2014 UCSF MEPN Applicants

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Hey everyone! Given that applications are due a month from today, I figured it was about time to start a thread. How are everyone's personal statements and applications coming?

The summer is ROUGH! You're in class for most of Monday. Sim Tuesday. Class Wednesday. Clinicals Thursday and Friday from 7-4pm. Study all day Saturday and then some more on Sunday and take exams pretty much every Sunday.

Thanks samdaman, can you or any other current/former mepn students advise us on how to prepare for the summer courses we'll be taking (i.e. pharmacology, etc.). Did you all take a refresher course, or are there other tools we can use? Lol I'd like to prepare for what I know will be "the storm", but something also tells me that there isn't one "right" way to do so :wacky:

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I have a 3 year old who actually just turned 3 today! We should talk.

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@samdaman- I was planning on still keeping my hospital job on the weekends. We actually have class on Sunday? Or did you mean Monday?

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Count me in as another student with kiddos--I'm glad to see there's would be a few of us in the same boat. It would be great to talk to discuss how to make it all work! I called the child care center at UCSF Parnassus this afternoon and they said their waitlist is up to 2 years long!

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Specializes in Med-Surg/ Tele/ DOU.

Has any BSN to MSN applicants get any word yet? I called and I was told probably sometime in March or early April. I think the MEPN's get to know first because their program starts in June right? And the regular MSN's program starts in August.

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OMG I'm frightened about that summer semester. Any recommendations from current MEPNs on what to review... Physio? Chem?

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Hi y'all! Is anyone else deciding between ucsf and Upenn? Both programs are wonderful in their own way, and I'm trying to make an informed decisions. Any thoughts on the pros and cons of ucsf and Upenn?

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Specializes in Midwifery/Women's Health.

meangreenbean - what is your specialty? That might play an important in deciding which program has a stronger master's specialty for you.

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Kdiem, I was accepted into the adult gerontology acute care np program for Upenn and adult gerontology primary care np program for ucsf.

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Kdiem, I was accepted into the adult gerontology acute care np program for Upenn and adult gerontology primary care np program for ucsf.

meangreenbean, what setting do you see yourself working in? In primary care, you're primarily working in community settings. UCSF MEPN has an emphasis in providing primary care for the underserved and those from multicultural backgrounds, so I would assume many of our clinicals/preceptorships will be in this area. Acute care, as I'm sure you know, focuses on providing secondary health care to those in acute or immediate distress. Those who work in acute care primarily work in hospital settings. From what I understand, sometimes MEPNs have a hard time working in acute care without having several years of RN acute care experience (it's one of the reasons why UCSF doesn't offer the AGACNP specialty to MEPN students), So something to keep in mind. But in the end, I would just focus on where you see yourself working, the kind of work you want to do, and you should be set, because those two specialties you mentioned have very different work settings/environments, which will affect the type of care you will be giving.

Good luck!!

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Didn't have time to chime in on Friday, but I was also accepted for Psych/Mental Health NP!! Woo hoo! Congratulations to everyone else who got in... now crunch time starts! Eek!

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ToFNPandBeyond, thank you for that very helpful advice! I hope to eventually work in an outpatient oncology clinic as an NP, and I believe both acute care and primary care specialties would provide a good foundation for that setting. My reason for considering acute care is that i wanted to have a solid understanding of critical care in order to better attend to the more acute needs of oncology patients. I guess I should direct these questions to a faculty member?
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