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Emails for the Portland ABSN interviews went out today!

Thank you, this isexactly the type of feedback I was hoping for!

Hi everyone -- I'm just starting my pre-requisites so I know it's super early for me to worry about this, and, the reality is, I would go with whatever nursing program accepted me . . . . Still, as an older student, I'm really torn between -- it look...

I don't know anything about the hospitals, but high stress/high learning curve 1st position, plus hour & half commute plus young children equals greater possibility of burnout. What about the environment of each unit? Are the coworkers supportive...

What about taking preAlgebra or whatever the class is before the class you're struggling with? Also, check out khanacademy.org -- I think they do a great job teaching all levels of math and it's free!

FYi, there's a 2015 OHSU ABSN thread already going in the Oregon nurses forum.

If the school(s) you want to apply to will use your highest or most recent grade if you retake the class and if it's too late to get your money back, I'd stick out the class and just do your darnest to get the grade up. That way if you do have to ret...

That's a tough choice. I would first take location out of the equation and ask yourself which job do you feel more drawn to, which fits better in terms of your overall career goals (sounds like the peds gig based on what you posted here), which seems...

I'm not even a nursing student yet but a couple general things leapt out for me. If you do decide to put your clinical experience on your resume (and my understanding is that people on AN have differing opinions on whether this is appropriate or not)...

Sent you a PM. Also, you can try hospices -- Medicaid mandates that a certain amount of a hospice provider's services are provided by volunteers. You have to go through a pretty lenghty training that seems to be offered on set cycles before you can s...

This is a lovely post and wonderfully written. Thanks! When I started reading and came to the part about you having to take your "dreaded" job I thought this was going to be a negative rant about LTC-- boy was I wrong (and happy to be!).

It seems weird to me that the neuro training is THAT much shorter. Personally, if this was my first job, I would go with the one that offers the longer training period. (BTW, I'm even a not even a nursing student yet so my opinion is strictly theoret...

You might want to take a year off after you get your degree -- maybe work in a health-related field and/or volunteer with a hospital or hospice or something similar just to make sure that you really are interested in nursing. I know it may seem lik...

Call HR. If no response in a couple of days after you call HR ( I'm assuming you'll go to voice mail) then I would call or email the nurse manager and say that on your last conversation she told you that HR would be in touch, that you reached out to ...

Very cool! I would maybe follow up with an email in a few days reminding him off the interaction, thanking him for the contact info and letting him know that when you graduate on X date you plan to apply to that company and you hope it will be OK if ...

Ok, this is just me brainstorming because I haven't been in your position (yet), although I can certainly imagine being there -- so take it for what it's worth . . . . What about going into the interview with at least one way the position you're appl...

Congratulations!!!

In this job market and since you already know what the hospital is like and since you think want to be there long term anyway once you become an RN, I don't see a downside to getting more than half the cost of your degree paid for. If it were me, I'd...

Not sure about your area, but here (in pacific NW), you can do your prerequisites at community colleges which offer evening and online classes. None of the ADN or BSN programs here offer evening classes that I know of.

Thank you and congratulations! This is very helpful and inspiring. Do you mind telling us the general locale where you did your job search?

Hi wroblow -- I'm curious to hear how this worked out - what did you end up deciding to do?

Thank you for that update! As a prenursing student, its good to hear both about the challenges of starting out and that it does get better!

A little late to this thread, but wanted to say congratulations! I'm especially happy that things worked out for you since you were so generous with your friend in sharing the original job posting and prepping her for the interview. I can't imagine h...

Thanks RN403 -- I am hoping to get some Oregon-specific responses since I have step-children here and won't be able to move out of the area for at least 10 years.

Paco-RN -- could you say more about why you are happy with your choice? I've been practicing law for 15 years and I'm seriously considering transitioning. Did you have healthcare or caregiving experience before starting school? Do you think having a ...