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Anyone else been called back for a second interview with Legacy? I have a feeling I will get a job offer next week, but would prefer to do the residency program-- however, I would also prefer to not turn down a job offer if I am not going to be offer...

I sat for the different floors for Peds and then for PICU :) Hopefully we hear something soon! I had another interview today with Clackamas county and likely will interview next week with Doernbechers (fingers crossed!)

Do you know when Randalls called her? That was my second choice unit that I sat for....... dangit!

Has anyone heard from any of the pediatric units? I cannot believe how many applicants there were-- and we thought nursing school was a competitive market!

We just made our own groups last year-- a combined Fall/Summer group, and then a Fall specific and a Summer specific one. It wasn't set up by the school or anything-- just FYI :)

If you have to switch out of one ABSN cohort to another you have to go on the waitlist-- we had a few who did this (switching from Summer to Fall) and it worked out OK. They won't let you just switch out with someone for Fall........ we never figured...

Congrats life is good!! I am in the Fall cohort now-- you will LOVE it!

All at the same time :) we also had someone taken from the wait list the first day of class!

Last year they sent us e-mails before letter paper mail :) That was helpful, and if I recall, around this time.

I have heard around 30-35 members. You guys are the first year doing the ABSN down there-- but they have a lot of experience with the Portland ABSN's groups (Summer and Fall cohorts now) It is challenging and intense, but life-changing and amazing al...

Just Portland- sorry This is the first year for the Ashland Acc Bacs-- good luck!!

Not a lot of jobs since we have quite a few local colleges that graduate classes all throughout the year. Most hospitals are magnet or trying for magnet status, so they require a BSN at least. It is a tough job market here with a higher cost of livin...

If anyone is looking for housing, I have a connection to one of the study-co-ops next to the School of Nursing. Just PM me on here for info!

Priorities-- they do admit students directly out of BSN programs for PMHNP and Midwifery, so it is worth it to apply! They do encourage you to interview in person since that is a big factor in the application process, but can do skype or phone interv...

First day of class is June 23-- orientation is typically the week prior. I will see y'all there as a volunteer and tour guide :)

U of P is a longer program-- our Acc Bac is 15 months, so you pay less as well. Clinical experiences vary since U of P uses Legacy and Providence mainly, whereas we use OHSU and just one Providence site. I have also heard that both UP and Linfield ar...

OHSU is really into students that want to serve under-served, rural, or local populations- as well as students who are themselves part of those populations. They also take into account those that have unique perspectives and stories, people who haven...

Take into consideration the commute from where you do decide to live-- there is NO student parking up on the hill or on the waterfront. We all commute by bus, bike, or a combination of things. Just a FYI :)

The 3 year BSN program at OHSU this year as close to 40 students in it, counting the VANP students. So the 24 number might be a bit off, just FYI

The cohort this year had around 13 ABSN-MSN/DNP for Psych and around 14 for Midwifery, I believe. All of those students begin in the Summer and graduate at the end of the next Summer. Being in the Fall cohort, it is nice to hear about their stories t...

For the OHSU ABSN clinical experience, the first term was pretty low key and mostly in the SIM lab doing skills and assessments, witha few community events thrown in there. In our second term (for the Fall cohort) we are doing chronic illness in the...

I did not interview since I chose to only complete the ABSN portion, I wasn't interested in the ABSN-MSN/DNP route (for which you do interview and you also find out quicker if you are accepted) School is challenging me in ways I could not imagine bef...

Good luck guys! In my second term of the ABSN program at OHSU now :) The waiting is the hardest part during applications!

Yeah you do have to have at least a 3.0, and on average we had in our cohort this year a 3.8 I believe. We have a great mix of people, from a variety of backgrounds, and I have enjoyed my time thus far-- now onto our first term of hospital clinicals ...

Don't discount OHSU even with a lower cumulative GPA-- a few of my cohort members had lower GPAs but wrote an descriptive, stellar essay that boosted them. Plus there is 2 cohorts (summer and fall) so you do have a chance :)