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Correct. Yes, I received the email last week.

Hello! I wanted to share an update! I received a deferred admission offer for next year's cohort while staying on this year's waitlist. Honestly, I'm thrilled because if there's no open seat this year- 2028 is a much better fit for my family's timeline

Did you?

I received the interview invitation today.

Thank you for taking the time to read my post! Here's my background in chronological order: I received my BSN from the Philippines in 2006. Migrated to the US right after that; did not take the NCLEX cause I was unsure what to do with my life at that point. In 2010 I decided to join the US Air Force, but since I didn't have my license and I wasn't a citizen back then, I could not practice nursing so I enlisted as Cardiopulmonary Technician. In 2012 I was assigned in cardiology department were I did EKGs, stress test and cardiac sonography. In 2013 I became proficient with cardiac sonography (echo) that I did that for 2 yrs. In 2015 I was assigned in Cardiac cath/EP lab, where I assisted cardiologist with diagnostic coronary angiogram, pacemaker/crtd implant and EP study and ablations. In 2016 I challenged NCLEX and passed (10 yrs after being out of school)-- and became an RN. I was deployed as a Respiratory Therapist from July 2016-Jan of 2017 to Niger Africa as part of the Air Force field surgical team. In Feb 2017 I passed my Respiratory Registry. Currently, I am the manager of cardiology services in an Air Force base. Getting ready to challenge the cardiac sonography boards in December. The thing is, I am separating from the Air Force in March 2018 so I applied for a med-surge position in our local hospital. I was asked for an interview and the hiring manager seemed eager to get me on board. She offered a 3 hour shadow to get the feel of the department, which I thoroughly enjoyed. The following day she called and asked what I thought and I said I was very interested to be a part of her team. My application was then forwarded to the recruiter and everything seemed going well. I had my employment verification, background check and my reference input done and was getting scheduled for the orientation only for the recruiter to turn around and said "they did not catch the fact that I didn't have nursing experience". "They will call me back" was the last words I heard from them.. I have emailed the recruiter to follow-up on my progress but no response as of late. I went to the company's website and on my profile, under the job title that I applied for, it said "not selected". I felt bummed... I know I don't have nursing experience.. but I have been working in the medical field for 8 yrs.. I just need some input.. Thank you!

Thank you for taking the time to read my post! Here's my background in chronological order: I received my BSN from the Philippines in 2006. Migrated to the US right after that; did not take the NCLEX cause I was unsure what to do with my life at that point. In 2010 I decided to join the US Air Force, but since I didn't have my license and I wasn't a citizen back then, I could not practice nursing so I enlisted as Cardiopulmonary Technician. In 2012 I was assigned in cardiology department were I did EKGs, stress test and cardiac sonography. In 2013 I became proficient with cardiac sonography (echo) that I did that for 2 yrs. In 2015 I was assigned in Cardiac cath/EP lab, where I assisted cardiologist with diagnostic coronary angiogram, pacemaker/crtd implant and EP study and ablations. In 2016 I challenged NCLEX and passed (10 yrs after being out of school)-- and became an RN. I was deployed as a Respiratory Therapist from July 2016-Jan of 2017 to Niger Africa as part of the Air Force field surgical team. In Feb 2017 I passed my Respiratory Registry. Currently, I am the manager of cardiology services in an Air Force base. Getting ready to challenge the cardiac sonography boards in December. The thing is, I am separating in March 2018 so I applied for a med-surge position in our local hospital. I was asked for an interview and the hiring manager seemed eager to get me on board. She offered a 3 hour shadow for me to get the feel of the department, which I thoroughly enjoyed. The day after, she called and asked what I thought and I said I was very interested to be a part of her team. She then forwarded my application to the recruiter and everything seemed going well. I had my employment verification, background check and my reference input done and was getting scheduled for the orientation only for the recruiter to turn around and said "they did not catch the fact that I didn't have nursing experience". "They will call me back" was the last words I heard from them.. I have emailed the recruiter to follow-up on my progress but no response as of late. I went to the company's website and on my profile, under the job title that I applied for, it said "not selected". I felt bummed... I know I don't have nursing experience.. but I have been working in the medical field for 8 yrs.. I just need some input.. Thank you!

My pleasure! Glad to be of any help!

Oh, you gotta give this one a try. I failed my first try and succeeded on the second. I read Lacharity in PDA form, wrote down answers and did it over and over again until I have everything almost perfect. Sat on the test and aced delegation and prioritization questions. I did Hurst as well for the content part.

Lacharity is my fave review book ever!

have you tried LaCharity? everything delegation and prioritization related is on the book. every chapter is short (30 questions) so it's not overwhelming!

That's what making me nervous right now. I just recently passed NCLEX-RN after 10 years from school. I was educated in the Philippines and didn't take the boards back home. I thought that I couldn't challenge the US boards since I wasn't licensed back home until I called CGFNS and they told me some state doesn't require me to have one. I joined the Air Force and got into the medical field. Worked as Respiratory Therapist for couple years, then worked as Cardiac sonographer for 1 1/2 years. Then finally trained into Cardiac Cath Lab/ EP lab and been doing it for 3 years now. Fell in love/still in love with it. Working in the cath lab just gave me a different view with Nursing and I knew it then that I want to become a Cath/EP nurse.. Now it's making me weary that managers are going to look at the gap between school and passing the NCLEX.

Hurst and Lacharity prepared me for my second try and passed!

I was educated in the Philippines and didn't get my licensure before coming to the states. I applied in Ohio and it's one of the few states that doesn't require you to have one from you country of origins as long as you meet the rest of the requirements such as: cgfns validation, toefl, and pass background check..etc..

I took my test on the 14th and passed and had the same question that you had.

Hi mdkilburn, Try Lacharity! It's mainly about delegation, prioritization and management. You will find the questions such as which patient to delegate to floating nurse or for lpn or UAP.