[TRINI_RN]

Hey guys!!! Only a few months to go huh?

Tell me about your senior externship/preceptorship:

Hours Required?

Timframe to complete?

Did you or the school pick where you're going?

Unit/Floor you'll be on?

Shifts working?

Will you still have school?

Any special rules?

ARE YOU EXCITED ?!?!?!?!?!?!

[TRINI_RN]

I'll start!


Hours Required? 170

Timframe to complete? 10 weeks

Did you or the school pick where you're going? We got to speak to the managers of the units and basically sell ourselves to them.

Unit/Floor you'll be on? LDRP unit.

Shifts working? Don't know yet, will be whatever shifts my assigned preceptor has.

Will you still have school? Yes, 1-2 times per week.

Any special rules? Can't precept on a floor that we currently work on.

ARE YOU EXCITED ?!?!?!?!?!?! HECK YEAH

[NurseScarlett]

Hours Required? 400 hours

Timeframe to complete? 10 weeks

Did you or the school pick where you're going? We gave the school our top 3 choices of where we'd like to go...and I got my first choice!

Unit/Floor you'll be on? Emergency Department

Shifts working? 12 hour shifts...on a 4/5 rotation: Two days, two nights, then 5 days off

Will you still have school? Nope! Exams for my last classes end on February 22!!!!!

Any special rules? Nope

ARE YOU EXCITED ?!?!?!?!?!?! Heck yeah...I am COUNTING THE DAYS!!!!! YAY TO US, CLASS OF 2008!!!

[TRINI_RN]

Congratulations!!! I'm so happy that you got your first choice! 400 hours is alot, you're going to know so much before you even start your first job!

[bcyogi]

Hours Required? 120 hours.

Timframe to complete? 5 weeks

Did you or the school pick where you're going? Gave our top three choices.

Unit/Floor you'll be on? Med/Surg floor where I work as a Nurse Apprentice. (allowed at my school).

Shifts working? Day shift, 3 days a week, 7 am -7:30 pm

Will you still have school? Yes, just one class per week.

Any special rules? At least once during our 120 hours, we must work a back to back shift (consecutive days).

ARE YOU EXCITED ?!?!?!?!?!?! YES!!!!!! Can't wait to be done. Pinning ceremony, here I come!

[RNMay2008]

At my school, our preceptorship is optional...I am choosing to do it though.
Hours Required? Either 40 or 80, student's choice (small amount, I know!)

Timframe to complete? 1 week for 40 hours or 2 weeks for 80 hours

Did you or the school pick where you're going? We get to say our top three choices and the school does their best to get us into one of those three

Unit/Floor you'll be on? Won't know the facility or floor until April!

Shifts working? ???

Will you still have school? No...we just have to journal our experiences

Any special rules? Not that I know of

ARE YOU EXCITED ?!?!?!?!?!?! Of Course!!!!!!!!!!!

[TRINI_RN]

bump....I know there are more of us out here

[laurenleigh012]

We had the option of doing ours over our winter break or during spring semester while taking our last 3 classes. I think most of us did it over winter break, I finished mine last week!


Hours Required? only 84 hrs

Timframe to complete? basically over 3 weeks

Did you or the school pick where you're going? we listed our top 3 areas and the school placed us

Unit/Floor you'll be on? I was on the cardiac SICU at Johns Hopkins. VERY exciting!!!

Shifts working? 7a-7p

Will you still have school? not over winter break, those who choose to do it over spring semester will still have 3 classes. That's why no one is doing it then, even though 84 hours isn't that bad!

Any special rules? journal of experience and clinical skills after every shift worked and a literature review relating to something pertaining to the unit we are on

ARE YOU EXCITED ?!?!?!?!?!?! I was!!! It was an AWESOME experience, so glad I got such an awesome opportunity!!

[TRINI_RN]

Originally Posted by laurenleigh012

We had the option of doing ours over our winter break or during spring semester while taking our last 3 classes. I think most of us did it over winter break, I finished mine last week!


Hours Required? only 84 hrs

Timframe to complete? basically over 3 weeks

Did you or the school pick where you're going? we listed our top 3 areas and the school placed us

Unit/Floor you'll be on? I was on the cardiac SICU at Johns Hopkins. VERY exciting!!!

Shifts working? 7a-7p

Will you still have school? not over winter break, those who choose to do it over spring semester will still have 3 classes. That's why no one is doing it then, even though 84 hours isn't that bad!

Any special rules? journal of experience and clinical skills after every shift worked and a literature review relating to something pertaining to the unit we are on

ARE YOU EXCITED ?!?!?!?!?!?! I was!!! It was an AWESOME experience, so glad I got such an awesome opportunity!!

Johns Hopkins!! Nice.........very nice!