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I don't think it's uncommon. Most hospitals drop subtle or not so subtle hints that they want students to work there.
It happened this last time we had clinical at a local hospital. Unfortunately, I had tried for six months prior to get a job and given the runaround constantly. Needless to say, their solicitations of employment at clinical didn't make a big impression on me.
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I got a fairly hard-sell pitch my very first clinical day during my very first semester in nursing school. They went on and on about how good we BSN's were and stroked us and our school. I guess they needed to because the hospital and unit really sucked.
Several recruiters also came to our school.
dianacs
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Yesterday was our next-to-last clinical day of the semester. At the end of the day, a nurse recruiter brought us students some goodies and gave us a little talk about how much she and the hospital appreciated us students and how XYZ Hospital is a great place to work and here's why, put your app in now for a NA position and start your career with us, etc. Is this typical for hospitals to seek out students like this? It was not a hard-sell presentation or anything like that, just a very casual oh-by-the-way kind of thing. I enjoyed the free food, and, as a matter of fact, I had just submitted my app to them. Have you ever had this experience at clinicals? I'm wondering if every facility will do this kind of thing?