2 minutes. I want to know if this would be a problem.

Thank you!

Hello! Yes, my answers were exactly under 2 minutes! From what I recall, this was a very important point they stated and restated multiple times. I had the rest of the other interview candidates ramble on and it got really exhausting (even for myself). 
 

Tips/what I did to prep: PRACTICE! Practice with someone who can help you stay under 2 min. And the key was DO NOT ramble on about your story! Set the scene very quickly and move on to "your solution, what YOU did, and the outcome.” They don't need to know exact details about your assessment or what the problem was. Just set the scene with pertinent info and move on! Hope this helps! 

[tke]

For Medicine, they stated call backs will be until June 30th. If candidates are not selected, an email will be sent out from HR. 

[NurseLorena]

Nurse6779 said:

Of course. ? Hmm, I wonder how true that is. Some of the people that were on my panel interview had not taken their NCLEX yet.. I wonder if they made the decision after the panel interviews to only take people who have passed boards.

oh, I am not sure.  Someone posted here that in their interview they were told they would not be further considered because they had not passed boards yet.  IDK!  Maybe it is because I told them I cannot take boards until middle of July.  Or, maybe just because I did not qualify for other reasons.  I have a 3.98 GPA, 2nd bachelors, honors, 1,500 hours of clinical, and had my practicum in MICU, so I kind of thought that would be enough to get me in.  I am truly really happy for everyone that got in!  This just might not be my timing!  And I can be happy with that ?

[GoodRNS2]

tke said:

Hello! Yes, my answers were exactly under 2 minutes! From what I recall, this was a very important point they stated and restated multiple times. I had the rest of the other interview candidates ramble on and it got really exhausting (even for myself). 
 

Tips/what I did to prep: PRACTICE! Practice with someone who can help you stay under 2 min. And the key was DO NOT ramble on about your story! Set the scene very quickly and move on to "your solution, what YOU did, and the outcome.” They don't need to know exact details about your assessment or what the problem was. Just set the scene with pertinent info and move on! Hope this helps! 

Thank you so much! This is extremely helpful info!

Good luck on your second interview!

[fprn_406]

Hello everyone! Has anyone received a callback yet for Float Pool?

[Kevin11]

GoodRNS2 said:

Thank you so much! This is extremely helpful info!

Good luck on your second interview!

Haven't gotten a second interview but I wasn't happy with my first. 

If I could do it again I'd spend some time researching behavioral interviewing in general. In interviews I usually like to talk about what I learned from different situations, especially with nursing since I'm new at it, but I think they really just want to hear the specifics of what we did and the outcome of our actions. 

[ICURNI3]

I personally forgot to answer "why I want to work for stanford" as part of my intro..I think I did great in the rest of the questions. Haven't heard back but getting super anxious ?