Any info on Carondolet hospitals Tucson, I'm gonna be working there:)

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Hello all, I just found out that I was admitted to the UofA accelerated BSN program:balloons: and with that comes a 2 year work committement at Carondolet. Just wanted to know if anyone had any tidbits, experiences or ANY information that they'd care to share with me. I am very excited about all of this and just wanted to share and be shared with. Thanks everyone!:wink2:

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Specializes in Cardiac.

I've done 2 clinicals and 1 summer externship at carondelet. I can say that it's definately not bad at all. St. Mary's has the busiest ER in town, and everybody raves about their ICU. I did ortho and med-surg at St Mary's and tele at St Joe's. I liked the tele unit at SJH, the only problem was the ratios were 1:6. They were always busy! They always had a list of patients waiting to come up! The nurses in med-surg at SMH were definately not the nicest in town, but I least like how the floor is set up. It's definatley do-able.

Congrats on your admission!

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Hey Michelle! I'm in at U of A too!!!!!!!!!!

Wooooooooooohooooooooooooooo!!!! :D :D :D

I will also be working at Carondelet. I'm glad to hear about the busy ER and ICU - those are the areas I'm considering. I'll see u in class - I'm so excited I don't know whether to laugh or cry!!!!!!!!!!!

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Hey congrats to you too,

Yeah, I haven't been able to get this smile off of my face ever since opening that letter, that's for sure. Just got back from a celebratory dinner and i'm still beaming. Gosh, doesn't it feel good. Yeah, it's always good to hear good things about Carondolet, that's why I picked it I guess, keep those good things coming! Thanks for your input, and thank you to anyone else ahead of time.

~Danielle

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Congrats to you!

Just out of curiosity, do you know what the minimum gpa is for UofAs accelerated program? What is the scoop on actually getting in?

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Thank you soo much! I think the min. GPA is 2.75/3.0 but the average was a bit higher. I got the feeling from the info sessions/interviews that it was pretty competitive as there were SO MANY VERY qualified people there. I had a 3.6 in my undergrad with a 4.0 in my pre-reqs (and there were a lot) and I was still quite worried after meeting the other candidates. There were 109 interviewed out of a few hundred applicants and 64 were accepted. So, those are the stats and you can take what you'd like from those, but i'd say any direct-entry type program is pretty competitive but where there's a will there's ALWAYS a way and grandma and everyone else has always assured me. GOOD LUCK to you!

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