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Gaining experience other than volunteering!Rating: (votes: 0) While your enthusiasm is both impressive and reminiscent, you would be wise to take a job as a PCT in whatever area you can find it.While you may want your specialty to be neonatal, it is rare that new grads are accepted into specialties, and getting a job--just a job, period--is difficult anymore. Comment:
Have you started clinicals yet? If so, I'm surprised to hear you question the value of a part-time PCT job. If you have spent any time in the hospital at all as a student and/or volunteer, surely the value of PCT experience is immediately apparent.
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I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure a PCT position in a neonatal unit is hard to come by as the RN does total patient care. Gaining experience in the hospital setting will help you to land a job upon graduation. The summer before your senior year you can work as a nurse intern (or extern), but those are usually competitive to land. If you're looking to work, it's definitely a great idea to work in a hospital or nursing home to make connections for when you graduate as an RN.
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