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I have the same problem with looking much younger than I am. And I work with a CNM that looks a lot younger than she is. But I would echo what others have said, if you are confident and knowledgeable your patients will respect you. Looking young may actually work as a benefit in some cases! Such as with younger patients!

I worked as a midwife's assistant for a home birth CNM while I was in nursing school and I loved the experience! I will say though make sure you are very comfortable with the midwife(s) you choose to work with. Make sure you feel safe working with them and they have a high standard of care. I sort of stumbled into the best case scenario. But I loved my experiences with natural, unmedicated home births and water births. I wouldn't trade it for anything. Doing doula work and IBCLC will also be super helpful.

Does anyone know if TGH is still offering a new grad internship?

hey there wanttoknow, if you're doing the online ABSN program at Marian you're campus is actually up on the north side right by the pyramids (86th st and michigan rd). Most or all of your clinicals will be at St. Vincent on 86th st, so you may want to take that into account when you look for housing. You will almost never be on campus at the main campus (on cold spring rd). for the online ABSN program you will definitely need a car to get to and from the purdue rd site and to clinicals. feel free to message me if you have more questions :)

has anyone had any success applying for and getting an interview with NYU from out of state? were you a new grad? did you have a NY license?

I would say if you have time to do it, you should! The job market has been kind of hard lately for new grads, so having CNA experience may help you out. Some other jobs you can look for that you can do once you're in nursing school (sometimes after a semester or two) are student nurse positions, student nurse extern (SNE) positions, patient care techs, etc. Each hospital calls the position something slightly different. If you can get a job on a floor or area that you might want to work in (ER or cardiac, etc) you'll be even better off in the long run.

Hey there. I agree with midwifetobe. I literally just googled midwives and started emailing to see if they had any volunteer or job opportunities. I've heard there are a ton of CNM's in the chicago area so hopefully you will be successful!

Hey there! I'm a current student at Marian in the ABSN program, I'll be graduating in December. Regarding the experience, I think its better than it used to be but I think to some extent all nursing programs are sometimes disorganized. I recently spoke with someone who graduated from IUPUI's and she said theirs was super disorganized too. As far as classes go, some instructors are wonderful, some are not great. They are all online classes so you have to put in the work if you want to see results. I would recommend getting a study group together if you learn well that way, asking for help when you need it and reaching out to the Prof. The main disorganization I see is with our clinical groups, they often change at least once. Yes its annoying, but I've heard that it happens at other schools too. As far as clinicals all of the clincial instructors I've interacted with are wonderful! They are nurses with lots of experience who really know their stuff. As far as NCLEX pass rates, I've heard its high (like over 90%) but I'm not sure the exact number. Also the accelerated program has a super high rate of students who get hired directly on at St. V, so the job security is pretty nice. PM me if you have other specific questions! :)

Anybody apply for Marian Online BSN for the fall?? I did and I'm waiting to hear back..

Thanks kjj007! Do you find that there are any opportunities to get together with other students for study groups etc? Is there some camaraderie between the students in your program? Anyone that's got experience with the online program feel free to answer! :)

thanks!!

I had a feeling that's the way it would be. Thanks!

another question, what is the on campus/clinicals schedule like for the first semester? i'm trying to find out if it would be possible for me to go on any sort of vacation in september of my first semester. (by planning around clinicals.. i.e. taking a long weekend, etc)

i know that this isn't exactly what the op was talking about but i got my physical done for nursing school today and my doc put on the sheet under the "any recommendations for this student" box that she recommended i continue on celexa for anxiety. is it normal/required that she disclose that i have a "mental illness"? i'm not ashamed but i'm also like... HOW IS THIS ANY OF THEIR DAMN BUSINESS?

does anyone know if you're allowed to switch to the on campus accelerated from the online accelerated during the program if you have problems with the online format? I feel like i've read something about switching on the marian website..