CSUN ABSn 2011 applicants

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I'm sure there's lots of you out there applying to the CSUN 2011 ABSN program. Just wanted to get the conversation rolling for those of us who are in the process. Anyone else think 2 pages is too short for the personal statement?:eek:

Hey guys,

Thanks a lot! That helped. While I cannot say that I have 45K in savings!(way to go! that's awesome), and my GPA isn't as high as your guys'...I can say that I have 3.5 years working in a healthcare field with children and adults with disabilities (mental and physical), and I evetually want to be a psych nurse practitioner so that helps me I hope. Also as I said I'm signed up for a certified nursing assistant program this summer, so hopefully I can land a job that while it will pay hardly anything, I'll be able to work for 1.5 years and see what nursing is really like, so I'm looking foreward to that..even though I know it'll be more or less phsically doing what I already have experience with but I'll be in a hospital setting for the first time instead of out patient/home/afterschool etc. It's so neat to see what everyone's life experience is! Thanks for your guys' input I really appreciate it :)

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Pre-nursing GPA 4.0

Bachelor GPA 3.84

4 years volunteer in hospital

1 year volunteer at dialysis facility

1/2 year volunteer at doctor's office

2 references from CSUN professors, 1 from MD

CNA license, Monitor tech certification

I was rejected the first time I applied 2 years ago, but they wanted me now!

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Hey @ Doggymama23 and Wrightnurs, could you elaborate on the things you've heard about the difficulties to find a nursing job at the present? Everything I've heard and researched about California is that we have a huge nursing shortage and in the next ten years we'll have a tremendous need for nurses that will devastate our public healthcare system. I'm confused why it would be hard to find a job in nursing right now when I know there is a big need for nurses? I understand to land a great job you might have to move a little here or there or make certain sacrafices, but I see nursing job advertised all over the 8 southern california counties. Let me know what's really going on if this is wrong?

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Amerae,

My understanding is that there are openings available for experienced RNs, but that new grads are having trouble getting their first jobs. This is in the face of a great need for better nurse to patient ratios, but our health care system needs some work. It seems that once you have obtained your first acute care (hospital) nursing position and have spent a few years at it, you are viewed as much more of a commodity since you require less training and are ready to get to work right away; in other words you require less cash outlay in terms of training and orienting which is better for the bottom line, in the view of the corporation which owns the hospital. As the economy continues to recover, I think we can look forward to this situation easing up somewhat (keeping all my fingers crossed!)

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Alrighty, thanks for the info. I did read another forum on here that said pretty much the same thing, with everyone elaborating on that fact and agreeing for the most part. That's good to know and prepare for so it's not like "WHOA!" whenever I end up finishing or getting into first (haha) and then finishing a nursing program.

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Wrightnurs*** or Mrmandap, have you received the information packet from the nursing program as of yet? Please let me know ... I haven't received it. Thanks!

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@doggymama23

I haven't received anything yet. I was told it would be through e-mail. Did I hear wrong?

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Thank you for letting me know, Mrmandap! That's what I was told also. I'm just a bit on the lookout because I never received my letter of intent until I finally called the nursing office to alert them, and just in the nick of time too. I'd really appreciate it if you'd let me know when you get that packet in your inbox. Thanks so much! Btw, which semester are you in? I'm starting in the summer, which is fast approaching.

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I've decided to start in the fall. In retrospect, I probably should have chosen summer rather than wait the extra 3 months. So excited!

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Well, fall will be great too. Hopefully you will be able to relax over the summer and put away some sleep time into your sleep bank! I am very excited for both of us!

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---- said that the packets are still being reviewed and "will hopefully be sent out in a week". (As of an email response 4/18).

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Thanks mint4321, that's good to know! Which cohort are you in?

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