Much needed advice please:)

[wchelsea]

I am about to start some of my prerequisites this fall. But I read somewhere that I need to go ahead and be partnered with a hospital before I apply for nursing school. Someone had written that you just need to have any type of job with the partnered facility. My question is is it a good idea to go ahead and tell human resources my intention? I hope this all makes sense and I need to star applying ASAP I plan on applying to nursing school in September

[loriangel14, RN]

I have never heard of such a thing.

[wchelsea]

I am from texas and read it in a uta thread now I can't find it.

[loriangel14, RN]

Must be a regional thing.

[blt99]

Never heard of. We were told to start looking for a part time/PRN job at a hospital (doing PCT or similar) about halfway through nursing school. Just to get a foot in the door for an RN job after graduation.

[i♥words]

I'm in the south as well and I've never heard of it either. I think the information you read is incorrect. Check with the specific nursing program you are interested in to be sure, but I highly doubt that information is true.

[loriangel14, RN]

I had classmates that never worked in a health care setting until after graduation.It's not necessary.

[Stephalump]

Are you talking about one of the online programs like UT Arlington? That's the only one I've ever heard of needing a partner. That's just because that program caters to licensing people who ate already in the health care field.

[wchelsea]

Yes I am talking about the UTA program. I don't know if I should start looking for a hospital job or not. Or if I should try a different program.

[Stephalump]

You can look for a hospital job for sure, but they aren't easy to come by with no experience. So if you don't have any, I'd put in applications but also start looking at other programs. UTA is the only program in Texas I've seen that requires any sort of sponsor.

[x_factor]

Never heard of that. My friend just graduated an ADN program earlier this month and never worked a day in her life, or volunteered, in any healthcare field. She had a job lined up the week of graduation pending her NCLEX results.