Jobs after Excelsior

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Specializes in ED, Informatics, Clinical Analyst.

Any advice on applying for a job after you finish the program? Specifically, a few of the places I'm looking at want references from Nursing Instructors and as an Excelsior student I don't really have any to give them. :banghead: Did anyone run into a situation like this? I've just finished my exams and am preping for CPNE and I want to be ready to apply to a few hospitals around the time I go for the NCLEX-RN. Any advice would be helpful. Thanks!

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I haven't, LeeLee. Where do you currently work? Any hope there?

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Specializes in ED, Informatics, Clinical Analyst.

I'm sure the company I'm with now would (I know of two coworkers who finished Excelsior and have RN jobs) but unfortunately circumstances have made it necessary for me to leave New Jersey so it's not an option :sniff:. My husband was a city employee but is being "downsized" so we both found employment in North Carolina and that's where I'll be applying for initial licensure. Oh well! Thanks for responding :wink2:

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Get references from your employer. That'll do better than an instructor, anyway.

And good luck!

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Specializes in ED, Informatics, Clinical Analyst.
Get references from your employer. That'll do better than an instructor, anyway.

And good luck!

That was my plan. It'll be a while but I'll let you know how it works!

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Just to let you know, I think that you can ask for a reference from an instructor at EC. If I'm not mistaken there was a thread about it before.

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Specializes in ED, Informatics, Clinical Analyst.
Just to let you know, I think that you can ask for a reference from an instructor at EC. If I'm not mistaken there was a thread about it before.

A while back I spoke with them and they told me my advisor could potentially write something but they weren't really in the habit of doing references. Meanwhile some of places want three from instructors for new nurse grads! :banghead:

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Get references from your employer. That'll do better than an instructor, anyway.

Suesquatch said it very well. In addition get some co-workers to write letters of reference as well. EC will also write a letter of reference too, but employers don't seem to be too impressed since we don't have "traditional" clinical instructors. ( but does not hurt to have it as well ) Have a super resume. I would spend the :twocents: on a professional to do it for you. Use words like independent, creative, resourceful because that is what we have to be in order to make it through EC.:wink2: Good luck in North Carolina.:D

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Thanks for the well wishes! I'm a paramedic so I have ACLS, PALS, CPR and I'm actually an ACLS Instructor now so I'm hoping that will give me a push in the right direction especially since I'd like to do critical care :heartbeat

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