Aug 21, 201510 yr For those who have graduated from DSN or are currently enrolled, where were/are your clinical sites? Thanks in advance!
Aug 24, 201510 yr There is so much variety, I am not sure how meaningful your answers will be unless you have many answers. Also, sites change over time. For me (2013-2015).Med-Surg I: Avamere in NorthglennMed-Surg II: Presbyterian/St. Lukes Med CenterMental Health: Cedar Springs HospitalO/B: Good Samaritan Medical CenterPediatrics: Schools around the Metro (to be fair, I told DSN I was not interested in being a pediatric nurse. Some people had clinicals at Children's HospitalLeadership and Community Heath: GHP internship to remote fishing villages in the Philippines!Capstone: Valley View Hospital (Glenwood Springs, CO) in the CCUGood luck!
Aug 25, 201510 yr Author There is so much variety, I am not sure how meaningful your answers will be unless you have many answers. Also, sites change over time. For me (2013-2015).Med-Surg I: Avamere in NorthglennMed-Surg II: Presbyterian/St. Lukes Med CenterMental Health: Cedar Springs HospitalO/B: Good Samaritan Medical CenterPediatrics: Schools around the Metro (to be fair, I told DSN I was not interested in being a pediatric nurse. Some people had clinicals at Children's HospitalLeadership and Community Heath: GHP internship to remote fishing villages in the Philippines!Capstone: Valley View Hospital (Glenwood Springs, CO) in the CCUGood luck!Thanks for the input! I was definitely hoping for a quite a few answers :)
Aug 26, 201510 yr I graduated at the end of 2013MedSurgI was at a Lifecare CenterMedSurg II Sky RidgeMental Health: SierraO/B: St. Anthony - NorthPeds: Denver HealthLeadership/Community Health: Innovage PACE clincCapstone: Childrens Hospital
Aug 28, 201510 yr There is so much variety, I am not sure how meaningful your answers will be unless you have many answers. Also, sites change over time. For me (2013-2015).Med-Surg I: Avamere in NorthglennMed-Surg II: Presbyterian/St. Lukes Med CenterMental Health: Cedar Springs HospitalO/B: Good Samaritan Medical CenterPediatrics: Schools around the Metro (to be fair, I told DSN I was not interested in being a pediatric nurse. Some people had clinicals at Children's HospitalLeadership and Community Heath: GHP internship to remote fishing villages in the Philippines!Capstone: Valley View Hospital (Glenwood Springs, CO) in the CCUGood luck!I'm going to guess you took the BSN program as that since hospitals no longer really taken RN applicants, the ADN people are shuttled to nursing homes now.
Aug 30, 201510 yr I did go the BSN route but I do also know ADN nurses that work in hospitals including a friend that is a recent graduate. If you are willing to start out in a smaller, rural hospital, they are always looking for help. Just depends upon what you want to do. I would recommend just getting the BSN done.
Oct 18, 201510 yr @quetzalcoatl That's not true, most all of the hospitals in the greater Denver area do not discriminate based on program type, its more about the schools securing placements in general, what they do with them is up to the school, and I felt DSN did a fair job with that. I went to DSN, graduated ADN in July 2014, and had clinical placement in MS2 and PEDS at Denver Heath as well as a capstone there in PCU. I also had OB at Good Sam. And I work in the ER at BCH currently, and while I may not be the norm necessarily, it's totally feasible. Overall I think considering the number of students DSN handles, they do/did a pretty good job. Best of luck to all.
For those who have graduated from DSN or are currently enrolled, where were/are your clinical sites? Thanks in advance!