mimilaroo

Only you can decide what is right for you. With that being said I did my pre-reqs at College of Marin and got accepted to a far away BSN program and I went for the BSN program. Throughout nursing school I had wish I had stayed at College of Marin. Less debt, less BS from the nursing school, quicker graduation. At the same time, now that I am finally getting ready to graduate this year I am so glad I will have a BSN. In this economic climate not a lot of hospitals are hiring and the ones that are seem to really want a BSN. Not to mention I want to be a NP. So it's a hard call. I would say go to Georgetown just be sure to talk to someone who has been through the program and make sure it's worth the move, the money, and the sacrifice. Good luck to you. Those are two excellent choices!!!

That sucks that you had to work a couple extra hours without pay but to be honest with you, you should just be glad you have a job. All of my friends that just graduated from nursing school and passed the NCLEX are having to take jobs as nursing assistants. Can you imagine going through everthing that nursing school is, passing the NCLEX, and then having to work as a nursing assistant while trying to pay off major student loans? I am sure it''s a bit dissappointing. I applied for my job over 6 months ago and had put in over 20 applications to QMC before being hired. Quite frankly I would happily work a few hours unpaid if it meant I kept my job and showed that I was appreciative for the opportunity. I am not saying that it is right but sometimes we have to suck it up and work over in hard times. Sometimes we need to be reminded just how lucky we are to even have a job. And that goes to me as well for complaining about the hiring process.

I think that Queen's Medical Center is an excellent hospital with amazing nursing staff. I have been nothing but impressed with Queen's. I was just scared and a little put off by how detailed and in-depth their credit check was. I ended up passing it with no problems but it was nerve-wracking and took away my initial excitment for the job. LLG you have some contentions that make sense. But it is not a business's right to run a credit check. They have to ask for your permission. Most of us give it because we fear we won't be hired without giving our permission. Personally I think in jobs that don't involve handling finances we should protect the employee more then the employer and laws should be inacted to protect the privacy of the employee. As another poster mentioned, where does it end? Now credit checks tomorrow past boyfriends? I am still amazed that I was only asked two nursing questions throughtout the interview process yet my background and credit check was so thorough that bosses from an ice cream shop job I had 10 years ago were called. So I just don't understand the hiring practices. I would think that asking nursing questions would be much more pertinent. And truly that's the only point I was trying to make here. Anyone else that wants to criticize QMC with no basis or explanation seems to me to be a ridiculous and unnecessary posting to this thread.

This must be a whole new HR department at Queens because my past bosses have called me and told me that Queens HR were asking all sorts of questions about my employment verification and past salary rates. Hearing this kinda scared me like my goodness they really are checking every single last place of employment for the past ten years, they really are taking this credit report seriously! It's kinda of embaressing and does not leave me with the best of feelings when I was really excited for this job...

They definately do a background check as well (and make you have a 3 hour physical, why?) but the background check is not what I am worried about, the credit check is. You have to list all of your addresses for the previous ten years, all of your places of employment. Then they call each and every place of your past employment, even if it was Starbucks like 8 years ago and they ask the employers how much you were paid, how intrusive and rude. I'm incredibly turned off by the whole process. It seems so incredibly intrusive and unnecessary. Background check, yes. Incredibly intrusive credit check, NO!

Has anyone else been through the hiring process at Queens. Is it me or is the credit check, past employer check, salary check, incredibly intimidating and intrusive? My credit report isn't the greatest, how worried should I be? In all other areas things are great but my past credit hasn't always been that great. I really want this job and now I'm kinda worried...