TeachEm

Hey! So yes, I was able to find another in-patient position a couple of months later that I totally love! My biggest recommendation is to wait it out if you feel like you don't have a good position available, I'm honestly super glad that I didn't take this position and stuck it out!

Thank you to everyone who has responded! I ultimately decided against the position, for many of the reasons listed above, alongside some more non-disclosable details. Again, I appreciate everyone's thoughts on this.

Does anyone have anything else they'd like to add? Ahaha.

Okay, thank you for your opinion! I really appreciate it!

I've heard of this. So this organization has a hospital that is relatively competitive (I believe the organization is a subsidiary of that bigger hospital). Do you think that I would be able to wiggle my way into the bigger hospital after a couple of months? That's the only positive I think I'm getting from this offer. Ahaha. I mean, I'm sure it may be boring. But the bigger question is if this opportunity will close more doors rather than opening new ones. That's the underlying issue.

So I just received an offer to work as a blood bank RN as a new grad nurse from a reputable organization in California. As exciting as it is, I'm slightly concerned that the job and the clinical experience will pigeon-hole me to only blood banks and make it harder for me to move onto hospital units. I'm also not entirely sure if blood banking is something that I'm overly passionate about, and I don't want to rule out the possibility of eventually moving to hospital unit. Does anyone have any recommendations or tips on what I should do?

Hey NICU Guy, Thanks for the tip! My issue is that a lot of reciprocity applications require more specifics, like when your license was issues and when it will expire. And I can't pull that from the verification site (which makes me believe that it's only available on my physical license). Is there any way I can grab ahold of that other material without the physical license?

Hello everyone! I passed the NCLEX for a New York license a little more than a week ago. I wanted to get started on the reciprocity/endorsement process for California (as I live there), but I don't know if I should be waiting for my physical RN certificate before starting the process. I'm a little antsy because I know it can take up to 6 weeks just to get the license, and then it could take another 4-6 weeks to finish the endorsement process, and that's a lot of time I could be applying to jobs and such. Is there any way I can attain the necessary information to start the endorsement process while the certificate is on its way? Or do I have to wait for the RN license to truly begin the endorsement process. Also, apologies if this is in the wrong forum.

Hey, so I am a little hesitant to share my stats, I'm trying to avoid identifiers and such, just for privacy purposes. But here's a great blog that I used to help me with my applications for Columbia, hopefully this could offer some guidance: sincerelymeagan

So I don't think I saved any of my essays onto the application while I was working on them. I copied the prompts onto a Word document and I worked on them on that document. After I completed the essays, I just copied/pasted them onto the website and saved them. I do think that you would be able to save your working essays on the website, but I wouldn't recomment it, just because you may mix up your drafts.

A big disclaimer for the essays: In last year's MDE thread, the essay prompts that were shared with us from the previous year were very different than the ones we got on our actual application. There is a good possibility that they will be different from the ones we got last year. I really wouldn't recommend starting on the prompts until they are official, just so you don't waste your time and energy. These essays will take the place of your traditional "personal statement". I'm not too sure if the 2019 Application has opened yet, but the prompts for the next cycle can only be viewed within their application (they wouldn't be openly posted on their website), so make sure you have an account to see if they've posted it within their application. I'm sorry that I can't provide much more information about that.

Hello my lovelies! TeachEm here, I was accepted/will be attending the Columbia MDE/DNP Program for the FNP specialty in May (I applied last cycle)! I hope to be a resource for you guys as you embark on this application process together, and I will try my best to answer any questions that you guys have (if you have any)! You guys are definitely a bit early for the application, but it's never too early to start writing rough drafts for the essay and to think of LOR writers!

I think that you'll be fine. It seems like you'll have around 6-8 months of volunteering experience, which I would consider enough. I had a bit more, but I do think 6 months would be considered the threshold for adequate volunteering experience. Just keep in mind that Columbia looks at applicant's holistically, volunteering experience alone won't drastically increase your chances, so be sure to be well-rounded!

I declined my offer of admission, best of luck to everyone on the waitlist!

Well, I'm already in this program, it would be hardcore back-tracking to rescind my seat and re-apply to PA school. Ahaha. This is a discussion for me to consider re-routing specialties to maybe Adult-Gerontology or Acute Care. I guess I still need to do some soul-searching to figure it out.