SWEDISH NEW GRAD RN RESIDENCY AUGUST 2020

mj2020 · Apr 30, 2020

On 4/17/2020 at 2:07 PM, chemistRN said:
I applied Monday, finished my video interview Tuesday, and received an offer to interview for an ED position yesterday. As far as I know, there are only psych units and a few medsurg units left, but the positions are filling up quickly.

Would you be able to tell me what the interview was like? I think I got a late spot interview for the ED. Which location if you don't mind me asking?

amazinggrace, BSN, RN · May 8, 2020

I had applied for the March cohort in February but wasn't going to be able to get my WA license in time (CA new grad here) so I requested to be considered for the August cohort. Applied as soon as it opened, got an on-demand video prompt directly following submitting my app, and then was contacted for a Zoom interview with CVICU Cherry Hill maybe a few weeks later? I can't really remember. I got my results back later that week with an offer.

For me it was a very good interview experience. Every unit will be different but they were very kind and asked a few ice breaker questions to loosen up the interviewees, and then asked the typical expected questions like describe a time when you had a conflict with a coworker, describe your most challenging patient, why Swedish specifically, and the like. I believe it was about half an hour to forty minutes but I could be wrong.

bayareanewgrad95 · May 18, 2020

On 5/8/2020 at 10:20 AM, amazinggrace said:
I had applied for the March cohort in February but wasn't going to be able to get my WA license in time (CA new grad here) so I requested to be considered for the August cohort. Applied as soon as it opened, got an on-demand video prompt directly following submitting my app, and then was contacted for a Zoom interview with CVICU Cherry Hill maybe a few weeks later? I can't really remember. I got my results back later that week with an offer.
For me it was a very good interview experience. Every unit will be different but they were very kind and asked a few ice breaker questions to loosen up the interviewees, and then asked the typical expected questions like describe a time when you had a conflict with a coworker, describe your most challenging patient, why Swedish specifically, and the like. I believe it was about half an hour to forty minutes but I could be wrong.

@amazinggrace How long did it take to endorse your license from CA to WA?

amazinggrace, BSN, RN · May 18, 2020

1 minute ago, bayareanewgrad95 said:
@amazinggrace How long did it take to endorse your license from CA to WA?

I sent my application to the CA BRN on March 6 and received my temporary WA license on April 7.

bayareanewgrad95 · May 18, 2020

Thank you @amazinggrace! I recently endorsed my CA license to WA as well and it is still waiting to be approved.

PhatRN · May 31, 2020

How is everything? Anyone applied to Swedish Edmonds?

bayareanewgrad95 · Jun 12, 2020

Anyone else in the process of endorsement? I recently submitted my fingerprint card and I am so nervous!

Adri-RN · Jun 13, 2020

So who all is starting at Swedish this August? I accepted a spot in med/surg - ortho on the First Hill campus. Looking forward to starting, but have some nerves about going into nursing during this pandemic! Especially because I know the ortho unit turned into a Covid unit due to it's private, negative air flow rooms. But I think most units became a Covid unit during the peak.

haleyc522 · Jun 13, 2020

@Adri-RN I accepted a position in the neuro ICU at Cherry Hill! I am also looking forward to starting. I know that the neuro ccu was a strictly covid unit when I interviewed, but not sure what the status of it is now. Is anyone else relocating?

amazinggrace, BSN, RN · Jun 16, 2020

On 6/13/2020 at 12:23 PM, haleyc522 said:
@Adri-RN I accepted a position in the neuro ICU at Cherry Hill! I am also looking forward to starting. I know that the neuro ccu was a strictly covid unit when I interviewed, but not sure what the status of it is now. Is anyone else relocating?

CONGRATS! I will also be at Cherry Hill. I am relocating from CA to WA!

haleyc522 · Jun 16, 2020

@amazinggrace Awesome! I will be relocating from Mississippi. Are you doing CV? Maybe we will be in same classes/orientation since both doing ICU? Have you found a place to live yet? I was offered a position in CV after accepting the neuro one, but the heart freaks me out haha. The manager seems super friendly and chill though! Not sure if you already know, but we wear navy scrubs at Cherry Hill (just found that out LOL).

McKinleemay · Jun 25, 2020

Hi @amazinggrace and @haleyc522!! I see you both are starting at Cherry Hill in August! I am too in the ED. I am also relocating. I am curious how apartment hunting is going for you both?