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I am having a debate with some classmates about how much info we should list on our resumes about each clinical rotation. some of them are only listing the hospital, unit and date. Others are listing a brief description of each one. What has worked f...

I see many posts with people asking for advice about what to do about a criminal history. The response is always "contact the BON in your state." The problem: the WA BON will not talk to me about it. I will be starting NS in the fall and I dont know...

i have not gotten a call. i am not expecting one though. i did all the paperwork from the email and send in the background check on the 6th. if there was some kind of red flag, i assume that they would have contacted me by now. There is supposed to b...

relax. i don't think they are going to contact everyone to let them know their background check went through. i think a clean background check is assumed and they will only contact you otherwise. there was no mention of a UA in any of the documentati...

got the offer letter yesterday as well. finally... just a few more hoops and we will be Swedish nurses! Don't wait until the last minute to do all the paperwork they sent. It took me way longer than expected. Look forward to meeting you all at the ...

I emailed swedish and they confirmed that they are still putting all the offer letters together. they did not forget us!

oh, perfect! we are in the same boat as far as the offer letter. I am glad to see that though. I was convincing myself that they changed their mind and decided not to hire me. But since you are waiting to, i figure that is not likely that they forgot...

JollyHolley1986, I will be right above you on 11E! I think i will be starting a little after you guys because I am in the New to Acute Care position, rather than the regular residency, but i am still doing a lot of the same trainings, so I hope to m...

Congrats on all the job offers, everyone! I also got the call last week that i am going to be a Swedish RN in February on the nephrology floor on First Hill! I got the call last wednesday, but i have not gotten the official offer letter yet. looking...

uptotheskies, Thank you for your quick response and advice! They are trying to fill so many positions that it is not surprising that they have not gotten back to me yet. i will relax a bit now. Good luck everyone on your interviews! I look forward t...

Hi everyone. I have been lurking on this thread for a bit and it has been incredibly helpful. I applied to the New to Acute Care Residency. I received an email to schedule an HR interview requesting my availability. I replied last wednesday but have ...

Hi! I just graduated from nursing school, ASN, on friday. The RN residencies in my area are so competative and I have not even gotten a call back from any of them. The light at the end of the tunnel is that I was offered a float RN position at the c...

Check out the Student forum. Just click "Students" in the Yellow bar up top. There is an abundance of info that can help you!

That may depend on the preference of the hiring manager of your destination unit. My classmates went to the meet and greet and were told that ADNs were welcome to apply and many of their residents every year are ADNs. One of my ADN classmates just ha...

Those of you that got a call, could you share your background? MSN/BSN/ADN?

I graduate in June with an ADN. There are 9 nursing schools in my county. Getting a residency is next to impossible. I will still apply to every hospital RN job under the sun, but being realistic, I likely will not get an acute care position. That be...

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I could not disagree more. there is nothing wrong with wanting a traditional college experience. You did not miss it, but that is you. your comment was unnecessarily abrasive to a kid asking for advice. I am actually impressed that she is thinking th...

I know the feeling. I started nursing school when I was 22. I am 24 now. This is my first degree. It was really sad for me when I realized that I was not going to have the "college experience" and the dorm room shenanigans that all my friends talk ab...

In my program, If you fail a course, you have to wait until a spot opens up in that quarter to get back in. Those spots only open up when someone quits or fails. Ergo, If she drops out, there will be a spot open in that quarter for someone else to ge...

All of my local universities that have RN-BSN programs are designed for working adults. As such, they only have class one day a week with a lot of independent coursework. That is the theme in my neighborhood anyway.

Please give the seat in your class to someone who wants to be there. There are women in my class that have no intention to work as nurses. they may not even take NCLEX. They just wanted a degree to show someone that they could do it. They intend to g...

Thank you for the critique! I appreciate you reading it. The thing that blows is that we did very little in the way of actual skills. I can think of only 2 class mates that got to put in a catheter in the past 2 years and the facilities did not allo...

Thanks! I got the idea from someone with a Walking Dead themed resume in another thread. That sounds like a great way to work it out. The clinical synopsis that I added takes up a lot of space and I really wanted to keep it to 1 page. Thanks!

I think part of it is making sure that your time with the provider is spent on information that is important to you. One of the new OBGYNs that I worked with came out of her exam room bright red in the face one day. She had asked her patient what kin...