Dear Ms. Ferraro,
I am applying for the Registered Nurse position on your step-down unit at Camelback Regional Medical Center. I carry a four-patient assignment on a twenty-eight bed step-down floor and charge on nights, and the posting's note about a new graduate residency is what drew me to it.
Charge on nights means running assignments and admission flow with fewer resources than days has, and deciding which admission the floor can absorb. I precept new graduates through the unit residency, and the ones I have taken through it have stayed past their first year.
Your posting describes a residency that is still being built rather than one already running. That is more interesting to me than a finished program, though it only works if preceptors get a lighter assignment on the days they are teaching.
I hold a multistate Arizona Registered Nurse license, Progressive Care Certified Nurse certification, and current Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support.
I would like to talk about how the residency is staffed and what the charge rotation looks like on nights. I am glad to meet at your convenience.
Sincerely, Alicia Moreno