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I use tap water. Most of my pts have NGT and they are almost always placed for giving meds or tube feedings.

Depends on the facility. Some in my city required a license to apply as a new grad. I applied 5 months before graduation to most places and landed a job 3 months before graduation.

Go to the BON website for your state and search for nursing licenses. You can search anyone's name and it will give you their license number. Mine says application in process. I'm waiting for it to say active licensed with a license number. I know some girls that saw their license number within 24 hours. Normally it's no more than 72 hours in my state.

I'm a new grad in the ICU. I have to complete 400 hours with my preceptor working her shifts. I also have to complete about 250 classroom hours. It should cover about 15-16 weeks overall.

That's the good popup! I got it today too. I'm checking our BON like crazy. Some local gals have seen their name there before they can even get the 48 hour results from Pearson.

Good luck. I take mine today too.

I started applying in September before my December graduation. I landed a job first of November to start January 9. I will be a graduate nurse and need to take the NCLEX within 6 weeks of starting. They even pay me the day I go take it!Everyone who waited to apply after graduation is hearing "I'm sorry, we've hit capacity on new hires, we need to fill other openings with experienced nurses." so, don't wait, start applying a few months before graduation.

I had a 15 year career before I went to nursing school. I had two jobs, one for 5 years another for 10. I listed skills from those jobs that applied to nursing, like supervision, delegation, time management, etc. It also showed long term loyalty to my jobs. I thought it helped me land my graduate nurse job before I even graduated.

LeBonheur is going magnet. They will not hire an ADN anymore, especially a new one. That is straight from the recruiter. I talked to her three times and same story. Absolutely no ADN hires.

I landed a job pregraduation from an ADN program. There are some places that won't hire new ADN, but it didn't hurt me when at hospitals that do. The Med, Methodist north, south Germantown, the VA will all hire ADN. The VA will not consider you until you pass nclex and then it's a 4-5 month vetting process, so most people work elsewhere first. Again, it's antecdotal, but hiring managers have said that the clinical prep is not thorough enough for a new nurse. Not enough basics and too much "masters" theory. Not saying don't do it, but the best entry for a new nurse is BSN in the hierarchy of local job placement.

Just some anecdotal advice. I've been interviewing for RN positions here in Memphis and from hiring managers, they prefer an ADN or BSN for a new nurse. They don't think the direct entry masters nurses are clinically prepared enough for them compared to the ADN or BSN prepared nurses. They've said their floor managers have pushed back to them b/c of the new nurse precepting being much harder b/c of lack if clinical prep. Just my two cents from recent job searching.

Thanks. I graduate in December, but am looking to possibly start June or September next year. I want to give myself some time off while orienting at my new job before jumping back into school.

Thank you for responding. I appreciate your insight. I too want the flexibility of online, but want the "real" university behind it. Did you start it soon after finishing your ADN or did you wait a while? And how is the admissions? Competitive in this track?

I knew going into an ADN program that two hospitals in town would not hire a new grad ADN b/c of Magnet. Now this summer, 4 months before I graduate, two more hospitals have put in a no new ADN policy due to Magnet. For me, I was planning on getting my RN to BSN, but now I will have to work at a hospital that is further from my home until then. I have personally talked to the recruiter at each of these hospitals and they have all told me that Magnet is the reason they will not hire new ADNs and to call back when I have my BSN.

Is anyone here currently in or has graduated the RN to BSN program at U of M? What do you think of it? How was it balancing the course load with working and family? Did you do the full time or part time program? I graduate with my ADN in two months and was looking at this program for next summer or fall.