ASU Summer 2010 Program Applicants

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Hello, everyone!

I submitted my application for the accelerated Summer 2010 program at ASU awhile ago, but I just realized that the February 1st deadline was coming up and wanted to see if anyone else here on allnurses.com applied or is applying. I'm so nervous, I've already applied once and didn't make it--I really, really, really, REALLY hope I can get in this time. :uhoh3:

I'm already starting to get impatient waiting for April!!! My whole life is on hold until then! I hate that I can't apply to any other schools because I'm stuck waiting for ASU and I don't want to pay a bunch of application fees if I make it into ASU regardless. :( Don't get me wrong, though, I really want to get into ASU's program. I just want to get into nursing, really. It's just a little annoying that we will find out about getting into the program so late in the year :banghead:.

Regardless, GOOD LUCK EVERYONE! :heartbeat

What scores are you all applying with?

I wanna know if you guys met! :)

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Well one things for sure after that meeting; I still don't know how much school is going to cost.

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Specializes in Trauma and Cardiovascular ICU.

So...... who else felt like you left that place with MORE questions than you came in with? My oh my. I was quite disappointed with that.

Question of the afternoon:

Q - "So how much is tuition going to be?"

A - "Well, we don't really know right now, but we should figure it out and you should know by May 10th."

Oh my. Well, at least I got the drug screen information so it wasn't a complete waste! :) Oh yes, and I found out that my medical coverage through the VA will be adequate as health insurance so I don't have to waste money on that. Yes, that was me that asked that question, and also the one about the number of people getting hired after school :)

I did meet a few people from here, but I must admit I was tempted to yell Banana! Hahah

What'd yall think of the meeting??

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If i remember right that meeting kinda scared me cuz they always talk about how much work nursing school is gonna be. Which it is a lot of work but I wish they'd stop talking about it so much, you just have to stay on top of it and you'll be fine. Well this semester my tuition cost just under 4k, it was like 3,990$ with all the fees. But since summer costs more I'm not sure how much it'll be, sorry cant help there :/ But if you have any other questions maybe tttt and I can help answer them :)

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Anyone else nervous about starting? :nuke:

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Specializes in Emergency.

tuition for nursing is traditionally pretty expensive. it's one of the most expensive per student at ASU. summer tuition is also pretty expensive as you guys are being charged for the 16 credits you'll be taking over both summer terms.

I asked a friend who will be in JR2 during summer for her tuition info. it comes out to be $7,725 for this summer term. in JR1 it may be a little different because of your class fees, but I'd expect it to be around that.

how was the meeting?

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The meeting was ok it was my second time through it I was an alternate last time. I met airborne he was in my micro class so it was cool to know someone.

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Specializes in Medical/Surgical.

I didn't really meet anyone; I sat next to KookyKris because we met in our HCR 230 class so she was a familiar face to sit next to. I think airborne and cna to crna were sitting in front of us though! I'm pretty sure you guys were, at least. Airborne gave himself away when asking about the VA benefits, I was like "Yep, it's him!" :p But I didn't introduce myself, I'm such a chicken! :chair:

I did say "BANANA!" loudly once! haha. It was during break, though, so I don't think it did much because I didn't like yell it at the top of my lungs... :clown:

The meeting was unfortunately unsurprising, though. For the most part I knew most of the information beforehand because I either asked Tarabara or tttt and got the answers from the seasoned veterans (:p) or from hearing rumors from everyone else. :) This forum rocks!

I still can't believe that they don't even know how much tuition will be, though... that's just crazy. And then to have to wait until May 6th to find out if FASFA will even give us anything... ughh. I'll be glad to register for classes and whatnot on Tuesday, though! I can't wait to see who's in the Learning Communities!

Hey, Tarabara and tttt! I probably should have asked this (or maybe it was even asked at the meeting) but I know we go to an LTC and do the well-senior thingy and then do time at the LTC during Jr. 1, but is that all we do for clinicals/lab for the semester? I guess what I'm asking is do we get into a hospital at all during Jr. 1 or do we have to wait until Jr. 2 to get into an actual hospital? How do you guys like the LTC? I'm actually quite nervous for the LTC... I'm so nervous around older people, they're so frail! :uhoh21:

Anyone else nervous about starting? :nuke:

I'm starting to get a little nervous... It feels a little more real now that everything is starting to get finalized. I had a mini-panic attack when the speaker (I already forgot her name :() mentioned that we'd be taking care of our own patients and it hit me. I was, "OMG, in like 2-3 months I'm going to be in charge of someone's life..." :sstrs:

Yikes. :eek:

But I'm still really excited to get in there and finally get my hands dirty. :heartbeat

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Specializes in Trauma and Cardiovascular ICU.
I didn't really meet anyone; I sat next to KookyKris because we met in our HCR 230 class so she was a familiar face to sit next to. I think airborne and cna to crna were sitting in front of us though! I'm pretty sure you guys were, at least. Airborne gave himself away when asking about the VA benefits, I was like "Yep, it's him!" :p But I didn't introduce myself, I'm such a chicken! :chair:

AHHH!! You were right behind us?!? You totally should have said hi! But yeah, there was me, and cna to my right and then another guy I knew from my HCR240 class to my left that I guess he's gotten on here, but I don't think he's posted anything. I met another guy thats been on here but hasn't posted anything and then the girl who asked about the book list issues I brought up on here, I talked to her for a bit afterwords too. Talked to lots of other people and everyone seems so nice, so I am totally looking forward to starting class with you all!

