Sutter Health New Grad program unpaid.

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Hey everyone, so I'm being offered a job through Sutter Health affiliate hospital and I've been told that they've changed the New Grad programs to being 3 months of unpaid training. I will be treated as an employee while I work, but just not get paid. I won't be contracted with the hospital at this time, and if I decided I wanted to leave, I can. But if I stay throught the whole training, I will be offered a full time position. I was told that this was the way Sutter decided to do things to save themselves money from training New Grads and then them leaving after they get their year experience.

Has any of you heard of this before? And what are your thoughts? I am grateful for having this job offer, just somewhat shocked at the no pay thing.

Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.
[color=#003572]breezy,

[color=#003572]thank you for bringing this question up. it's a good one. and i am sorry that it wasn't answered better when you were offered the internship.

[color=#003572]the program at sutter delta medical center is a trial of an internship program and is not an employment opportunity. we are not hiring you (or anyone else) as part of this program. we are simply helping new grads gain the experience they need to find a job by offering them an unpaid internship. it's designed to help people like [color=#1f86ff]floridanursemom239, who said this on july 10:

[color=#00b050]"so now that i am officially licensed, i am [color=#00b050]looking for a job and everyone wants people with experience. why??? how do experienced nurses get experience?? can someone tell me this?? especially if no one will give them a chance. i am so frustrated...."[color=#00b050] (https://allnurses.com/graduate-nurse-forum/so-stinkin-frustrated-406798.html#post3739459)

[color=#003572]the current economy is hard on everyone, but as a nurse who was once in your shoes, i am happy that sutter delta is offering this internship in an effort to help get you and other potential nurses started in this wonderful and rewarding career.

[color=#003572]is it slave labor? no! we are not forcing you into this position. we are not even asking you to commit to finishing it. we're simply offering you a chance to get the experience that hospitals are demanding so you can find a paid position. we know many acute facilities will only hire nurses with acute care experience. with more and more hospitals being forced to slash their new grad programs due to the economy, the [color=#003572]staff here at sutter delta is trying to explore another alternatives[color=#003572] in order to help new [color=#003572]nurses get the hands on experience they need to succeed in their career. many other industries also offer unpaid internships to gain the invaluable knowledge and hands on experience needed to succeed, so the concept is not really a new one we are using. unlike other industries, such as a pr intern who gets all of the grunt work, this program is designed to give you specialized training to ensure you gain the breadth of experience needed to succeed in this market. [color=#003572]personally, i think it is great that they are willing to allow us to do this trial program.

breezy, [color=#003572]i'm sorry if this was confusing to you and those who weighed in on this forum[color=#003572]. m[color=#003572]ore about the program is listed [color=#003572]on sdmc's website [color=#1f86ff]http://www.sutterdelta.org/newgrad/nurseinternship.html or contact me directly with any additional questions or concerns you may have.

[color=#003572]pat johnson - sdmc clinical educator

:igtsyt: what a bunch of bull........:smokin:

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What I want to know is what happen to the new grad nurse. I saw the one "new grad nurse," who posted about how great the 3 month training program was and how she was hired by Sutter after she completed the training, only posted that one post, never again to be seen on allnurses.com. Makes me think she was a plant or a troll. So how's this program working out now?

Tori

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Specializes in Medical-Surgical, Telemetry, Geriatrics.

just out of curiosity, was this the RN STRONG program at sutter?

thanks!

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