cdkruse Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 I work as a patient care technician in a hospital and am getting prepared to ask people to write me letters of recommendation. I have two options for letters from clinical supervisors (which is a requirement from a lot of the schools I'm considering): my head charge nurse or the department nurse manager. I am confident that both would speak highly of me, but am unsure of whether a letter of recommendation from someone with a higher job title would look better or not. I work more frequently with the head charge nurse and him and I share a lot of the same hobbies. However, I do not question that our nurse manager (his boss) would also write me a solid letter of recommendation, she just doesn't work with me as often or know me quite as well as the charge nurse does. What do I do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchy Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Who will your other two letters be coming from? Do you have letters from any PA, MD , NPs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdkruse Posted December 14, 2015 Author Share Posted December 14, 2015 One is coming from a professor that I had in class and am now helping him with his research. I do plan to get one from a PA. I am shadowing two within the next month, depending on how those interactions go I'll ask one of them for a recommendation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAGuy55 Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 I was a PCT in the hospital as well. I have great relationships with my clinicians and nurse manger. They are all RNs and I was told that they wrote excellent letters. Just think about it. Would you want a letter from some rando just bc they have a higher job title or someone who really knows you well and has a less prestigious job title (if that makes sense). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nkatile Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 I got my LOR from RN's that I work with and the adcom said they were great. It's the people you work with and see your hands on experience and capabilities that matter. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdkruse Posted December 15, 2015 Author Share Posted December 15, 2015 Okay thanks! Sounds like I'm going to be asking my head charge nurse for a LOR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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