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Ashley- as of now, this is only for graduates of this particular community college. CSU chico has a Rural Nurse preceptorship program which might work for you

The other things I know about this program- and I am by no means part of the construction. 1) it is only for graduates of this particular community college. 2) Because you have to be post-licensure, you can't start until the semester after the semester you graduate-ie, the first class starts in June for the people who graduated in December, the second class will start fall for those who graduated in May. So the argument has been made that it is an opportunity to refresh clinical skills for people who have been out of school for 6 months without a job. Problem is- even internal employees at the hospitals are not eligible for nurse positions unless they complete the residency first. I hope I have a job before fall.

The community college is covering the insurance. The three major hospitals- including Kaiser have adopted this policy.

Hi- I'm wondering about opinions on an unpaid RN residency. My community college has just started a post-licensure 3 month training program in the local hospitals. There is no stipend and no guarantee of a job at the end- just supervised experience and the possibility of convincing people to hire you at the end. As a result, the local participating hospitals have created a moratorium on hiring new grads who have not gone through their program. The managers get to interview the candidates before selecting them for their unit. The students are responsible for paying for the hospitals background check. Does this sound legal? Ethical? It sounds to me like the hospitals have the opportunity to get new nurses trained to their units without having to pay for it. For people who can't move out of the area, it's the only option. Thanks

When another student is performing an intradermal competency on me and they put the needle in, take it out and then put it back in-more commentary is required than "beautiful bleb!"