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Hi all, 

I just accepted an offer to work at Seattle Children's (Feb 2024 new grad residency). I don't know anyone who works there, and would love to hear a current or former employees thoughts about everything- hospital in general, staffing, orientation/residency info, culture, perks, drawbacks, anything you can think of! I appreciate any input, thank you!

Nicole Reavis said:

Hey, glad to see someone else in our cohort ?! What unit did you accept an offer for? I don't have any info on Seattle tbh because I'm moving up there from the Bay Area so we'll both be learning together ?

NICU!:))))

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Newnurse555 said:

NICU!:))))

Ohh yay! That's amazing!! ?? 

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Nicole Reavis said:

Ohh yay! That's amazing!! ?? 

I know it's night but I remember them saying something about rotating shifts. Do you know if they said just for orientation or normal scheduling? 

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Newnurse555 said:

I know it's night but I remember them saying something about rotating shifts. Do you know if they said just for orientation or normal scheduling? 

I'm almost positive that the recruiter had said rotating every 6 weeks for the 1st year, then we go to nights permanently. 

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Nicole Reavis said:

I'm almost positive that the recruiter had said rotating every 6 weeks for the 1st year, then we go to nights permanently. 

Thanks!

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Newnurse555 said:

Thanks!

You're welcome! Where will you be moving from? 

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Nicole Reavis said:

You're welcome! Where will you be moving from? 

Southern California! 

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Specializes in NAR / Pre-nursing.
Nicole Reavis said:

Great! Are clinical pathways similar to a clinical ladder? That's what most of the major hospitals here in the Bay Area have & I'd love to be able to progress if SHC has a similar équivalant. 

I do believe that they are! They're like lil cheat reference / clinical intervention sheets! Here is the link https://www.seattlechildrens.org/healthcare-professionals/community-providers/pathways/ . I don't know if that is all of them, but I used them while in clinical there! 

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BSNPROSPECTS said:

I do believe that they are! They're like lil cheat reference / clinical intervention sheets! Here is the link https://www.seattlechildrens.org/healthcare-professionals/community-providers/pathways/ . I don't know if that is all of them, but I used them while in clinical there! 

Gotcha! That's totally different than what I was thinking LOL. Here in CA a lot of the major hospitals have a "clinical ladder,” which is basically when you're considered an "RN I" during your first year, then you become an "RN II" in your 2nd year, etc. But that's super helpful to know & use as a resource! 

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Specializes in NAR / Pre-nursing.
Nicole Reavis said:

Gotcha! That's totally different than what I was thinking LOL. Here in CA a lot of the major hospitals have a "clinical ladder,” which is basically when you're considered an "RN I" during your first year, then you become an "RN II" in your 2nd year, etc. But that's super helpful to know & use as a resource! 

Ohhhh I see, I'm not sure about that! I'm sure there is something like that. I know I'm hired on as a RN 2 but there is RN 3 for UW but I don't know the logistics between the two yet. 

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Newnurse555 said:

Southern California! 

Hey! It's been a minute but as we've gotten closer to our start date, would you want to connect on Instagram or facebook? I made a page for our cohort, & have been struggling to find other people who will be joining us. 

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