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I actually just looked today at jobs and there are afew out there, but not as many as when I was looking at this time last year. One tip is that I worked as a CNA at Alegent during that last semester PRN. You get your CNA completed at the end of your junior year or second semester, so just send your transcripts in to the licensing place and you're set - no fee or anything - and you are a Certified Nursing Assistant. THEN I worked PRN which is an 8 hour a month requirement. This got me known on the unit I was hoping to eventually work on, they requested that I do my preceptor there - which I'm doing now and the unit director just asked if I wanted her to open an RN position to hire me upon completion. I think the units that have CNAs that are in nursing school are very helpful in hiring you on as an RN upon graduation, sort of a thank you for helping type thing. So while this job isn't necessarily on any job search boards, I know that I can work on this unit upon graduation if I want. I'm just not sure if I want...but there's also a lot of hospital construction going on right now that'll be completed within the next few years so those places will definitely have openings. Right now is just a slowtime but once they've built these they have to staff them!

Thanks for your reply. I have also been looking at the new construction and hoping that will really help out the new grads that need jobs. I think the CNA is a great way to go but I already have everything set up to get my BSN in the 12 month accelerated program so it's not really going to work for me. Hopefully I can get a good preceptorship where they like me and will open a position for me... or I can get into one of those new hospitals. I'm just going to have faith that it will work out because I don't really have a backup plan at this point!

I know the only people from my previous class that had trouble finding jobs went to Minneapolis and Chicago. Everyone that stayed in town found jobs. I know things have changed, but I think jobs are still there, the hiring bonuses just may not be!

Hi Sundevil


here is my private email address: ocgal521@gmail.com, can you please email me on that email address because I have a couple of personal questions for you. Thanks so much bye

hey there SundevilATC, i hope that your class goes better this time, sounds like you had a tough 'round. I was wondering if you could tell me a little bit about the scheduling of the classes and what a typical week is like (if it varies a lot etc.) I start in January and Carla said that we will be getting things in the mail in November, but i was interested in the registration/advisor process (are we supposed to be doing anything before we get that packet online at all? Are all the classes pre selected for us and we just basically show up?) i just don't want to miss a deadline or anything. Any input or advice would be great. thanks and good luck again!

I recently graduated from the Accelerated Nursing Program at Creighton and am also a "scholarship" student. Looking back I am thankful that I accepted the scholarship. I did not have to take out any loans this past year and I have a guaranteed job, which in this economy is something to be grateful for. I would like to clear up some of the things I have seen on previous posts. The "scholarship", like someone previously stated, is a work agreement. The hospital covers 75% to 100% of tuition in exchange for 3 or 4 years of employment, respectively. For me, I saw this as a $40,000 sign on bonus. Anybody that says there are hidden terms and false promises is severly misinformed. A detailed contract is given to you before you accept the offer. I was aware of the fact that I might not get my 1st choice of jobs, but I was willing to take this chance, because it was a guaranteed job. I know one girl who opted out of the scholarship during the 1st semester and she took out loans to repay the cost. Some people made it to the end of the year, interviewed for a job, then found out there were not enough jobs available so the contract was terminated. Since it was the hospital that ended the contract, the students are not obligated to pay the money back. If you are considering the "scholarship," my advice is to make sure it is right for you and to also read carefully through the contract to make sure you understand it completely. I am willing to answer any questions people might have about either the program or the scholarship, so let me know. I can't reply to private messages, so if you have a question you don't want to post just make sure to include your email in the private message.

Creighton has a decent program, just keep in mind that the accelerated program is a year so its going to be intense. Expensive also