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bunnynuts I am a nurse and have several friends that have gone the ABSN route. The successful applicants commonly had work experience beyond student clinicals. It can be tough to stand out when you are one of a group of 4 or 5 students on a unit with a limited assignment. However, ABSN programs often include a clinical intensive, full time for 6 -8 weeks or more and sometimes that can lead to a job offer. New grad RNs with ongoing or previous experience as a CNA or other clinical role sometimes gain a "foot in door" that turns into an RN job offer. Google the HR departments of different hospitals and you will see that most want a year of RN experience. Search on this website for finding that first job.

Wow - what determination. Good for you.

My kid 2011 RN Hospital 27 dollars an hour Mass ------------------------------- Me (1977) RN Hospital - I believe it was 9 dollars an hour! Utah

Michelle - are you from Maine? I am not sure if that is a helpful factor with getting accepted at U of Maine? Have you applied to other programs too? A friend (Mass resident) was accepted into the ABSN programs at UMass Amherst, Villanova, Drexel, and MGHIP, but was rejected by USM. Who knows how admissions make these decisions? I guess the trick is to apply to multiple programs.

Linsmirn - congratulations on getting hired! Good for you. Come back and post and let us know how it goes.

Friend works on 18 bed psych unit high acuity, 2 RNs and 3 techs per shift.

I was in a similar situation.- working nights with an LVN who would disappear (sleeping off the unit). I paged the supervisor each time telling her I did not know where the LPN was and needed help to cover the floor. I suggest you complete an incident report, ideally with the problem employee each time you discover an error (find out the procedure at your facility). Copy the director of nursing on your emails. Ask for a meeting with supervisor to document the problem and state that that is a safety issue. This problem employee should be counseled or fired.

Have you tried Dartmouth Hitchcock Outpatient clinics in Manchester or at CMC? Some of the speciality clinics might be receptive to a nurse with recent med/surg experience.

Congrats on the interview! Good for you! You landed an interview in a very tight market and many people are reserving time on their busy schedules to interview you. Therefore, they already believe there is likely something special about you. Go in with the idea that you are going to prove them right! The first website below offers common nursing interview questions. I agree with the above poster that it is very important that you plan out how you are going to answer questions especially - tell me about yourself - what are your strengths and weakness. See the second web link below - it provides example responses to interview questions. Obviously, you need to make the answers relevant to nursing. Just like you had to practice to become skilled at nursing, you need to practice your answers to become skilled at responding in an interview. Ask a friend/relative to fire questions at you. Finally - consider checking out the website of facility you are applying - what is their philosophy of care, what are they proud of - make sure you are knowledgeable so that you can explain why you want to work there. Good Luck! http://career.ucsf.edu/nurs/samples/nrninterview.pdf http://jobsearch.about.com/od/interviewquestionsanswers/a/interviewquest.htm

Have you tried psych nursing. I know some new grads in Mass that have gotten psych nursing jobs

Hey - Dennis - sorry to hear. You must be very frustrated. I wonder if you want to try changing how you study, like signing up for a course? I apologize if you are already familiar with the how the NCLEX is graded, but if the machine shut off at 85 it may mean that you are not even getting to the more difficult questions where you have a chance of passing. See below. A friend of mine, not a great test taker, recently passed and felt the test strategies learned in a course then practicing thousands of questions on an online computer program made the difference. Best of luck to you. Do not give up!! ---------------------- Your NCLEX exam is graded in an adaptive form as well. Check out the following picture while reading this description. You start off with easy questions and are at the midline of the yellow block. If you get an easier question right, you get a point in the positive direction (towards the green), while if you get an easy one wrong you get 5 points in the negative direction (towards the red). If you get the easier one right, you get a harder one that will give you 2 points in the positive direction, and if wrong, 4 points in the negative direction. As you continue to get questions right, you move to harder and harder ones, where eventually you will get 5 points in the positive direction for a correct answer, and only 1 point in the negative direction for a wrong one. For incorrect questions you also move to easier and easier questions, which as stated, are worth less for correct and more for incorrect. At 75 questions the computer does an analysis of your trend line and if you are in the green at this point you are done and have passed your NCLEX exam, usually with greater than 58% correct. If you are in the red at this point you are done and have failed your NCLEX, usually with less than 42% correct. If you are located in the yellow, your NCLEX examination continues until the next random trend checkpoint.

