Do employers in your area consider GPA?

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I want to know because while i know i must get a Bsn, there is one Rn to Bsn program that looks promising but they have pass/fail instead of a grading system.

Meanwhile,i know for sure employers in my areas do look at GPA.

My current employer does nit hire anyone with a Gpa below 3.5.

Almost all applications i have filled out required an official transcript from the schools i attended.

i know the pass equals a 3.0 at .

i guess my current employer would not have hired me if i had graduated from WGU with a BSN before working for them.

HR here does not look at GPA, only license and background check and drug screen

It is interesting what employers and nurse recruiters in other parts of the USA are doing to weed out applicants.

Would you believe that i have NEVER,EVER had a drug test in the 10 yrs i have been a nurse?

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It is interesting what employers and nurse recruiters in other parts of the USA are doing to weed out applicants.

Would you believe that i have NEVER,EVER had a drug test in the 10 yrs i have been a nurse?

You're in home health, yes? My husband, who also works in home health (hospice, actually) has never had a drug test either. I don't think it's regional, so much as the different areas of nursing. I, on the other hand, have only worked for large hospital networks, and have always, save one, been required to do a drug test (and obviously, we have worked in the same regions in the US at all times).

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For new grad programs/residencies/positions, they will usually ask for your GPA and/or your transcript(s)...and if competition is tight, your grades can make the difference between getting in and getting passed over. It makes sense because the employer really doesn't have many other standards to judge a new grad by besides their grades.

If you're already an experienced nurse, they usually don't ask about your grades. That being said, I recently filled out a job application for an experienced (non-new grad) position, and one of the questions in the Education section was "what was your GPA?"

I have no idea if my GPAs contributed to my getting the job.

I was a nurse for 10nyrs now,but last yr when i applied for ltc they wanted experience,license,and official transcripts from the school i graduated from.

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You're in home health, yes? My husband, who also works in home health (hospice, actually) has never had a drug test either. I don't think it's regional, so much as the different areas of nursing. I, on the other hand, have only worked for large hospital networks, and have always, save one, been required to do a drug test (and obviously, we have worked in the same regions in the US at all times).

Yes,for the most part,but i have also worked in Ltc,sub school nursing,and a psych home for teen boys.

I have had my credit checked,forgot to add that one.

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Why is it that in allnurses world, employers are seemingly not allowed to consider the educational and work experience background in order to rank job applicants?

This touches a bit on the recent "millennial" discussion and people who have been raised to feel they are entitled a job simply for showing up. Then they cry "unfair" when someone with more direct care experience or *gasp* a higher GPA is awarded a highly sought after position before them.

It just doesn't make any sense.

That is why i wondering about and their Pass/Fail system.

Even though i am a ADN,i wonder if i would be considered a new grad again if i get my BSn...

i know i had to start as new grad Rn when i had an Lpn license.

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I guess for a regular nursing job I don't understand the need for GPA. Just because someone is book smart and understands concepts in black and white doesn't mean that when a non-textbook case comes through the door they are going to know what to do. I would rather have a nurse that knows how to think on their feet than recite steps from a textbook.

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I guess for a regular nursing job I don't understand the need for GPA. Just because someone is book smart and understands concepts in black and white doesn't mean that when a non-textbook case comes through the door they are going to know what to do. I would rather have a nurse that knows how to think on their feet than recite steps from a textbook.

I do wonder if this going to spread nationwide.

I know employers of other jobs have been doing this since 2008.

Maybe a high GPA means they can learn faster?

Since it seems Adn's are going back for BSN Degrees en masse,what is the next thing an employer is going to use to weed out applicants?

The next logical thing would be either GPA or where and how you obtained the Degree(online vs Brick and Mortar)

i have been thinking about this for a long time.

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Up here they just want to know if you passed the national registration exam on your first try.

Sounds very childish. "Let me see your report card before I think about hiring you!" Not at all professional.

How would an employer be able to find out if you passed Nclex on the first try?

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Wow, your place wouldn't hire me, a 3.28er?! I haven't had one employer ask my gpa. In fact, when I spoke with a former hiring manager for our local nurse residency program, he said that it doesn't factor into consideration at all.

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In my state, the # of NCLEX attempts is available to the public.

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In my state, the # of NCLEX attempts is available to the public.

Wowsers!

You really find out something new everyday!

I wonder why does the # of Nclex attempts matter?

What if someone was nervous?

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Wow, your place wouldn't hire me, a 3.28er?! I haven't had one employer ask my gpa. In fact, when I spoke with a former hiring manager for our local nurse residency program, he said that it doesn't factor into consideration at all.

Nope.

Funny though,because they actually would hire a druggie with a GPA of 4.0 since they do not do drug tests.

I can take a guess and say maybe there was a study that found a correlation between hospital mortality rates and GPA? Who knows...

Come to think of it,i did see a post where the person stated the only Adn's getting acute care hospital jobs had the highest GPA's.

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