University of San Francisco CNL Entry Masters

Hello Everyone,

Congratulations to those who were accepted. It must be really exciting. I plan on applying to the CNL program for Spring 2010.

May I ask, did you need a California CNA certification to get into the program? I started filling out the online application, and it asks for a CNA certification date. I never knew about this requirement before, and I'm really worried because I don't have the certification. I have everything else though, and I was ready to submit my application until I saw that.

Thank you for your input.

Hello,
You no longer need a CNA certificate to be eligible for the ME-CNL program. I don't have one and I'll be starting this May! Good luck to you!

Thanks Future FNP. Good luck in the program. Hopefully I will be joining it in January.

Hi Everyone! This is my first post on this site. I have always been reading everyone elses, but to scared to actually participate. Since I found out yesterday that I will be attending USF starting this summer, in the Clinical Nurse Leader (Non-nurse) MSN program, I thought this would be a great time to sign on and start meeting some of my future class mates and friends, as well as, participating in the interesting conversations that happen on this site. Is there anyone else who will be attending this particular program?? I would love to chat! I am so excited, I had given up hope that I would be going to school this year, and just when I was ready to move on I received this great news!

I'm still in shock, but ever so excited, and thankful to god for opening this door for me at this particular time in my life! =)

Congratulations to all who have been accepted! I'm currently in CNL Cohort 7 and finishing up my first semester at USF. Feel free to write me if you have any questions - I know I had lots when I started !!!

Hi Student Amy,

Thanks for offering to answer questions. I actually have a couple. How is the schedule? Do you have classes each day of the week? did you have a choice of times and days or were you automatically placed into the 1st semester classes? Were you able to work? Have you already started doing clinicals? if so how has it been? Sorry for asking so many questions I am so excited and I can't wait to meet my class mates. Well thanks for answering myquestions!

Sammy

Hey - I'll answer these questions for everyone to view. Let's see...

First semester you start off taking 15 units:

Health Assessment (includes Fundamentals)
Health Assessment Lab
Pathophysiology & Pharmacology
Instructional Systems Design
Epidemiology

There are no formal clinicals the first semester - just assessment lab. Each semester is different regarding the schedule. You will be taking classes with your Cohort only (~30 students). Typically you will be in class (on campus) anywhere from 3-4 days a week.

There are quite a few who have been working part-time (no fulltimers), but they have been drastically cutting back their hours as the time needed for studying/papers has been escalating quiet dramatically.

For any other questions, please contact me directly.

Amy

Hi Amy,

Thanks for answering all those questions. Its good to know that we will be moving through with the cohort we start with. I was really curious about if I could still work, I currently work 20 hours/week and I am considering resigning from my position but I wanted to wait until after school starts to see if its something I might be able to handle?? I guess I will have to wait and see!


thanks again,
Sammy

Hi to everyone! I just found out about USF entry MSN program and cant wait to find more out about it. Im calling the school tomorrow morning - but can anyone tell me how long that program is?

Hi everyone,

I hope someone is still following this thread. I just wanted to get an idea of what the schedule is like for the CNL Entry Masters, and how long are the breaks between the semesters? I am applying to a few different schools, but am thinking of moving to the East Bay due to cost, and would like to know if it is even going to be possible for me to go to SF at all. Basically, how many days are you on campus per week? What hours are you in school? How long do the semesters run, and how much of a break between semesters? Thank you so much!