r/OregonNurses

Hey everyone!

So I'm just gonna cut to the chase, I live in eastern WA, but I work in Northern ID (I know, I know). I am a RN 0f 3 years, my first being on a stroke/tele unit and my last two years being on a Cardiac Progressive Care unit (or Cardiac step-down). I recently applied to all of the ICUs for OSHU and I did not get selected for any of them. Do you guys think it was an automated AI selection tool? I got the rejection notification for all positions within 5 minutes of each other. I was hoping to do the Transition To Practice program that they offer. Or should I get into OSHU via a different unit and "work my way" into the ICU? Could it be because I did not include a cover letter, just my resume?

Any advice or feedback would be great! Thank you

As several nurses here predicted, the interviewer did not show up for my scheduled interview. I reported the no-show through the email link Providence provided, but I received no response.

Then I checked the Providence candidate portal, and the positions status now says, “interview completed – under consideration “. Apparently they completed the interview they never attended, which is almost funny.

Providence sent me two separate scheduling emails for the same position, so I have another interview scheduled on Friday. I’ll attend, although at this point, I suspect they may not show up for that interview either.

Edit: spelling

New grad here, just curious about people who have worked on the PPMC Med Surg floor what was the environment like especially for new grad in their residency program? I was told PPMC has a new floor for Med Surg/Acute Care starting in September will it be different? I had a clinical at PPMC Med-Surg on the 4th floor and didn’t have the best experience as a student…

Ciao all, I have an interview with ppmc for an acute care residency tomorrow, and I’m feeling slightly anxious but also incredibly excited. I’ve done my fair share of interview prep+research, but I’m still feeling a little nervous and would love to hear from anyone who has interviewed with the program before. Any advice, tips, or insights on what to expect would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance 🙃

Hey! I applied to the PeaceHealth New Graduate Nurse Residency Program for Springfield back in July and have not heard anything back yet, but typically with PeaceHealth, I've been rejected almost immediately.

Is it a good sign that my application still says "under review"?

Just curious if anyone else has any updates or has heard back from them yet. Thanks!

I recently accepted a travel contract for OHSU medsurg/onc in the Vista Pavillion through Aya. I have no idea how they even considered me because of my recent experience. I have 3ish years of medsurg, first job was at a small hospital and then umich acute care. My last 2 years have been in home health. I am shocked lol. I am also reconsidering going through with this contract because of the very limited orientation. Its been a little over 2 years since ive been bedside and I have to say I am intimidated to go back:/ has anyone else been in a similar situation or know anyone who got a bedside travel contract after being away from it for this long?? Any comments, thoughts, stories are welcome!

I’m a BSN, RN with 4 years med surg experience hoping to relocate to the Portland area in June 2027 (will be 5 years experience by then).

Willing to work nights and med surg- just really want a full time bedside position in the area. Getting nervous about the market, though! I really don’t want to move without landing a job first…

Is January too early to apply for a June start time? February even?

I currently live in the Midwest, but I’ll travel for interviews if I have to. Does anyone have experience with this? I’m wondering if I should budget for travel if in-person interviews are a requirement.

Is all of this pointless and I should just give up because the market is saturated???

This is a huge goal of mine, but I don’t want to be naive to the challenge. :,)

I graduate in December with my BSN, but am gearing up to start building my resume, letters of recommendation, etc for residencies.
If you had one bit of advice to include on these documents, what would it be? What do you feel like helped you stand out as a new grad?
It could be putting certain things in your resume, the best people to ask for letters from and what to ask them to include… anything!
Thank you in advance!

HELP
I received an offer from Legacy. It’s a low-ball offer and non unionized. They’re unwilling to negotiate. Because I take a good amount of medications and am a fairly high healthcare utilizer due to a chronic health condition, I asked to review their total benefits compensation package to know if their benefits will offset the low hourly pay enough for me to afford to take the job. The recruiter informed me that they cannot provide me this information, just the basic lil brochure that doesn’t show details for pharm or retirement benefits. They said I have to accept based on the existing information before being provided the full benefits package information. I’ve never experienced an employer refusing to provide the full benefit details when asked after an offer is extended. This info is truly the make or break piece of the puzzle for me due to med costs.

Can anyone send me the benefits package for 2026 if you’re employed at legacy and/or provide advice on what would be an appropriate next step? I’m considering emailing the manager I interviewed with directly to indicate I want the job, but have this barrier to accepting that would be fairly reasonable to resolve.

Is it just the job market around Portland that's competitive or are the more rural areas equally competitive? My wife and I were talking about moving out of the southeast and thought the PNW sounded nice. We plan on visiting in the near future but after reading job prospects I'm second guessing. She has 3 years ED/ICU experience and I also have questions revolving around how the experience transfers into the union.

Just signed a contract for unit 5001 PPMC 10N. The contract says it’s med surg which is always really broad label for a unit at such a large hospital. Just curious if there’s any specifics for the patient population on this unit so I know what to anticipate. Thank you so much!

Ie, can we limit the posts about whether someone would make a good nurse, should go to nursing school, how can they maximize their odds of becoming a crna when they aren’t even in nursing school yet, is OHSU’s accbac/rn-bsn/bsn program doable while working—can we just ban those and redirect them to the student nurse subs?

How is the Southwestern Oregon community college nursing program (ADN) in Coos Bay, OR? Are you getting job offers? Do you feel the quality of education was good? Any other comments welcome of course. 🙂

I’m due to start the program this fall and curious if it’s a worthwhile school. I heard they had trouble in the past with facility.

Thanks! 🙏

Hello, I recently got a post surgical position w/ KP. I was wondering if anyone has gone through this residency and have any pointers/tips? Thank you!

Had an interview on the 28th of July for a New Grad position at providence st v. I was told by 2 recruiters that the manager made it a point to make sure I apply and that he was speaking as if the job was going to be mine. A week post interview my job status changed to “Not selected for further consideration”… I was told that I would get an update from an TA member or HR recruiter if I did or did not get the job. I have not heard anything from anyone yet. Should I rule out the job or does anyone think they could have changed the status due to closing out the position and still haven’t notified who’ve they’ve chosen? Just losing hope but heard back from another recruiter that there still could be a chance but she’s not sure since she’s not the recruiter for this actual job. Not sure if anyone has had this before where the status changed but they still got an offer? Any advice or comments are appreciated

Hello! I am super interested in apheresis nursing, and I see that OHSU is hiring for their apheresis unit. The posting says 3 positions available, but it has been posted for a month. Should I be worried it's still open, instead of being filled already? The 0.75 hours would be so perfect for me. But if the unit culture, management, or work load is keeping people away, I'd like to get a sense of things before I apply. Thanks in advance!