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This is very helpful! I agree that starting over could ultimately set me back more than be a step ahead. Unfortunately, though my current hospital does do hearts, pts with PA catheters, balloon pumps, impella, we don't do ECMO. So I think at this point it is a matter of weighing out the pros and cons of staying vs leaving for a larger hospital system.. I have thought about applying to CRNA school now, but so many people have been saying that I should I really get at least 2-3 years before applying. Also, I have not taken CCRN yet..

I thought I would jump on here because I have been going back and forth in my mind about the best decision to make as far as next steps in this career. I graduated nursing school in 2022, worked a year and a half on cardiac telemetry, transferred to ICU about 8 months ago. I am loving working in the ICU and currently work at a level II trauma center where we get a mix of trauma, medical, surgical, neuro patients. There are opportunities to train for balloon pump, impella, CRRT, open hearts (though they typically don't train nurses until you have a year or more on the unit.) I am making this post because ultimately I am hoping to go to CRNA school down the road. While I love the unit that I work on, I am in a smaller city and am really hoping to make the move back to a larger city in about 5-6 months, and maybe try to work at a teaching hospital/and or a specialized ICU (transplant, CT or Coronary). When I apply other hospitals, I will be just about a year in at my current position. Can I/should I list my current manager as a reference even though I have not been here for that long? Any advise in general from other nurses who are/were in a similar position? It kinda sucks because I really like my job, I am just not happy where I am currently living (where I grew up) and want to be somewhere more exciting. I am in California so the plan is to stay here until I can get into CRNA school.

Hi all, I am looking for some advice. Currently, I am living in Northern California working on a cardiac tele/PCU floor at a level II trauma center. This is my first RN job and I just hit my 1 year mark working here. I am starting to consider other options as I feel pretty comfortable in my current role. Long term goal is I would like to become a CRNA so I know I will need ICU experience. There are openings at my current hospital for ICU spots (it's a mixed surgical and medical ICU). But our hospital doesn't have things like ECMO, transplants, etc. I am also looking at Stanford as they open apps next week for a Critical Care training program to start in March. I think what is holding up my decision is my desire to move out of state. I love California and am pretty sure I want to end up back here but I am 24 years old, single, and a lot of my college/high school friends from my hometown are no longer here. I am looking at possibly North Carolina or Chicago. I know pay and ratios will be a drawback to leaving California. What would you do if you were in my position? Would you stay and get some foundational ICU experience? Take a change and move to a new place and get ICU experience there? Any insight is greatly appreciated! Thank you ?

Hi all, LACC crossed my mind recently as I am a recent nursing grad from 2022. I just wanted to put a word out of advice - I highly highly highly recommend trying to get in to another program. If you do your research you will find that LACC is currently under a lot of scrutiny by the BRN and undergoing something called a "Program Viability Study" and well I am sure you can guess what that might mean. If you can get in anywhere else I would take that offer in an instant. I feel lucky to have graduated and gotten out by the skin of my teeth before things really started to go downhill (and I thought it couldn't get worse at the time LOL). Anyway, I don't say this to scare people, rather to just make sure you are doing research on the programs that you are applying to, especially with regards to BRN compliance. You do NOT want to be a situation where you finally get into a program and then it gets shut down or paused. Best of luck to you all!! Being on the other side, I can say that all the headache of getting into nursing school, graduating, and finally being able to practice independently is very satisfying.

I was offered a position but contingent upon that I accept by today noon. I am hesitant because there is another offer on table but it’s not “official” yet . Do you think it’s possible to back out after accepting a position? I know it’s not ideal for the hospital .

Wow this information is invaluable. Thank you. I am in a bit of a dilemma but this may have solved it for me. I have an offer with an 10/31 start date for a providence hospital in northern california, however, I kept my interview date with LAC USC which is this Thursday. Part of me wants to take the offer with county (if I get one), however, I don't think I would want to wait that long because you are basically saying it would months before you get a start date right?? Appreciate your insight.

Hi! So it's true that their cut score and cut scores in general are confusing because they are not always clearly explained. I heard that the last few application cycles pretty much all applications were eligible and therefore met the cut score. So at this point, it is just a matter of "lottery" but I am suspicious that "lottery" is not really what it seems. Why would they ask us to write a personal statement then? Ya see where I am coming from? I think this "lottery" is more of a selection process than it is a random selection of an applicant. Good luck!

I was wondering the same thing. I applied to LAMC job id 1092983 when it opened Sep 2. I haven't heard anything and my application status hasn't changed. Assuming I didn't get picked.

Congrats!! May I ask what track?? Also, did you get a rejection email from any of the other tracks you applied for?

I am looking for into on the same topic. Any help is appreciated.

I am in the same exact position. Rejected from most of the bay area new grad programs. I have applications pending for CPMC (sutter affiliate), you may want to check there. There was also an ICU opening at St Mary's (Dignity/CommonSpirit) that I applied for. It said experience preferred but not required. I don't believe these are new grad programs. I am from Sonoma so I also applied to Sutter in Santa Rosa, Adventist in St Helena, and will apply to Santa Rosa Memorial (providence) when their have their next cohort which I think is a November or December start. I would assume apps for that might open in maybe October. The bay is just a hard area to break into especially for programs like this. Just keep hope alive, I'm sure we'll land something soon. Best of luck with everything.

I was just wondering the same thing. I saw a couple posts. My guess is that they are looking to hire fewer candidates than other tracks.

So exciting. Congratulations!

I was wondering the same thing . It’s my top choice but I just got a rejection from adult surgical (my second choice)

Same I am wondering if it means rejection from the whole program. That’s what it sounds like