OU Accelerated BSN May 2011 Start

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So, is anyone else in this awful waiting period hoping to hear about acceptance from OU? I applied to the Tulsa campus, but I know admission decisions for the Tulsa and OKC campus were made at the same time, so I figured between the ~400 of us maybe some others read this board.

We all got the e-mail saying acceptance decision letters would be starting to arrive Feb. 14th...of course, that was before the snow those first two weeks of Feb. Has anyone heard how long they might be delayed now? I sent an e-mail to the ABSN Student Program Coordinator on Monday (the 14th) asking that question, but did not receive a response. I don't want to call and be a bother, but I'm so anxious (you'd think I would have been able to relax by now since I put my application in in frickin' September, but these few days have been killing me)! Maybe someone else has asked this question or called and gotten a response?

If nothing else, I would love to meet some other applicants (especially to the Tulsa campus) that read AllNurses! If anyone else is out there...what's your previous degree in? Why nursing now? Any health care experience? Did you apply anywhere else? Let's be friends and try to find ways to make time go by faster! :)

NutraNurse, I also studied Dietetics and currently work as a dietitian.

Nice to see you on the forum!! I never made it to dietitian status. How long have you been a dietitian? What made you want to switch careers?

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I would like to work in both fields if possible. If you'd like more info, send me your email address and I'd be happy to respond with details

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Hi! I just discovered this forum! I am starting at OUHSC in Oklahoma City at the very end of May (or is it the first day of June?). The program is 14 months long and ends in July 2012. Is anyone else on this forum going to be in my class??? I'd love to get to "know" some people a little bit before class actually starts. I'm super nervous!

Also... is anyone looking for a roommate? I'm moving from the Dallas area to OKC!

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Specializes in ICU.

Hi RDLD! I'm so excited about orientation next week!

Congrats Christina! I'm kind of surprised that more OKC campus students haven't shown up on this thread, since y'all's group is larger than ours! I haven't met anyone attending the OKC program yet. When's your orientation? Maybe that will be soon enough for you to find a roommate before the program starts. :)

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So orientation is over and i'm overwhelmed!! The next 14 months are going to be crazy. I didn't realize that we would have class EVERY day, ALL day. :yawn:

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Specializes in ICU.

It looks like there's one Friday with no class on the schedule they gave us...or maybe they just left the day blank on accident? Hahaha....

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Is everyone getting the book package offered by the bookstore? Is that really the best deal?

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Specializes in ICU.

I got the one offered by the bookstore. I will be walking or taking the bus most days and having the eBooks on my laptop sounds a LOT more friendly to my back than carrying around the texts.

I know of at least one person who bought all the books off the booklist (not just the ones in the package) from Amazon for around $800.

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can you get ebooks on a Kindle??

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Specializes in ICU.

It said it's compatible with iPad/iPhone/iPod, but no mention of e-readers. I have a Nook and it would be nice to be able to access them on there, but I'm not counting on it. I think the Elsevier "Evolve" eBook thing is actually a program you can access from the internet and/or download onto Mac OS devices, not an e-book file you can download to any e-reader. Of course, my Nook and I think all Kindles have internet access, so maybe we can get them that way rather than downloading them straight to the device (as long as the "internet access" method doesn't require flash or anything fancy like that). I guess we'll see when they show up....

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When exactly do we receive our books/scrubs?

By the way is anyone else working up until the day the program starts? Unfortunately I have to. I hope it's not too much

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Specializes in ICU.

I went to the bookstore on Thursday last week (it took me a few days to decide if I was going to get the book package through the bookstore), and the employee told me we would get a phone call when our books and scrubs came in...she said it would be mid or late May. And then we can pick them up at the bookstore (in Building 4).

Oh gosh that's too bad about work! I hope it won't be too stressful for you! I'm switching from full-time to PRN on May 22nd, so I'll have a week and a half to take a quick vacation and get ready...or I can work some PRN shifts that week if I want to. It'll depend on how my financial situation shakes up with loans and whatnot.

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