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Hi Hopeful RN! I ended up working at an LTAC for about 7 mos before landing a job at an acute care hospital on a tele floor. Looking back, I would not recommend it for new grads as the training and support you'll get on the floor was just...abysmal for me. I had my good coworkers and my bad but I didn't realize how unsupported I was until I started my new job. Of course, your mileage will vary depending on the facility and even within any acute care hospital if that's the kind of job you're looking for. As a new grad, for acute care experience I would recommend trying to get into a hospital ideally in a new grad program (although things have been weird with COVID, know nurses who were pulled off orientation early d/t short staffing etc.) That all being said, I know the struggle of needing to start a job quickly after graduation for whatever reason that may be, usually financial. I also know how hard it is to get into an acute care hospital as a new grad depending on your area. If you can financially wait, I know classmates who held off and ended up getting their dream jobs simply by waiting and persistently applying. LTACs are definitely a high learning curve and you have to be comfortable being uncomfortable, knowing when to ask for help, sticking to your guns for patient safety. I learned valuable time management skills and got to work with patients on drips, multiple abx, ventilators, PEG tubes, complicated wounds....it was stuff I would never see on a med surg floor. Emotionally and physically draining and honestly, generally unsafe where I worked but I loved working with some of my patients and it WAS rewarding when I saw people improve. It's not for the faint of heart and not all hospitals will see it as valuable experience...but I know for me, the skills I learned were directly transferrable to my current job and I did a lot of stuff my coworkers have not. So it's just up to you if it's something you want to deal with. happy to answer any questions you may have! Sorry for the novel!

Hi all! I'm a new grad as of May 2020 and have been job hunting since then (and before if you count applying to new grad residencies!). I was just offered a job at an LTAC, noc shift and have been reading through this forum on everyone's experience. The facility gets some really bad reviews both from patients' families and some pretty mixed (low) reviews from employees. I'm genuinely excited about the challenge and know it'll have a pretty big learning curve, so trying to go into it with open eyes. How can I tell if the facility will be good and I'll be supported ahead of time? Any big questions I should ask before accepting the position? They said I'd get 18 training shifts, which would end up being 6 weeks if I'm doing 3 12s. Is that pretty typical? Thank you for any advice you can give!

Hey! I'm actually an out of state applicant - moved out to Mass to get my BSN and am applying so I can hopefully move back to the Sacramento area. Debated for a long while where to get my initial licensure and ultimately decided on CA due to how long the process is to get approved to test. It's really not too bad to get everything together just make sure to be on top of things and have everything prepared before you submit your application for licensure by examination. I'm still waiting to hear back about my app but to be expected since it can take 4-10 weeks after submission. Just obsessively stalking the processing times page to see where they are! Feel free to reach out if you have specific questions!

I saw on previous posts that people received decision emails around Nov 16th/17th last year so hopefully we'll also hear back around that time! Waiting definitely sucks.

Does anyone happen to know if it's a group or one person interview?

I also just got an interview today, was definitely not expecting it! Nov 5 as well at 1:45pm!

I've only seen the one for accepted students that's like, everyone in every program for the upcoming semester but I haven't seen one specifically for this cohort!

I thought this is actually pretty fast, tbh. A lot of the schools I've already applied to won't get back to me until Feb/March on a decision. And I think it's pretty typical to give people 2-4 wks notice for interviews. Definitely is frustrating if you have to travel though, I get that.

Nope, but had a heart attack when they sent me an e-mail about boosting grad apps this morning.

Hi! I applied through NursingCAS and ended up e-mailing them to see when I might hear back and was told my app was processing the next day so it might help to check in! I got accepted the following week. My overall GPA was a 3.3 and my prereq was like a 3.5. I also have 3 years of healthcare experience as a medical assistant. My mom went and met with an advisor on my behalf as I live out of state and was told they look at the application pretty holistically so if they see an upward trend in grades/other things to balance it out that's good!

I applied to the women's health track! Have a few years experience in that area so figured it made the most sense. I am a little confused though as to what this means for employment afterwards. I know we all will learn about each discipline. But will focusing on one topic affect if we want to try working in a different area after graduation? I'm just a little unclear on this facet of ELMSN programs. Haven't heard anything yet about interviews, though. I am obsessively checking my email

I THINK from what I've read on old threads that like 80-100 apply and 25ish get spots so I'm guessing like 30ish get interviews? 40?? This is all speculation of course. I've also read on other threads that they usually send out invites on fridays? Or I could be thinking of another school tbh.

Yeahhh, unfortunately the due date for deposit is like riiiiiiight when we should be hearing back from SFSU but it's okay. So we should be hearing like end of next week-ish, right?

Hi! I also applied to this program and have been regularly checking allnurses for a thread to pop up for the upcoming spring! I did already get into an ABSN program in MA, but waiting to hear from SFSU to make a decision as I'd love to go there. Definitely anxiously waiting to hear back next week about interviews.