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Have you had someone take a look at your resume? Sometimes it can be something as easy to fix as wording for past experience in whatever other careers you've had. It's also all about volume. Get your resume out there, apply for everything. And try to write cover letters!

The market right now is incredible for new grads. Everyone I graduated with got into their desired specialties with zero issues. People are even able to swap jobs a few months in with no problems.

Switching to an ED from another unit and their orientation is 12 weeks.

Good luck, everyone! Previous ACE grad here so feel free to ask any questions you might have!

Mother/Baby is a LOT of education so I would definitely highlight educating patients.

Sure! If you have any other questions as you get closer to starting, feel free to reach out! Happy to help ?

As far as I know, Drexel stopped using the HESI years ago and now uses ATI for their exit exam. I really liked Drexel overall. Definitely some unorganization but I think that's common in nursing school, especially post Covid where things are constantly changing. Drexel was challenging but not impossible, especially if you just stayed caught up on everything you were assigned. Most of the teachers were incredible but there are a few shitty ones sprinkled in. Overall, I really recommend Drexel as a school and would choose them again.

Congratulations! They start a new grad cohort each month, so they'll just start you with whichever cohort is slated for the September start date. So I wouldn't stress!

It depends on how long it takes for your school to submit your documents. Once they've done that, you'll get an ATT number which you need to then schedule your NCLEX. You can schedule your exam for months out if you want. My school took about three weeks to get us our ATT numbers and then it was another 2 weeks until the soonest NCLEX availability. I went on three trips between graduation and testing lmao

Hey! I think learning at JHH has been amazing so far. The facilities are incredible, staffing is always decent, I really feel the education is great and the patient load is diverse and amazing to learn from. Having JHH on your resume is also going to be incredible. But as someone else said, their pay is kind of ***. It feels like they know their name is worth more than good pay or something. Baltimore in general (so far) is pretty meh to me. I don't regret choosing the job at JHH, I'm very glad I'm here and grateful for the opportunity, but I have no intention of staying long term. If you could get a shadow, I'd definitely do it! And you just have to weigh which things are important to you as far as pay/location/moving/name/etc.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

As soon as you get the email from them saying you've completed your exam, you should be able to do the Pearson Vue trick.

Have you looked into Valencia? Not sure how competitive they are or not, but they have a lot of campuses all with different cohorts.

I'm starting in January in another unit! I've moved from other big cities and honestly, I think the JHH pay is super low for the area (at least if you don't have a car and need to be somewhat close to the hospital for buses, etc). I was offered almost double the start pay in NYC. I guess JHH knows that their name holds a lot of weight LOL

I'm sorry about your less than optimal school experience. I wouldn't be too hard on yourself about clinical skills, most places hiring new nurses know that situation with Covid. Not to mention, they always say you actually learn how to be a nurse on the job. As far as your job search, definitely give it more time. I applied back in June for jobs that I'm just now hearing back about for interviews. The job I accepted took about four weeks from application to unofficial offer (then another two weeks for the official offer). Just takes time!