Montgomery College clinicals

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Hello all nurses and future nurses!

I am a prospective student at MC for fall 2011. Can anyone tell me how clinicals work?

I went to an health sciences info session and was told clinicals start your very first semester (I didn't think they started until the second year of study). And I am aware that your clinical location is based on the lottery system. But is there any consideration as to what students want to specialize in? For me, I'd like to work in areas with babies/kids, like at Childrens or in a maternity ward.

Also, do you change locations every semester, year, or are you with the same facility throughout your nursing school years?

Thanks!

Nikki

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Specializes in Med-Surg/urology.

I attend a different school, but basically clinicals are a different set of rotations in different sections such as: med-surg, psych, maternity/peds(at my school these two are combined, but I think at other schools they are two separate clinical rotations), gerontology,etc..

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Hello,

I am currently in my third semester at MC and as you mentioned, where you attend clinical is based on the lottery system; therefore if you get a low number (i.e. 1), the higher your chances are of obtaining your first clinical site choice. So it is always good to have a 2nd, and 3rd choice incase you are not lucky enough to get a low number. The lottery is held every semester, so you will not always be at the same clinical for the entire program. Also, there is no consideration for areas that you wish to specialize in. As the previous poster wrote, the program consists of rotations. The first semester is med-surg, the second is psych and med-surg, the third is more med-surg and the fourth is maternity/peds and community. And yes, clinicals start after the first couple of weeks in the first semester.

Hope all this helps!! It is a good program and very challenging, I wish you luck!!!!!! :)

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