Step Up Program at St. Johns

I did this program and was part of the first graduating class to be offered this opportunity (there were 3 of us who just graduated and were part of the first group to go through the program. There is an article about it in the hospital's newsletter this month) I think it was very worthwhile and a way to get your foot in the door! I felt so much more confident starting clinicals with some knowledge of what I was doing. It is also nice to see things in practice that you are learning about and may not see during clinical. I worked as a pct until I finished Med/Surg 1 and then you can move up to a nurse tech. Nurse techs get to assess, chart etc and the pay is about $3/hr more! The jobs are mostly contingent (I have heard of one or two people who had a part time position) and most only require you to work 2-3 shifts/month. You can work more shifts if you want to, but it is nice to have the option not to when you have a million things to do for school. Contingents can also get reimbursed for tuition, books etc. I didn't know this until my last semester when they sent me a letter stating that almost no one was taking advantage of the reimbursement! (probably because no one told us :)

I also wanted to add that if you start now, you will have almost two years in by the time you graduate. Your seniority will go by date of hire! Something to think about... many floors offer day shift positions by seniority.

Greetings all! Just wondering if anyone who had signed the paper giving out by St. Johns at the orientation had received a call from them yet? I took the "test" for employment they had online about 2 weeks ago and have not heard from them. Ok back to preparing for the nursing program:selfbonk:, see you later and Godspeed!

Alex

I have an interview this week. I did the questionaire online and got a call a couple of days later.

Do you have a link for this? This is something I would definitely be interested in.