See post number 92 by "August Rain" on this thread. Lots of info about the ACE program. https://allnurses.com/pa-nursing-programs/drexel-university-ace-387702-page10.html

Here is the thread about housing from last year's MGH ASBN students. See posts # 104 and 105 https://allnurses.com/ma-nursing-prog...40-page11.h

Here is the thread about housing from last year's MGHIHP ASBN students. See posts # 104 and 105 https://allnurses.com/ma-nursing-programs/mgh-accelerated-bsn-443640-page11.html

First day of classes is May 16, 2011 Academic Calendars from this website select 2010-2011 academic calendar and scroll down to summer session. Congrats to everyone

Hi PequeSD, Here is the acceptance thread for MGH Accelerated for last year - applicants received an email in late Dec stating that notifications would go our in Jan. Most applicants heard around Jan 5. Best of luck. MGH accelerated BSN 2010 - Page 4- Nursing for Nurses

Congratulations on your acceptance! A few posters have sounded anxious about the challenges of the Drexel Program. There is no reason not to apply to other programs in addition to Drexel. Last fall, a friend of mine, post Drexel acceptance, decided to visit Philadelphia checking out both Drexel and Villanova and was absolutely blown away by the resources and "vibe" at Villanova. Many posters on this board also speak highly of the ABSN at Jefferson. Drexel fell from first on his list to last - but others on this board have found Drexel to be their best option. Bottom line, make sure the school is the best match for your learning style. Best of luck!

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Are you looking for an accelerated BSN, direct entry, or associates?

I just received an automated call offering thousands of dollars to provide RN coverage for a strike in Minnesota. The offer includes relocation expenses. Also offered, a large bonus for successful referral of other RNs. Don't worry, for ethical reasons, I would never accept. Also, I have a full time job as an RN and live just outside of Boston- so their recruitment has a huge geographic range. Good luck

Hi Babycatcher, did MGH clarify the "overwhelming situation? " Dose this mean the class may already be to large or that there are large number of people on the waiting list? If that is the case, then maybe it is a good thing to know so you can plan for next year or check out other programs?

NeNe25 Congratulations!! Well done.

I thought this might be interesting - excerpted from a 2009 Phd dissertation that involved a study of the fall 2007 ACE Cohort. Lots of interesting information about how to succeed in this program- both quantitative and qualitative (including student comments). http://idea.library.drexel.edu/bitstream/1860/3118/1/Meloy_Faye.pdf The entire paper is about her study of the 2007 ACE cohort - scroll to page 120 for more statistical information "The primary population of interest for this study was the fall 2007 cohort of ACE students whose anticipated program completion date was summer quarter 2008. Of the 132 students who comprised this cohort, 84 students (62%) successfully completed all academic program requirements and completed the program as scheduled in the 11-month time frame. Of the 52 students (38%) who did not complete the program in the 11-month curricular design, 4 students withdrew in the first quarter due to personal and/or medical reasons; 21 students fell off track during the course of the 11-month curriculum; 27 students completed nursing coursework, but they failed to achieve the requisite benchmark score on the comprehensive HESI exit examination and required additional remediation coursework extending beyond the normal eleven month course of study. These statistics are consistent with trends exhibited by previous ACE cohorts and suggest that this student population is a representative sample of the academic outcomes of the ACE student population over time." By Faye A. Meloy in partial fulfillment for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy May 2009

juniataemt06 Congratulations on your excellent progress. Your positive attitude will serve you well. I am wondering if you would be willing to share about how many students started in your class and how many will finish the program on time with you?

Anyone know what the tuition and fees are for the UMass BOSTON accelerated? Is there a break for instate students? Last fall, a friend of mine declined an acceptance to UMass AMHERST accelerated after finding out that fees and tuition would be 35 to 40 k for everyone, including state residents.