Ben Longstroth
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With the recent announcement of the Pandemic Task Force, I noticed that there was no nursing representation. This seems like an oversight to not have nurses represented in the national response. We know if our profession is involved that outcomes will normally be better than without the nurse's perspective. Currently, there is a small group of nurses forming on Twitter with the #nurseontaskforce hashtag. Please note that this is not an attack on the President-Elect, this is advocating for our profession. If you are on Twitter, please post using the hashtag. One of the primary advocates is Theresa Brown, a clinical nurse, and author of "The Shift" so you can check her Twitter for more information. https://Twitter.com/TheresaBrown Thoughts?
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I graduated from Penn Valley. My understanding was if you had over 6 points and passed the TEAS you were in, that is what happened to me. The program can seem unorganized at times, I think due too the recent up tick in growth. But, I am very happy with the education I received and overall enjoyed the experience. But I am older and this is my second career (I also have another degree), so I took some of the lack of organization as growing pains and got what I put into it. By the way, the night/evening program always starts on odd years, is my understanding.
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Make sure any school you go too is Regionally Accredited and accredited in nursing by the CCNE or the NLN. I had a friend go to Concorde for RT and they are having difficulty transferring credits to get a Bachelors. I chose Penn Valley because of the reputation and lower cost. There are a lot of good, accredited programs, if your going to go in debt or spend the money Concorde charges, make sure you go to a fully accredited program!
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I am not sure where your at now, but get a job in the field. Nurse tech, psych tech, something where you will be networking with managers who hire. Out of my class, most of us who were working in the field were able to land a job with our current employer. One person who didn't, got a job by going what I call "old school" she just dressed up professionally, took her resumes and cover letters out to hospitals, found the unit managers and gave them a resume. Some people did not like it, but the one who hired her did like it. It is gutsy but possible, the reliance on the internet to apply can actually work against you. Another person started to volunteer at a hospital and a hospice, she was able to meet the right people and land a prn job after graduation. Bottom line, take any job that will give you the title RN once you graduate. Like one old nurse told me, "you can always find some work as a nurse, you may not like it, but you can find it".