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Thank you! And I had no trouble at all. Though I was able to say in all my interviews that I was already accepted into my BSN program and starting classes this fall, so that probably helped. Thank you ?❤️

Thank you so much! It's really comforting to hear of others in similar situations. Choosing something that scares you is...well, just plain scary haha! But you're completely right, it is uncomfortable when you're growing. I'll try my best to follow your advice, I'm not expecting anything to be perfect and happy all the time but I will make sure to stay positive and surround myself with support as much as I can. Good luck to you by the way, I hope choosing ICU helped you to grow and continue to grow!

I know the contract is to the hospital, but the unit at least 1 year. For the ICU position, I was thinking that a lot more is appealing about the hospital and job, but since it's night shift, I'm thinking I will just find an apartment closer so I don't have to commute so long. I know myself and I hate long drives so I think I will move closer and take ICU with no contract so that I feel better about it overall.

Yeah, after many days of thinking on it, I decided to go for ICU. I am just going to try to be a sponge and learn from my preceptors as much as possible. Thank you, I'll be needing some luck LOL

WOW!, thanks for all of this. It really is motivating. Over the past few days I think I've decided to go for this one and I'll have to call back hospital#1 to say nevermind LOL. I'm going to try my best and hopefully learn to step out my comfort zone and be as positive as possible. I'm scared as heck but I want to succeed in ICU

Thank you for your detailed response! I have heard so much about starting in ICU, many say don't and others say you can if your environment is supportive. So I think that's why I'm so nervous and afraid of making a bad choice but I'd love to give it my all in ICU anyways. Thank you for replying

It is for the hospital. Thanks for your input In my city, 4/5 hospitals have the 3 year new grad contacts so it's hard to avoid

Hello! I graduated nursing school in December and passed NCLEX in February. I have been applying for so many residencies and declined from many because of coronavirus. But I finally landed 2 hospital jobs. But I am very anxious and scared about making the wrong choice. I am really struggling with what I should pick. Quite the blessing though, so I am thankful choosing between two jobs is my only problem right now Maybe some insight from fellow nurses and a discussion from others can help me. So hospital 1: it's for a med-surg/tele floor, starts in July, good reputation for residency, 3 year contract, 20 minutes from my home, decent pay. I like this one because I feel it's a good place to start, close to home, love the hospital, and so many people have said to start in med surg so I am strongly considering this one. Plus I still don't know exactly what specialty I want and figured med surg is a great starting point. Hospital 2: it's for an ICU position, starts in June, they call their residency an internship but said they're willing to train me on all new nursing skills and ICU specific training too for 12 weeks, no contract, 1 hour drive one way from my home, great pay. I am willing to move but since it starts so soon I'll be commuting initially. I like that I am not bound contractually to stay for 2 or 3 years because I'd love to do travel nursing once I get a year of experience maybe, and I like that it's ICU because of the critical care and patient ratio. I am nervous though because I am not confident in even my basic skills and I'm afraid of this being too much for me as a new, inexperienced nurse, but also don't want to pass up the opportunity. What do you think?

I just passed NCLEX in February and have been applying for jobs for so long now. I already had one job decline me in my phone interview because she said that they simply do not have the time and funds to train a new grad. Then another hospital emailed me stating their Summer residency program is on hold but if it I s safe to do so then they might conduct interviews later, so basically that might not happen. I am unemployed, my dad just lost his job, and I am feeling pretty hopeless. Today I gave in and applied to long term care facilities, which I really do not want. I regret that choice because I already received a call for an interview, and I feel conflicted. I almost dont want the interview because deep down I know I dont want LTC, but on the other hand, its a difficult time to get hired in a hospital and I need to help my family. What a crazy time to be a new grad. So many friends of mine not in the field don't understand because they see that nurses are in extremely high demand, but its for experienced nurses, not for anyone like me.

Wow, so soon! I guess it's a good thing I haven't received an email yet. So nervewrecking

Does anyone know where to find information on the acceptance rate for the nursing program? I'm just curious how many people, on average, apply compared to how many are accepted. All I could find on the FSCJ site was stats on students that complete the program.

Agreed.

Oh awesome! Thanks! Guess my total is 152.65 points then

The HESI A2 was not bad at all! I think the HESI exam practice book I bought really helped. I just submitted my application and took the HESI yesterday, just in time for the dealine. I am confused on the ranking criteria listed on the nursing application. I know there are 160 possible points for admission, but the last 100 and 20 are both scoring the same subjects on HESI, and I do not see a section for measuring points on what was received in Chem, A&P, and Bio. Does anyone know why? I didn't count the last 20, so I have 132.65 points, hopefully enough to be admitted this fall.