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Hey! The schedule can look kind of crazy but don’t worry, you will always get 2 days off per week! They make it look like that because not everyone will get weekends off, about half of my cohort had clinical on weekends and then had two days off during the week. Those two days also may not be consecutive. Prior to COVID they front loaded labs the first term so we had a couple 2 hour labs per week the first 3 weeks, and one 2 hour lab per week for the rest of the term. Clinical started in the 3rd-4th week. I’m not sure what their plan for labs is for this year, I heard that the 2020 cohort had less lab days but they were longer labs. Clinical in term 1 and 2 is 8 hour days, usually 7-3 but some placements also had evening shifts. You won’t do 12s until term 3. Clinical placements are ranked in the first week of classes and you find out your placement usually during the second week. Hope this helps!

I applied with a biochem degree, 89% GPA on my last 30 credits, health clinic volunteer work, homeless shelter volunteer work, Chemistry tutor work experience, and some other work experience in customer service. I was waitlisted and was scored 2 for academic, 2 for Casper, and 3 for my supplemental. I didn’t really have anything to put in the school involvement section though, which I think probably hurt my supplemental a lot. My wait list spot was in the 30’s, and I got an offer in mid June ?

No worries, I had all those questions myself when I was applying ? You won’t have to do night shifts until preceptorship. During preceptorship you follow the schedule of the nurse you are assigned to and do all their shifts, nights included. If you’re placed in a community or clinic setting for preceptorship, your nurse will most likely be doing a Mon-Fri 9-5 type schedule and then you wouldn’t end up doing nights during preceptorship. The nights suck but you do get used to them. I’ve enjoyed the program and loved how quick it’s gone by. And I’m very happy to be graduating soon and getting to start my career as an RN. Nursing is a really vast profession and I love knowing that if I get tired of working in one unit or area, there’s so many other options out there!

Hey! I’m in the current upper cohort ? Unfortunately none of the placements including preceptorship are paid. ESN is a paid job which you can apply for after term 3, it is not connected to the nursing program at all and so is completely additional to the program school work and clincial/preceptorship.