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Please tell me what these schools clinical coordinators do because they sure don't land preceptors or clinical sites.

Schools aren't taking the initiative seriously. I have called over 6 which all said students need to find their own preceptors. Both brick and mortar and online. When I mentioned the initiative they weren't phased at all. The entire class needs t...

Walden is the most hated University on this website.

What a great thread. Good luck wherever you end up. Nursing homes vary so much but it sounds like this is a nice one. I would have loved 12 hour shifts when I worked LTC.

I would probably still be in LTC if I had only 25 residents or so. I had 46 on the 2 - 10pm shift. It was hell and should have been illegal. I ran away and never looked back. If you feel it's a set up definitely leave.

Great to hear!

Another thing is consider committing. I drove 2 hours away to finish my BSN every Friday for 3.5 years. It was totally worth it and would do the same to advance my education in the future. Look at finding placement away from your area.

As far as advise, I would definitely show up the the clinics in person. Have a nice letter that explains your program and what your objective is ( to find a quality preceptor). And as stated above, offer to financially compensate them for their tim...

I hope it works out for you. The Sawyer Initiative that passsed recently gave us some hope of the schools finding clinical placement. Reality is I have called four different universities and all of them said they will not find clinical placement fo...

Thank you. Keep us updated.

Thanks for that. Anything in the FNP program that you didn't like to make you switch?

Great to hear.

All the USU students have apparently been abducted by aliens. Enroll at your own risk.

Does the military discount apply to veterans or just active duty?

In California, you won't know what crimes the inmates have committed as this information is not in the electric medical records system. I don't want to know and I treat everyone the same. Respect goes a long way in prison s d so does being consiste...

We all have 24 hours in a day. What we do in that time is key. Wife, kids, hobbies etc can all be balanced with proper planning. If you are determined, you can get it done like the tens of thousands of others before you have got it done being in t...

I contacted UoP recently and specifically asked if they would help students find preceptors after 2019 (per new accreditation guidelines). The enrollment advisor flat out told me no...it's the students responsibility to find preceptors. I don't exp...

I have questions here as well. 1. Any official word from Walden regarding finding clinical preceptors in 2019 and beyond? Did any students have to drop out because they couldn't find a preceptor. I ask because called University of Phoenix recently...

With your background definitely consider psych NP. Our backgrounds are very similar and I am heading back to school maybe next year. Also, search your area for all np jobs. In northern California there is not a lot of NP jobs and many I see posted...

You deserve better treatment after giving so much. I would look elsewhere.

From my experience as a student in med surg, the staff RN's that were "fast" were the ones thst skipped doing vital signs and did rushed inadequate assessments. Stethoscope on the chest and back for 3 seconds each type of assessments. I was not imp...

Med surg units are packed with patients with one foot in the ICU already. 10 to 1 is a joke. You will burn yourself out like I did.

Run, don't walk, away from dangerous situations. It's your license on the line when something bad happens. I was in a situation like you before as I had 48 patients as a new grad LVN in a nursing home. It was pure hell and I hated it so bad. I le...

I believe it would count. They are very flexiblewith clinical sites....I saw a list on their site under the program info last year. I remember seeing nursing homes, drug rehab centers, out patient unit, in patient units etc. I did like that.. the...

Walden is still refusing to place students with preceptors even after the accreditation agency over them said NP programs need to provide that. Check out those threads for information.