University of San Francisco ME-CNL Summer 2013

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Hey everybody,

I didn't see a thread yet for the Summer 2013 cohort for USF Masters Clinical Nurse Leader Program so I decided to make one. The application deadline is coming up and figured it would be great to meet fellow applicants and stress out together haha

April!? Arg! Oh well. April it is.

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No, I doubt we will hear anything soon. Earliest would be during the last week of March.

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Thanks for the update jaytphan. :)

Yea I was wondering if anyone had any clinical experience prior to application? Does most people apply with volunteer experience?

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Hi sengcreative. To respond to your question, I've volunteered at a few places for varied amounts of time but I had not had any paid clinical experience. But as far as I can tell from going to info sessions, it is a plus to have some sort of healthcare experience when you're applying to schools. If you don't, it may be particularly useful to have worked in some other field that involves working with people and serving the underserved. In my opinion, any experience is useful as long as you can relate it back to the role of nursing and how those experiences will help you in the future.

I'm sure they look at applications as a whole and if you're lacking in some parts of the application, try to make up for it with other outstanding parts.

Good luck.

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Me too - no paid experience, but I volunteered at a clinic for a couple of years.

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I have volunteered for various hospitals back when I was in college a year ish ago, now I have been working for a cardiology clinic in SF chinatown for close to a year. I really learned a lot working here because we work with a difficult population of patients whose average age is at least 82, many of whom are monolingual in Chinese. Also there is an MD, NP, and a PA working here, and the PA taught @ Stanford for many years, so I definitely learned a lot working with them, not to mention recommendation letters =D

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Thanks for your response, makes me a feel a bit better.

Anyone hear back yet?

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Nope. I have not heard back yet. Next week would be week 7 since we turned in out application.Do you think we will hear back by next week or on week 8?

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Hi Tweety2013,

I was really hoping to hear this week, I'm so anxious about this. x_x... I want to know!

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Hi sengcreative,

I also hope they tell us this week..I am so nervous about the decisions.

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I'm also really anxious to hear back. I am all the way from San Diego and would have to make a lot of changes as far as my living situation and work in a short amount of time if I get in. Nonetheless, I'm excited to hear the decision! Also, to answer the question about previous experience, I have worked as a CNA for the past two years: one year in a nursing home and the second year in the hospital as a floater.

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Alright anxious and nerve wrecking people!!!

I called in and spoke with a lady from the nursing department, and she said that letters should be sent out in two weeks! They initially wanted to get them out by this week (6 weeks from the deadline date like they said), but they are still reviewing applications!!! Sorry all, we have to wait it out two more weeks, hopefully! :no:

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