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Nurse Beth & SarHat17, Thank you both for your perspective and your support! I am so excited to get started. I can see what you mean about this position potentially acting as my “audition” should I pursue a job with this hospital. I think that is great advice to start building good relationships now, and to tell nurse management my hope is to work as an RN once I complete my degree:) I am happy to hear that either unit would be beneficial. I had some concern that beginning in a unit with a very specific specialty would put me at a disadvantage when it came time to apply as an RN. But I can see how learning skills like time management and generally becoming more comfortable in a hospital setting cannot be underestimated. Definitely helps me to feel confident that this transition was the right move! Thank you for taking the time to reply!

Absolutely, I have no grandeur dreams of being treated any differently because I am in nursing school. I am most eager for the exposure and generally becoming comfortable working in a hospital. I appreciate your insight! I have been a bartender for the past decade. I have been with my most recent company for 4 years, but was furloughed during the Covid shutdown. So, I could go back...but it felt like a push to dive in to something that could help me in my future career.

Hi All! I am currently in nursing school and, since I have been out of healthcare for so long, I applied to a few hospitals as a PCT. I have been blessed to have several offers at a very prestigious hospital, one I would certainly dream of working in once I become a RN. My question for you is does the specialty matter this early in the game or will I gain valuable experience that will help me through nursing school regardless? The specialties I am choosing between are BMT/Hematology/Oncology and Surgical IMCU. Admittedly, the surgical unit was the floor I initially hoped for. But I would love any perspective or advice you have for me, or any insight as to what I can expect from these units as a PCT and a nursing student. Thank you! oh, and just a bit of my background: I was an EMT and I absolutely loved it! It is what inspired me to pursue nursing.

Requestatest.com Thank GAWD!! Been emailing them like crazy trying to get a response about this. My drug test results were submitted on Wednesday and still haven’t been reviewed in CastleBranch. Anyone else having this problem?

Side convo: anyone interested in a pair of size Small/petite scrub pants for ladies? Navy blue for the ADN program. The petite is wayyy to short for me. I don’t want to bother returning them online. I’ll sell them for $15!

I received my acceptance email for the ADN around 8 pm this evening! Guess they are working late to make up for covid (whoo hoo). Good luck everybody!

That's a start!! Applied to the traditional path ADN program. Can't wait to see when we get our first admits! Good luck everybody!