Are clinical sites hard to get?

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Hello! I am wondering if clinical sites are hard to get these days. I attend an accredited ASN program in Indiana and the school has had some trouble finding some sites. Especially for Med Surg 2 and OB. An unaccredited LPN program has better sites then we do. We have a couple long term care sites which is fine but I feel like we need more acute care clinicals. Any opinions about this? Thanks.

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Specializes in NICU, ICU, PICU, Academia.

Which program? (I am local)

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I can pm it to you if you want.

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They can be EXTREMELY difficult to get. Many times I see it is all about who you know. I have done my CNS/LVN/ADN and each one had a mention or "undertone" of don't piss of the clinical site or we could easily lose the site!

I was in the first cohort of a new ADN program so I watched the sites all of a sudden change over night. I have a couple Dr friends who offered up a clinical site at their wound clinics to help with some experience. My program declined them stating they needed legitimate hospitals, both are within hospitals. I didn't bother to clarify since their attitude about my friends offers offended me.

Another student had a great hookup for Kaiser but they were kinda rude to her when she brought it up

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The same undertone is at our school. How our we supposed to get experience of no one wants student. I found out many places are having this problem.

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