staRN program??? Questions...

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Hey everyone,

I just got offered a spot in the staRN new grad program for St. Lucie Medical Center's ICU! The program is not until Oct. 20th and the site is almost 1 1/2 hours away....so I am trying to figure out how I will manage childcare at that time. Can anyone who has been in the program tell me what your classroom and clinical hours were like? Did you have your clinicals at the same hospital you did classroom work at? The nurse recruiter does not have this info for me right now.....so any input would be really helpful! Also, I am pregnant and due to deliver right in the middle of clinicals, so who knows how that will work out when I tell the recruiter. Hopefully it doesn't stop me from participating in the program....

Thank you so much!!

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You're welcome sweetf and I wish you the very best!

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I didn't know about the program until I interviewed with a hospital that was involved with it. They told me about it during the interview and I got the same information. My recruiter said they are still looking for more new grads at several of the hospitals. If you apply to a hospital that has this program the recruiter will usually look at resumes of those who applied and call anyone who he/she thinks may be a good fit. Call the number on the information and I am sure they will let you know about it! Good luck!

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I also wanted to ask Did any of you get relocation assistance?

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Hi fubaby1

Can you tell me where did you have in classroom classes?

How was the experience for you? Did you like the training? Have you started working in a hospital?

Thank you in advance!

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I have the classes at the college, the hospital classroom was booked. They were 9 to 5pm classes, and fridays we drove to boca raton for SIMS labs. I was a almost 2 hr drive each way on fridays.

We also got ACLS, and I got 8 weeks preceptorship, I started on my own last week. The training was good, the instructors were funny and it was like nursing school in 6 weeks. Some days we stayed home and worked on ECCO modules that we had to finish before SIMS on fridays. Good luck to all of you !! :-)

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Thank you fubaby1! Which hospital are you working at?

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Hello all!

I will be starting the StaRN program on the 19th. Kind of trying to figure out what it's going to be like. Any one else starting in in a few weeks?

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Hey,

I'm excited to start on the 19th as well....which hospital are you going for? I'm be doing class at Lincoln college...how about you?

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Specializes in Informatics; Telemetry/Med Surg.

I just got accepted into the StaRN program in the Tampa Bay area and start in March. How do you like it so far?

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Can you tell me a little more about the comprehensive final.. I am in the program now and a little nervous about it.

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Can you tell me a little more about the comprehensive final.. I am in the program now and a little nervous about it.

Which location are you at? Tampa? Orlando?

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