UC Davis Residency March 2013

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Hi everyone, I just applied to UCD's new grad program for spring of next year and didn't see any threads so I though I'd start one. Please post any updates or info you get about the residency!

Thanks!

oh, maybe it would helpful for others: interview was 1 hour and they asked 20 questions and each of them were taking notes and rate your answers. They told me they will call me in 7 days but called just in few. The management was great and I felt welcome right away. Good luck everyone!
My interview is this Friday!! So any tips would be great :) I did my preceptorship in the ambulatory surgery center. I took care of patients pre-operatively and post-op. So technically not in the OR. I can't believe it starts next week! Where are you from nebit27?
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In regards to the March 2013 Residency, I contacted nurse recruitment yesterday, and the woman I spoke with stated she believed there would be about 14 openings for this cohort. She indicated more information would be available in January regarding positions and specific hiring units.

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for reginasmalls: i wish I can give you all 20 questions, but I can't. I got once in a big trouble by sharing this questions with someone online. I was trying to help and that person got me in trouble. I still can't get over that:(

Plus on the interview they tell you that you cannot disclose these questions, but anyway:))) know how to be a good team player, how to take care the situation when someone doesn't do his/her part of project, know when to ask for help (and the answer is "right away once you see that you are getting behind); once you fail something, how you learned from that; know something that you are proud of yourself; how your preceptroship prepared you for OR. Tell them that since you took care of pt before and after the surgeries, you know and understand the whole process. You probably won't start this Monday since it does take time to sign papers with HR and do all shots, but who knows? I'm from nor cal, from private university, did not precept in OR but volunteered. Good luck my friend!

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but 14 openings is nothing:( (I asked HR about OR and he told me 13, so now I'm thinking if he met the whole March 2013 residency), hope not.

I talked one about doing clinicals outside of nor cal and HR said that they do not look at that and give the same priorities to outsiders, so for Dlib it shouldn't be a problem and just a bad-bad timing. I know none of my classmates got a call yet for March residency so you are fine. Good luck!

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I agree, 14 openings is not very promising, especially since they receive so many applications. I also did not attend nursing school in this area. My graduation date was in August and I had applied for the previous cohort that began in October, but wasn't contacted for an interview. I am hoping that now since I am graduated and licensed I will be a bit more appealing, but who knows. However, with such a small number of openings, I am not going to get my hopes up.

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I applied for October too but was told that I have no chances for OR since I didn't precepted there and OR hires ONLY those who was in OR last semester. So I had no chances (stil don't know what got changed) he gave me one example: if Oncogy requests new grad and u didn't precept on Onc floor, then u won't be called. I'm sure u look more appealing now since u are RN now but ur chances only depends from units that hire (if u match) and not on where u r from so hope it would match

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Thanks for the info. I completed practicum in an ICU, and I recall reading somewhere else on this site that they had no ICU openings for the most recent cohort that started. Hopefully there will be a few this time around :)

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for reginasmalls: i wish I can give you all 20 questions, but I can't. I got once in a big trouble by sharing this questions with someone online. I was trying to help and that person got me in trouble. I still can't get over that:(

Plus on the interview they tell you that you cannot disclose these questions, but anyway:))) know how to be a good team player, how to take care the situation when someone doesn't do his/her part of project, know when to ask for help (and the answer is "right away once you see that you are getting behind); once you fail something, how you learned from that; know something that you are proud of yourself; how your preceptroship prepared you for OR. Tell them that since you took care of pt before and after the surgeries, you know and understand the whole process. You probably won't start this Monday since it does take time to sign papers with HR and do all shots, but who knows? I'm from nor cal, from private university, did not precept in OR but volunteered. Good luck my friend!

Thank you so much! It's absolutely no problem that you can't disclose questions that you were asked. But all your tips are relieving some of my anxiety for my interview. I really hope I get it. It's hard to get a job in a new grad program in SoCal if you don't know anyone personally in HR or someone who's a nurse manager or DON. Btw, nebit27 did you sign a year or 2-year contract to stay with them?

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reginasmall, I'm sure you will get it; you precepted in the right place and that's what they are looking at. Most likely you would start in January, only 3 people start this Monday and the rest in January. I haven't heard about contract but even if there was one, I would sign it in a sec:))) What not to like? 40 hrs/week, the first 6 months while in the training every day M-F with weekends off. (after the training, you choose to work 10 hrs shift four times a week) It's considered a state job so all of the amazing benefits for you. I can't wait to have 3 weeks paid vacation the very first year, plus all of paid holidays and seek days which is another 3-4 weeks! I talked to OR nurses from UCDMC and they told that new grads as respected as experienced nurses and surgeons are very lean and friendly since it's a teaching hospital. You do not need to buy scrubs and now OR even pays for the shoes.

Try to show some confidence but not overdue since we are new grads:) I graduated this June

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For those who applied for the March 2013 UC Davis residency, has anyone heard any updates? Thanks!

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I heard from them before Thanksgiving but pretty much said they are still in the process of screening applicants. Interviewes will likely start early January :)

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@jb_go

When you say heard from- were you given an update about the timeline or were you granted an interview before Thanksgiving?

Has anyones status been changed to Routed on the online system?

Thanks and good luck to everyone!

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