OregonBSN

Legacy is on a hiring freeze and they plan 400 job cuts. The system is short $40 million for 2012... Job prospects don't look good for anyone right now....

Well since you are applying for 2012 it sounds like you have time. I wouldn't mess with an ADN, if you want to be competitive. Go straight for your BSN - especially in the Portland area. U of P, OHSU and Linfield are all good choices, and you can fin...

The market is flooded here as well. Not much hospital work for LPNs, maybe long term care but even that is a long shot. There are 12 nursing programs in the Portland area, and even BSNs are having problems finding work... (for New Grads).

Legacy Health just hired 61 new RN residents across their 6 hospitals - more than 750 applicants, 530 or so qualified for a 15 min. screening interview and a handful that group got formal interviews. So still very very competitive.

If you were accepted into the program, they obviously think you can do it. It's busy, but not overwhelming - plus you have lots and lots of support. Go for it! They will make some accommodations for you if you can't travel. In reality you are at th...

I had the honor of graduating with BSN2010, and I would be willing to have her as a nurse for any of my family members. I was accepted to several nursing schools in the area and if I had my choice, I would go to Linfield again. The accelerated progra...

while it is still relatively fresh in my head, i wanted to pass on some of what i learned from the admissions process and taking my prerequisite classes. i hope other applicants who earned a spot this year will also share some pointers for people fol...

I just graduated from Linfield's Accelerated program this past December - I can't say enough about how much I enjoyed the program. (Take that endorsement with the fact that like many graduates, we only have the one school we attended to base our opin...

The ABSN program changes are still preliminary BnH, it will be a while before they actually change anything. The planning committee I was on was just exploring curriculum structure and feasibility. So for now the ABSN program is status quo for the fo...

I had the same concerns once I got my acceptance letter... but things worked themselves out. Linfield is expensive but they do have a great program. The scholarships they gave for the Accelerated Program made it cheaper than and FASTER than getting ...

Ha-ha.... Oh great another nursing program in a flooded market for new grads.....

barleynhops is dead right and he's a smart guy... There are pretty much NO jobs here for new grads. There are 6 BSN programs and 6 ADN programs in the area. BSNs are having a little edge, but there are still about 900 of them a year looking for posit...

You are the perfect candidate for an accelerated BSN program. You don't have to be a CNA to get into school - I had zero clinical experience when I was accepted. The accelerated BSN programs like the diversity of second degree candidates, as do your...

I wasn't working, I was a student. I interviewed for a job as a student and got a job offer as long as I passed the NCLEX. Had you been working as a licensed RN back in the Philippines?

Welcome to the United States and welcome to Oregon.I was hired before I was licensed, but I am a rare case these days. The job market here is one worst for new graduates. We have numerous nursing schools here - including 6 BSN programs. Unfortunately...

LPNs and RNs have a different roles. In the NW they are looking for BSNs, again for new graduate positions, and there is no difference between pay for an ADN and BSN, except at the VA...

Linfield gives a ton of scholarships, the College has one of the best financial aid programs around. Every fall the Financial Aid Director holds a workshop on how to write and apply for scholarships. He's even published a book on it. For me it was ch...

My graduating class (Dec 2009) has about 10 placements so far. A fellow intern said his cohort had less than 1/3 of his class finding positions (May 2009) and yet another said maybe less than 25% from a (August 2009) - all BSNs. Many that did find j...

Welcome Ben it shouldn't too hard for you to get a job with experience. The largest hospitals are Legacy Emanuel, Oregon Health Sciences University and Providence St. Vincent. There is also Legacy Health's Salmon Creek in Vancouver, Legacy Good Samar...

Well as of right now a new graduate with a BSN will most likely get the job over a an ADN. In my new grad internship there were no ADNs - zero. The Portland metro area and Willamette Valley are flooded with new graduates, and many including the BSNs ...

I know of 6 new grads starting on the ICU and 1 on the IMCU in Salem, they all have their BSN. Of my graduating class this past December, about 10 of us have jobs now. I know many people have moved out of state to find a job. Oregon and Washington ar...

Good luck to you! Keep after it... you'll make it!

Easy, Burn Unit....

You can do research as a Doctor of Nursing....

Not all nurses deal with blood, guts and wounds... You may get a little of that in nursing school, but you can also be a school nurse, or a psyche nurse, community nurse, etc. There are many, many fields in nursing you can specialize in.... In the me...