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I completed about 240 clinical hours throughout different units in a Kaiser facility during the first semester of my nursing program. Had a 3.5 GPA, BLS, ACLS, scholarship recipient, volunteer experience w/refugees at a food bank/family services center, LOR from my preceptor, prior CNA experience at a non-kaiser facility, and faculty references. Did not take an EKG class prior to applying. A lot of my clinical experiences were also on PCUs with telemetry monitoring.

Just got an interview notice for the Sac area!

I'm not 100% sure that I'm out, but seeing as today is the last day to receive notice for an interview makes me feel like things aren't looking that great.

No dice for me in the Sac group, but I was offered a position at Mercy Gen today. If anyone wants the links to their med-tele or acute surgical new grad positions dm me! I precepted at Mercy Gen and it's a really nice hospital for cardiac.

Thank you!!

I chose the Sacramento group, hoping to hear back tomorrow! If anyone is looking for new grad positions in this area, Mercy General Hospital posted some new grad positions on the commonspirit website. I have an interview with one of their units tomorrow!

Thanks for making the thread! My app was moved forward in the screening process today, so check your emails!!

If anyone was wondering about PICU or trauma, it looks like interviews for those units began the week of May 16th. Someone from my cohort interviewed for both and was officially hired into the PICU recently.

My application still hasn't changed. Didn't specify a unit, but emphasized experience in Cardiac/Cardiac PCU on my cover letter. I also submitted it on the 10th so that may factor toward a later response.

According to people that were hired from my program's previous graduating classes we should hopefully hear back by mid-May to June, latest end of June to early July. Certain units might reach out later than others depending on their need for additional staff (generally the critical care units). Something to look out for is your application status transitioning from "Application Received" --> "Application Under Review" --> "Application Routed for Further Consideration." Once they hit routed for further consideration is when they're directed to hiring managers. From there, if managers think we'd be a good fit, we should receive calls/emails to schedule interviews.

Thanks for making the thread! Looking forward to possibly working with some of y'all. Hoping to get placed in step-down or a CCU!

I also was accepted to both programs but can't really speak to the quality of the ARC program. I know that they branched off from SCC, which somewhat pushed me to go for SCC. I'm also closer to SCC so the shorter commute to campus and our clinical sites was a bonus. Since the program's history is longer, our relationship with our clinical sites Is really strong. For example, in my first semester SCC was the first nursing program in the area to be let back into Kaiser South Sac. All of our clinical sites also have a really high opinion of our students because the instructors place an emphasis on our clinical performance/participation. In my personal experience, many of the nurses I worked with preferred SCC students instead of Sac State students because of how hands on we are encouraged to be. In terms of classes themselves, ARC currently has a single 10 unit class each semester, whereas SCC has a single 12 unit class. SCC will be shifting to that 10 unit platform with the addition of a supplemental class (this is not applicable to my cohort and the current first semester, so I don't know much about it). As far as clinical sites, in the first semester you are split into 3 groups: Mercy Gen, Kaiser South Sac, and UCDMC. 2nd sem we are all at UCDMC. 3rd sem is a little dysfunctional due to Covid, but we are forsure at UCDMC or Kaiser (if you were at Kaiser your first sem) and should be at Sutter Psych (if not we participate in similar settings for our psych rotation). For fourth sem your preceptorship can be at UCDMC or Mercy Gen, San Juan, Folsom. I'm not quite sure where ARC rotates but I would assume we share some if not all clinical sites. Overall, I wouldn't have changed my decision. Having the opportunity to be a student at SCC has been amazing. Our professors truly care about all of us, and get to know us on an individual basis. Older cohorts are also super helpful in passing on their knowledge and resources. To me the program is like a big family. Hopefully that helps you out and if you have any other questions feel free to ask!

As a soon to be 3rd semester student in SCC's RN program, I wish all of you the best of luck! It's a tough program, but the experiences we get to have are amazing!!

Dear Fall 2020 Nursing Program Applicant, Due to the impact of COVID-19, the selection of the Fall 2020 cohort has been delayed until January 2021. Please see below for details. Application status update - on or before June 1, 2020 Class selection - September 1, 2020 (selected, alternate, and students that are not selected will all be notified) Cohort start date - January 2021 If you no longer wish to be included in the selection for the January 2021 cohort, please let us know. We appreciate your patience as we navigate this unprecedented time. ARC Nursing Department This was sent back to me on April 24th. Good Luck to all of the ARC applicants! I hope you guys get in!!

@Santacruzsandy5 Sorry for the really late reply haha! I was accepted into the Fall 2020 cohort, so I'm not too sure on details for the Spring session. Our orientation was on May 15, with a follow-up meeting on June 12. As far as "nursing kits" go there is one that we were required to order, but they still haven't shipped so I'm not too sure what will be included in them. The cost of this kit was around $122. Regarding other supplies, they hold us accountable for purchasing penlights ($5-10, note that non-disposable penlights will require batteries), a personal stethoscope ($75+ for a Littman Classic III - note Littmans are recommended but not required, so you can find cheaper alternatives aka the Acoustica brand), scrubs (Dickies or Cherokee brand only, specified style will be sent to you + top/bottom must be the same color/brand (roughly $35-40 for a pair when ordering online), shoes specifically for clinicals ($40-150 depending on the style and brand you're going for - research into comfort and longevity because clinical shifts will last 8-12hrs depending on your site placement), and textbooks - FADavis package + Elsivier book (roughly $600-800 - you can rent your textbooks, but because of how many textbooks there are just for the 1st semester you will find it cheaper to buy them outright). You will also be charged for certain on-boarding requirements such as online pre-clinical prep courses (around $15 for all of the courses), general Los Rios fees + nursing program fees (I.e. malpractice insurance + badges = $35-40), and a drug test/livescan (inclusive package roughly $100+). There are also optional supplies that you can purchase for yourself to help better prepare yourself for the course load (I.e. planners, cheatsheet clipboard with lab values, etc). For a conservative estimate expect to be spending around $1000 and up to $1500 if you decide to splurge a little bit on the required supplies. *NOTE - this does not include the cost of the tuition per semester - if you do not receive financial aid, tack on an extra $500 or so for the class itself. Feel free to PM if you have any additional questions!