Arizona State University - Summer/Fall 2014

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Who else here is applying to ASU for the summer or fall 2014 cohort? Applications are all due February 1! There are 60 spots for summer dpc, 60 spots for fall dpc, 30 spots for fall at Mayo, and 20 spots for fall at the VA hospital. Lots of options this year. What are you guys choosing? How is your GPA and TEAS? I'm going to be a nervous wreck until i get a letter in the mail that will either confirm or squash my dreams. I really want to get into Mayo. That would be so awesome.

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Yep, I'm going. I'm fortunate in that I have an on-call (more or less) grandpa that watches the kids, and my husband and I each have our own cars. I need to find a couple of car-pool buddies in the east valley. Look at the parking pass prices! If I can't find a carpool, I may be buying the ASU U-pass, depending on where clinicals are.

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Carpool buddies would be wonderful. I'm in the west valley, though. :( It looks like I am going to have to suck it up an buy a parking pass. My husband works downtown but we won't exactly be on the same schedule. Plus, we have clinicals. :) Getting a new car is one of the big things we will be doing before school starts. My inlaws will be watching both kids when school starts. My mother in law is usually pretty free to watch them but is still working a couple days a week.

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Any chance anyone knows the cutoff score?

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Any chance anyone knows the cutoff score?

Maybe they'll tell us at the welcome meeting in a few weeks?

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I'm so glad you guys brought up carpools… Is there anyone else on here who is starting in the Fall downtown and lives in the east valley? Just a thought, but would be nice to have a study and carpool busy for the daily trips

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Any chance anyone knows the cutoff score?

I honestly didn't think I would get in having an overall advancement score of 1.78 but I did so it's below at least

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From what I have been told, in all the past years.. everyone that was on the waiting list has made it into a program. I hope you get in!

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The book package doesn't even come with all the books? Anyone notice that?

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Oh and I added all the 14 items in the book list, the optional book too but excluding the simchart ( I think that needs to be purchased at the bookstore) and the subtotal came out to be $984.69 (this is with the 5 books that aren't listed in the package too). Simchart says it is 73.75 for 6 months, so still a better deal than the bookstore.

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Did anyone else have "Program Tui BSN, Pre-Licensure" for $1000 tacked onto their tuition in the last few days?

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Did anyone else have "Program Tui BSN, Pre-Licensure" for $1000 tacked onto their tuition in the last few days?

Yeah, I noticed that. What is it? I thought that the $750 "Tuition UG Nursing" was the tuition differential for nursing. Is there going to be an extra $1750 EVERY semester?

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A few weeks ago, I attended the "How to Land you First Job in Nursing" presentation at the ASU downtown campus. I took a lot of notes, and there was a lot of good information that I thought I would share.

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Networking is very important. Networking, networking, networking (that point was emphasized)!

In clinicals, and as a new grad, never be afraid to ask questions. If you don’t know it, admit that you don’t know the answer.

Meet in person; put a face to the application. Otherwise, it’s just a piece of paper, and you’re no different than the hundreds of other new-grad applicants. Sell yourself and your accomplishments. Try to get in to meet with HR in person when applying (find out who the hiring manager is, and ask to meet with them by name). Be persistent. Get noticed (in a good way). Over-prepare for your interview.

Obtain letters of recommendation from your professors – specific things to highlight, not just a form letter.

Recognize that nurse bullying happens. They’re out there, and they will try to make your life miserable. Find a way to deal with it; figure out why he/she is targeting you.

Sometimes old ADN nurses are intimidated by new BSN nurses with fresh knowledge, but remember; those old ADN nurses know a lot that you don’t, and they can teach you what you don’t know, so don’t act superior.

Even if you can’t get hired on immediately where you want to work, volunteer there. Volunteer positions can often lead to paid positions.

Once you get your foot in the door, it’s much easier to transfer to other specialties; you can’t always start out in your dream job. Many new grads start out in med/surg, and after getting some experience, start branching out from there. Get whatever experience you can; LTC, LTC acute care, outpatient surg center, home health. Even try a shot clinic, like Mollen Immunization. Just get some experience.

Know your clinical knowledge. Take advantage of your preceptorship (if available) to shine.

Attend a job fair.

Resumes

- If you use an objective statement, make sure it’s genuine. (don’t put something like, “I’m dependable, and people like me!”) An objective statement isn’t necessary on your resume, and can be left out if you don’t have a good one.

- You won’t have much nursing experience to put on a resume, so include clinical rotations.

- GPA matters, but it’s not everything.

Interviews

- Use a personalized cover letter – be accurate with the details. Don’t send it to “To whom it may concern,” find out the hiring manager’s name.

- Have a good answer to tough general questions like, “why do you want to work here?”

- Find the company’s mission/values/goal statements. Be familiar with them.

- KNOW YOUR CLINICAL KNOWLEDGE

- Try to start interviewing even before you take the NCLEX-RN. Get a head start. Let them know that you haven’t taken the test yet, but let them know when you’ll be taking it. Be careful on this one; if you don’t pass the test on the first try, it can be embarrassing and look bad on you if they were prepared to give you a job.

- Send a thank you note (very important).

There were representatives from three hospitals present; one each from John C. Lincoln, the Phoenix VA, and Scottsdale Health Care.

- Attitude is everything; the hiring manager can tell if you aren’t excited about the position.

- Try to secure an externship

- What they look for in an applicant; ambitious, go-getter, team player

John C. Lincoln has a new grad program.

Scottsdale Health Care has a new grad program.

- Check out their new grad FAQ website

- Look at jobs.SHC.org

- Sign up for job agent (there’s a link toward the bottom of the page on jobs.SHC.org)

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