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Thanks so much RNvampire and RxOnly! This helps so much!!

For the psych nurses, could you please tell me which meds are most commonly prescribed in your facility? I'm a student and will be starting my psych rotation soon. I wanted to review a list of the most common meds before my first day. Thanks!!

Hi CNTnurse. Congratulations on your acceptance!! Did you complete all your prerequisites before applying? I still have two prerequisites I need to complete (Developmental Psych and Biochem) and am trying to figure out if I should apply now or wait until I complete these classes in the Fall. Thanks.

Thanks for your post! I have so many questions now! I hope you don't mind... 1) When did most people apply and start their externships? I heard the accelerated program is really intense, so I'm guessing that students didn't start their externships until after they graduated? 2) I started looking around and it seems most externships are during summer. If so, does this mean that only the May group was able to apply for these programs (unless some of the January group waited six months to start)? 3) Is there an advantage or disadvantage between starting in January or May? 4) When you say that some were aggressive in their job search, does this include walking onto the floor that they wanted to work in and handing the nurse manager their resume? I've read a lot of people on this site suggest that and I'm just curious to hear if it's worked. In the field I work in now, if someone went over HR and tried to drop in on a manager, that would be really unprofessional. Their resume would probably go in the trash. So I guess I'm also curious about what being aggressive and proactive is in the nursing world.

Thanks for your input! I've read a lot of good things about UDM, but haven't come across a post talking about how new grads are doing in the job market, so I was surprised to see that statistic on their site. It's really great to hear that most are doing very well. Congratulations on completing the program and getting a job! Hopefully I'll be there soon as well.

I've been looking into several ABSN programs and noticed the following statistic on the UDM website: "100% of UDM nursing graduates have jobs upon graduation or are enrolled in graduate school". 100%? For those of you who go to or have graduated from UDM, is this true?? It's really hard to believe since so many posts from new grads on this site talk about not being able to find a job after almost a year of graduating. On the other hand, I can't imagine a school posting something like that on their site if it's an outright lie.