Vanderbilt Nurse Residency 2023

[ThatRedheadNurse]

I have not found a thread for this upcoming Vanderbilt nurse residency cohort. I graduate Dec 9, 2022 and have applied for Vanderbilts nurse residency program. The start date would be for Feb 27, 2023. I just completed my final interview 2 days ago and am waiting to hear back for an official offer.

update *** I've been offered my first choice, NICU.

I would like to meet some of you!

[airy]

christyrnbsn said:

Hi @ThatRedheadNurse ! Just came across this thread and I actually have my NICU interview tomorrow and was hoping you can give me some tips for the kind of interview questions they asked you? I am actually not a new grad but will be transferring (hopefully) from the adult hospital where I have been at for a year already. 

Would love all the help????

Are you going into their nurse residency program or just as a new hire?  How did the interiew go? Do you mind sharing the type of questions they asked?

 

[christyrnbsn]

Hi!

I am going in as a transfer from the adult hospital.

The interview went really well- very laid back and easy and I felt all the good vibes even tho I was so nervous and they knew it! haha 

All of the questions I was asked was about me- they want to know your personality and how you deal with conflict and challenging situations. they want to know you give happy endings. They also want to know why you chose the NICU. 

 

Good luck ?

[airy]

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[PMFB-RN, RN]

airy said:

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Several times in my career my fellow nurses have warned me about certain hospitals being awful places to work and I've appreciated that warning. Vanderbilt has a solid history of being a terrible place to work as a nurse.

     I'd suggest you and the others applying there just be grateful that you've been warned. 

    Your decision to be dishonest and fabricate things about me isn't helpful at all.  

[airy]

Please stop. Your comments are not helpful and are inappropriate to this post. 

[Abby Suh]

Hi I know this is for the residency started early this year but I graduate in December and they opened applications for the 2024 cohort. I have just submitted my application and got the email about the videos, got a couple questions. 
 

How serious are those? Do I need to look business professional from the top up, remove my piercings etc. I am extremely camera shy and hate to be recorded/hear my voice on top of that  

How do the next steps work? Were you interviewed by your first choice? They made me pick 4 choices and I noticed the list of options changed on each choice. I'm pretty dead set on my 1st choice, and had to kind of just throw something into the other 3. 

[airasalia]

Abby Suh said:

Hi I know this is for the residency started early this year but I graduate in December and they opened applications for the 2024 cohort. I have just submitted my application and got the email about the videos, got a couple questions. 
 

How serious are those? Do I need to look business professional from the top up, remove my piercings etc. I am extremely camera shy and hate to be recorded/hear my voice on top of that  

How do the next steps work? Were you interviewed by your first choice? They made me pick 4 choices and I noticed the list of options changed on each choice. I'm pretty dead set on my 1st choice, and had to kind of just throw something into the other 3. 

Look professional.  They take the interviews seriously for you... They will probably be in scrubs and look like they just were told to do the interview and came in kicking and shouting before the camera goes on.

Generally they will send you the next steps.  The departements will look at your video interview and then choose to move further.  For me, I was selected by my first choice.  I got to the interview and the people in the department doing the interview seemed like they didn't want to be there...so bad vibes right off the top.   The interview was OK, but I've had better and I will say I believe it more to be on the other end. You could tell the staff were stressed and didn't want to be doing interviews.

After that interview, I received more inquiries by the human resources asking if I'd be interested in interviewing for other departments as well. 

I choose to go with another hospital because for one, I don't want to work with people that start a relationship out that way...and an interview is the beginning.  Secondly, I am very focused in a certain area of nursing so I know the path I want.  I found a place that has incredible people, great outlooks and seem happy in the exact area I want to work...so that's where I'm going. 

The recruiter was very nice, however I just couldn't see myself working with the people who interviewed me based on their total lack of interest in interviewing from the get go. It just isn't my vibe.  I like more upbeat and optimistic people.  My perception was these guys/gals were beaten down, exhausted, annoyed and not happy.   In the end, I just let Vanderbilt know that I was no longer interested. I may consider them again if they decide to hire in the department where I know a few people that say it's great..but I'm giving this other place a go first.

