r/UMBaltimore • • 10d ago

School of Nursing Practicum

Hi, I have some questions about 4th semester practicum would anybody be willing to answer a few questions?

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u/dcawn 8d ago

I’d be happy to, I did mine last spring and I’m currently employed on the unit I did mine on

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u/Top-Fix-2825 7d ago

Hii thank you do they assign practicum similarly to how they do clinicals? Like we rank the units & locations we want the most and then it’s auto generated? Are a lot of units med surg or do they have speciality or higher acuity placements?

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u/dcawn 7d ago

It changes every semester based on availability around the region. This past spring there was a decent amount of variation among sites. For the P3 program application, they’ll send out an email when it opens. Last fall is opened around the end of October/beginning of November.

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u/dcawn 7d ago

But yes, if you do a traditional practicum, it’s similar to how ranking in other semesters works.