portfolios... a question

[delirium]

This question is primarily for people who are OUT of nursing school so I thought I'd post it here. This morning I'm putting together this stupid azz portfolio for my nursing trends project. It contains my personal and professional goals, philosophy of nursing, values and beliefs statement, CV, writing samples, skills list, etc. We're SUPPOSED to use it during the interview process.

My question is... did you have to do this? Did you ever use the blasted thing for anything? I'm sorry but it seems like a colossal waste of time, and graduates from our program are routinely hired at the job fair (without a formal interview) and I can't imagine that I'll ever use the fargin' thing.

Input appreciated. You can even tell me I'm acting like a brat cause I know I am.

Going back to my special K with strawberries now....

[nursejohio, ASN, RN]

Unfortunately I had to do something similar for my school. We had a family project journal (one due each quarter) a clincal journal (entries every week) care plans, skills list, resume and cover letter, and a couple other equally pointless things. I did use mine, for kindling, for the bonfire I had the day after pinning :rotfl: It worked very well, and the made the toasted marshmallows taste so much sweeter!

[nursejohio, ASN, RN]

you know, you probably just jinxed yourself.............

I can see it now, you open the envelope and out drops the 8x10 color glossy of the applicant in the stirrups getting her last PAP done!! Killing 2 birds with one stone kind of thing.

bob

I just snorted pepsi all over my monitor! A lil warning would be helpful

[firstaiddave907]

in my medical assistant program we have to put togather a portfolio that we ahve to show at the end of the program to be able to graduate.

[rnin02]

Putting a portfolio together for school was a big pain in the butt (I had to do it for my RN-BSN program, but not for my ADN program), however, it forced me to organize my CEUs, certifications, etc. So, worth it for that reason.

[S.T.A.C.E.Y, LPN]

I actually started to put together one on my own before I found out it was an assignment for school. There wasn't really any structure given to us, and more just to kick us in the butt to organize our stuff somewhat. I've found mine helpful b/c my stuff is all in one place now. I have resumes, cover letters, copies of all of my clinical evaluations, certifications, awards, reference letters, contacts, immunization record & titres, and school marks. I don't know whether or not it will be useful at all once I enter the workforce, but its nice to know that all of my papers can easily be found in one place.