| When you are getting ready to apply to a nursing | | | | to go into nursing. Good answers: Because I want to |
| school, you will need to make an appointment to speak | | | | help people. Because I want to make a difference in |
| with an admissions counselor. It is vitally important that | | | | people's lives. Because I enjoy interacting with people. |
| you make a good impression. You have a lot of well | | | | Because I want a job where I can do a public service. |
| qualified competition these days. | | | | Bad answers: Because I want to make money. (This |
| Here is what you need to do to ensure that you | | | | may be one of your reasons, and there is nothing |
| dazzle that counselor. | | | | wrong with it, but if you mention it to the nursing |
| First of all, show up ON TIME. Plan to get to the | | | | admissions counselor, it will make it sound as if you are |
| campus half an hour early; that way, if you run into | | | | drawn to a very high-stress, challenging profession for |
| traffic, you've given yourself some leeway. If you | | | | all of the wrong reasons.) Because I keep getting laid |
| show up late you've already made a bad impression. | | | | off, and there are always jobs for nurses, right? |
| People's lives will rely on you when you're a nurse; | | | | Because I want to meet a doctor so I can get married |
| don't make the admissions counselor think that you're | | | | and quit working. Because I don't really know what I |
| unreliable. | | | | want to do but everyone's going to nursing school |
| Secondly, show up neat, clean, conservatively dressed, | | | | these days because it's such a hot job. |
| and hygienic. If you have long outlandish acrylic nails, | | | | Fourth: ask questions. Make sure they're good |
| consider getting rid of them. Many hospitals ban their | | | | questions. Example: what are your student's passing |
| employees from wearing acrylic nails, because they | | | | rates for the NCLEX-RN or NCLEX-LPN? What |
| harbor germs and microbes. You want to show up at | | | | percentage of students who start your program |
| your interview looking like someone that a hospital | | | | successfully complete it? What type of job placement |
| would hire. | | | | assistance do you have for your graduates? What |
| Thirdly, prepare beforehand for your nursing school | | | | type of NCLEX preparation courses or support do |
| admissions interview. You will be asked why you want | | | | you have? |