alex1987

Thank you so much for your response! I think I'm more worried about the clinical part of the interview, so I definitely need to review a bunch of stuff :/

Hi there! I've been a nurse for a little over three years but only have 10 months of experience (adult telemetry/IMC). I quit my telemetry job in January 2015 and haven't worked since then due to family reasons. My ideal job is in the NICU but after getting rejected so many times I decided to just randomly apply to several positions at the children's hospital and was happily surprised this morning when I got an interview for the PICU. I have no idea how this interview is gonna go? I definitely feel like I'm not qualified at all. I even feel worse than a new grad cause it's been forever since I graduated and worked. I assume that if they called me out of all the applicants is because they're looking for somebody eager to learn and train? Could you give me any advice or tips? I really want this job.

May I ask you how was the interview? I'm not a new grad but only have 10 months experience (telemetry - and adults!) and I've been out of work for 2 years. Today I got a call for a PICU interview at Texas Children's west campus and I'm super nervous. Any advice?

I applied to Cy-Fair a year ago (Spring 2012) and was wait listed (with a score of 11.47) but accepted a month later :)

I applied to Cy-Fair for Spring 12 with an 11.47 and was an alternate. They eventually acepted me 2 months before the start date. I guess the lower score for acceptance during that session was an 11.5

My program accepts 50 people but they split us for lecture so 25 people go to the morning session and the other 25 to the afternoon session. 10 people in each clinical group mixing people from the morning and afternoon session.

I would take A&P 1, Psychology, and English together... but if you're not working full time and don't have many responsibilities at home, I think you could also try taking Micro as well. It can be doable if you have the right instructors and the right amount of time to study at home.

I took it with English 1, Psychology, a PE class, and a beginner piano class :). It was very doable and I got an A in all of them. For me A&P 2 was more difficult, but also more interesting than A&P 1.

I took my Med Surg 2 final today. I needed at least a 66 to get a B in the class or a 100 to get an A lol.. ended up getting an 87.5 and am very happy about that. Had to take also my Mid Term Hesi and got a 947 / 84% which my teacher says is a really good grade :). Now waiting until Thursday that I have to take my Pharm final... just need an 86 to get an A, I hope I can make it .

A&P II and Micro. I didn't take them together cause I was scared lol, and decided to take A&P with a bunch of other gen ed classes. Then when I took Micro the following semester I noticed I could have taken them together without complications. But it also depends on the instructors, and I don't mean you should choose the easiest ones because that way you probably won't learn that much, but the ones that are passionate about the subject and are willing to teach you properly but still being fair with tests and stuff.

I'll spend my time sleeping and studying for the government class I'll be taking during the minimester. I'm about to finish my 3rd semester of NS and I'm so tired I wish I could spend my Christmas break relaxing, sleeping, and having fun... but my goal is to finish the pre reqs for the RN BSN program before I graduate from the ADN program, so it's better if I take classes during the breaks so I don't have to take them together with nursing courses during the semeter

Well in that case I understand your concern, but I think that even if you get to spend several hours in lab every week, you still feel insecure every time you go to the hospital and try to do those skills on your pt. I'm in my 3rd semester and I still get nervous every time I have to do a skill, so far I only feel confident giving medications, but it definitely gets better each semester. I doubt I will feel prepared and a "real nurse" by the time I graduate, but that's a very common feeling among students. but for the money you guys spend in tuition and books, I definitely think you deserve way more than just 1 hour of lab every other week!

So do you have 10 hours of lab (practice) and just 1 hour to be signed off every other week or do you only get 1 hour every other week to practice and be signed off by your instructor? If it is the second one then I agree... that's nothing and it's not safe cause they're not actually teaching you anything, but if it is the 1st one then I don't see anything wrong with that. My first semester I had 1 hybrid class (intro to nursing) + an online class (ethics). For health assessment we spent like 3 hours in the lab, lecturing for the first hour and the rest of the time practicing with our peers. For skills we got 6 hours of lab, and the instructor "lectured" while teaching the skills. From the 2nd to 5th semester we don't get to spend anytime in the lab, our lectures last for 4 hours just once a week and then we just go to clinicals, and learn our skills there with real patients LOL.

BSN usually takes 2 years to complete... the amount of time you spend in the community college taking your pre-reqs depends on how many credits you can take each semester and how many pre reqs you have to take before being able to apply to the nursing program. For a BSN program you should be able to finish your pre reqs in 2 years, taking classes full time during the regular semesters and taking some extra classes during the summer session and/or minimesters.

Next semester will be my 4th semester of Nursing school (I'm so tired! lol, but so happy I'm getting close to graduation :)) I'll be taking the specialties: Mental health OB Pediatrics Total: 11 credits And I will probably also take a gen ed class (still have to finish the pre reqs for the RN-BSN program ) during the second half of the semester