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They all SAY they do assist with finding preceptors, but when very few actually do. Their sales pitch says they do. When you talk to alumni you fnd out they are selling you a pile ..... So really my questions is, do you know someone who went to these schools and the schools actually provided the preceptors?

Do they still exist? Ones with assigned clinical sites/preceptors? The schools I have spoken with all claim they "help" but I see coworkers that cant progress through their degree due to lack of preceptors. I move a lot due to my husbands job so I do not have a big network and online programs are my best bet. But I do not want to invest in a program and get stuck without preceptors. I would prefer a school in the Southeast and I am curious if any still actually do assign preceptors or if that is a thing of the past. Anyone know of any?

What state are you in? Pay seems quite regional.

Is it just me or are RN jobs getting way worse over the last 5 years in terms of benefits? Does your RN job have a pension? How are your benefits? Is your health insurance expensive with big deductibles? Do you pay for Short Term Disability and Long Term disability? What state are you in? What kind of employer? (hospital, state, insurance company, elsewhere) Do you have a union? I work in the south where pay is not great, and now all of the hospitals around me have eliminated pensions. A 401K just isn't the same. My state offers a pension for the state jobs,but the RN pay is equivalent to only $22/hr.

How was your clinical experience, did they help with that part?What was your total cost when all was said and done?

I owe 47K and I am strongly considering going back for NP. Honestly my only hesitation is more loans. I've been paying at my loans for many years and will be more many to come.

They do not offer degrees in my state as they do not meet the state BON educational requirements, or so they told me today

I am also curious how you like it so far?

How do you like the program so far? Their site says they help finding clinical placement, is that not accurate?

for her it was after she precepted many students from that school she noticed a trend

I am consider changing to ICU and I am in my 40's. I am afraid of the stress of starting over and the sharp learning curve. Any advice?

My colleague will not longer precept students from this school, said they are not up to par with other students she sees. Take that for what its worth, just one persons opinion, but she made me not want to go there.

Thanks all. I've been really dissatisfied at my job, so I work less but I ahve been considering going back to school for Psych NP. This could be done part time. I feel like my brain misses learning but I am afraid critical care might be too intense.

Stay at an easy (but super boring) job with great hours thats PRN or Go for a critical care position that will be super stressful and like being a new grad again, but be challenging and you will learn a lot. But its full time. I have a second grader at home, so PRN has been nice. But I have been feeling super unfulfilled at my job as of late and thinking of going back to school or looking elsewhere. But at the same time, I am not sure I can handle ICU and I am afraid I will fail. And afraid Ill regret leaving a job with cush hours.

TY

Anyone change to ICU later in their career? I have been asked if I'd like to train for ICU and to be honest, I am afraid I won't be able to cut it. My last med surge was 2015 and I've been working in a hospital based surgical clinic since. Right now my job is easy and really boring but tedious and I am not loving it. But the schedule is flexible and I pick my days mostly. But because I don't love it anymore, I do not work that much and when I do I feel dissatisfied. A little bit about me, I am ADHD which makes me super Type A. I am a rule follower, and always look for the policies.I don't like to wing it, I like to be taught the proper way to do things. I am meticulous with my current job. Learning the new skills is very stressful for me, but once I get it, I do fine. Does this sound like a good person for the ICU or the opposite of that? What personality is best suited for ICU? What personality makes you not good for ICU? I appreciate brutal honesty as this would be a big change for me and I am probably going to chicken out.

Whats the total cost?

just following the discussion, its good to hear specific feedback baut some of the programs, so thanks to those sharing

I don't feel the WGU Informatics degree covered anything pertinent to actually working in the field. I enjoyed some of the classes but wish I had chosen a school that had more of a career goal at the end. Its a new degree and they haven't worked out all the kinks yet.

Got to keep looking Something will pan out. The 5 day a week job sucks. The prn still hasn't been posted, still in process.

What advice could you offer for tailoring my resume to get a foot in the door? I am a clinical nurse with a degree in informatics, but I have no experience and would love to get a start. I have been a superuser for 2 different EMR changes. Anything I can do outside of work to boost my resume or gain experience? My workplace does not really allow us to be on committees or the like because we are always short staffed.

This happened to me before. Quit it’s only going to continue downhill. I’d probably stay until you can find something better.

Does your job have an informatics team? Maybe ask if you can shadow? Volunteer for any super user positions.

I also have bills to pay. And while it would be nice to sit at home with no job and hope the prn works out, that’s not reality unfortunately. I live in one of the most expensive places in the country so unemployment isn’t an option. So unless that prn becomes an official position before Monday, the choice has been taken away.

I have applied to no less than 30 but no one will hire he as my floor experience is not recent. 2015. For prn they all want recent on the same unit.