Were you wearing a blue shirt? Cna pointed out someone that he thought was you, but we didn't really know.

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Well dont worry the first week of school is all about getting to know each other, we did so many get-to-know-each-other activities it was like 3rd grade! haha

And Pinapplecrush (sabrina?), yes well elder, a preschool, and long term care are our only clinicals. Unfortunately we dont get any experience in a hospital, but Jr2 all the clinicals are in a hospital :) Our first day in long term care I spent in the Alzheimers unit, and to be honest I really did not have a good day. It was very sad and while I have great appreciation for those who work with them I dont think I could do it. My second day was in the regular long term care and was much better, however we really havent gotten to do much yet. Even though we will have our own patients they're lives aren't really in our hands :/ we're pretty much not allowed to do anything major without the supervision of our FOR. We just help them get up and get ready for the day, help them with breakfast if they need help eating, we'll do one med pass, and possibly one injection. What we're mainly doing with our patient is for our long term care project; we'll just be asking them questions about their health, and doing various health assessments (vital signs, skin, heart, lungs, etc), and assessing their risks for things like falls and pressure ulcers. I'm really nervous around old people too because I'm scared of hurting them, even just taking vital signs I dont like putting the blood pressure cuff on because their skin feels so frail. But one good thing about starting in a long term care setting for clinicals is that they're so used to having people there and care for them that they're very willing to work with you and answer your questions.

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Hey guys,

So like many of you, I left the meeting with more questions than answers. The most stressful thing was of course the tuition. I have money saved, and my parents are going to help, but even after that, I still know that I'll need money from other sources (loans). Airborne, I thought that was you, especially after the VA talk. I met a few ppl, but no one from on here. No worries though, I'm sure we'll all meet up soon. It probably didn't help that I didn't wear the name sticker.. lol.. The girl I sat next to was pretty cool, and we realized we live super close to each other so we signed up to carpool. It was nice to hear that they can still adjust the learning communities. I'm excited to register for classes.

Pineapple Crush: Don't be nervous about working with older people. Yes, they are more fragile than other populations, but they are the sweetest people! I've been an assisted living caregiver since 2008 and absolutely love it :)

So it looks like all I have left to do is the drug screen; I'll look into that Monday. Also, I purchased all of my books online so I'll have to go through Elsevier to get that last required PDF package... Hope it all works out!

-Sabrina

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Specializes in Emergency.

Hey, Tarabara and tttt! I probably should have asked this (or maybe it was even asked at the meeting) but I know we go to an LTC and do the well-senior thingy and then do time at the LTC during Jr. 1, but is that all we do for clinicals/lab for the semester? I guess what I'm asking is do we get into a hospital at all during Jr. 1 or do we have to wait until Jr. 2 to get into an actual hospital? How do you guys like the LTC? I'm actually quite nervous for the LTC... I'm so nervous around older people, they're so frail! :uhoh21:

I'm starting to get a little nervous... It feels a little more real now that everything is starting to get finalized. I had a mini-panic attack when the speaker (I already forgot her name :() mentioned that we'd be taking care of our own patients and it hit me. I was, "OMG, in like 2-3 months I'm going to be in charge of someone's life..." :sstrs:

Yikes. :eek:

But I'm still really excited to get in there and finally get my hands dirty. :heartbeat

from what i gathered, the theory behind the JR1 semester is first health promotion and then transitioning into care. the health promotion half of the clinicals really helps in letting you practice communication skills, history/data gathering, and organizing of all that stuff into a plan.

we started well elder by the second week and ended by week six, visiting once a week with a break in the middle. preschool started week 4 and we were done with that by week seven. LTC didn't start until week nine. the weeks go by so fast and you learn so much it doesn't feel like any time has gone by at all.

no matter how much we get prepared, the nervousness when you start does not go away. just being honest. we have great faculty that help us get into the rhythm though. don't worry, you'll be far from being in charge of their life haha so far what i've done with specifically my patient is a few routine assessments (skin, neuro, cardio, respiratory, vitals, abdominal, extremities [lymph + vascular]) plus get a little bit of history and a mini mental exam. you'll be prepared assessment wise so that the motions will feel like nothing; the hard part is the client interaction. additionally, you'll be doing at least one med pass and injection plus helping out wherever you can like in bedmaking, transferring, feeding, cleaning, taking vitals, etc.

and i agree with tarabara, there were a ridiculous amount of exercises that make you really get working with your group and interacting. and thats just the first week. you'll be with these people a LOT. but the exercises weren't solely to get you to know each other, they were also to practice "communication techniques" which i am terrible at haha

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