Make sure you try out several different areas and hospitals.  The interviews for me were definitely an eye opener to the type of environment I was going to be putting myself into.  

[Abby Suh]

airasalia said:

Look professional.  They take the interviews seriously for you... They will probably be in scrubs and look like they just were told to do the interview and came in kicking and shouting before the camera goes on.

Generally they will send you the next steps.  The departements will look at your video interview and then choose to move further.  For me, I was selected by my first choice.  I got to the interview and the people in the department doing the interview seemed like they didn't want to be there...so bad vibes right off the top.   The interview was OK, but I've had better and I will say I believe it more to be on the other end. You could tell the staff were stressed and didn't want to be doing interviews.

After that interview, I received more inquiries by the human resources asking if I'd be interested in interviewing for other departments as well. 

I choose to go with another hospital because for one, I don't want to work with people that start a relationship out that way...and an interview is the beginning.  Secondly, I am very focused in a certain area of nursing so I know the path I want.  I found a place that has incredible people, great outlooks and seem happy in the exact area I want to work...so that's where I'm going. 

The recruiter was very nice, however I just couldn't see myself working with the people who interviewed me based on their total lack of interest in interviewing from the get go. It just isn't my vibe.  I like more upbeat and optimistic people.  My perception was these guys/gals were beaten down, exhausted, annoyed and not happy.   In the end, I just let Vanderbilt know that I was no longer interested. I may consider them again if they decide to hire in the department where I know a few people that say it's great..but I'm giving this other place a go first.

Make sure you try out several different areas and hospitals.  The interviews for me were definitely an eye opener to the type of environment I was going to be putting myself into.  

I am also very interested in a particular speciality. I have gone out of my way to network with all the hospitals (aside Vanderbilt downtown, I have connections at Vanderbilt Wilson) in the OR and am just throwing my application to all of them. I literally put every preference somewhat relating to my specialty of choice (OR) my goal is to be an RNFA. I put Adult OR, Peds OR, L&D (although after taking women's health last year I do not have an interest in obstetrics but they do use nurses to assist and scrub c-sections) and I just threw in ED as my last choice. 
 

I do like where I work now and they will absolutely take me as a nurse but they very specifically told me I would not be able to learn to scrub there and I have coworkers say they are going to pigeonhole you into circulating only. It's definitely there as a fail safe at least so I have a guaranteed job when I graduate. I have it pretty planned out, Vanderbilt has the first applications open, which is why I applied to it first. I plan to apply to every major hospital system aside from Williamson, mostly because at a job fair they basically said they won't hire new grads anywhere but medical floors and the pay was abysmal for being in the richest area of middle TN. Which blows because I have clinical at Williamson, and got a chance to do a day in their OR and the people were awesome. 
 

I was also referring to this 5 question video thing I got to do. I figured I should dress like I would any interview in person at least from the top up for the web interviews. I'm just worried I'm going to bomb my chances because I have severe anxiety being on camera outside of a video call. 

[airasalia]

Vanderbilt Wilson is DYING for people (last time I heard) so if you are willing to go there I'm sure you will be fine!  For the video you send in ahead of time, don't worry so much because you can do retakes once your done and before you submit.  That, I do remember...because I was relieved to be able to do it.  

 

[Abby Suh]

airasalia said:

Vanderbilt Wilson is DYING for people (last time I heard) so if you are willing to go there I'm sure you will be fine!  For the video you send in ahead of time, don't worry so much because you can do retakes once your done and before you submit.  That, I do remember...because I was relieved to be able to do it.  

 

They only have 4 ORs, I worked in the float pool there so I quite literally seen every floor there outside of the OR and have zero interest in going back. There's a reason why they're desperate for people. I'll say that. 
 

part of my issue with being recorded is I don't like listening or looking at myself. It's a horrible lack of self esteem. I'm probably going to just write it all out take one good go and submit it. If I mess up and know I did not even going to listen and start over.