Dual Role DNP ACNP FNP Spring 2020 University of South Alabma

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Specializes in ICU CVICU NTSICU Certified CCRN.

Just looking to see all who have applied to this program for this time frame or is presently attending the University of South Alabama for the Dual Role DNP program Acute Care Nurse Practitioner/Family Nurse Practitioner.

I have applied to Spring 2020. fingers crossed.

For those who are past/current students.

How long from the application closing date did you get a response of a yay or nay?

Was your time requirements on campus dates sent to you immediately?

I see a lot of clinical sites for my area? Do I need to make all the contacts or is there a resource/faculty there who helps aid in this?

Has anyone used a GI bill at this university? was it easy to navigate?

Did you work part time or full time while enrolled?

Any other tips/advice.

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On 6/11/2019 at 6:50 AM, jamiejammer said:

Just looking to see all who have applied to this program for this time frame or is presently attending the University of South Alabama for the Dual Role DNP program Acute Care Nurse Practitioner/Family Nurse Practitioner.

I have applied to Spring 2020. fingers crossed.

For those who are past/current students.

How long from the application closing date did you get a response of a yay or nay?

Was your time requirements on campus dates sent to you immediately?

I see a lot of clinical sites for my area? Do I need to make all the contacts or is there a resource/faculty there who helps aid in this?

Has anyone used a GI bill at this university? was it easy to navigate?

Did you work part time or full time while enrolled?

Any other tips/advice.

I'm in the Dual Role program. I'm now in the clinical/didactic portion of the program. Dual Role students go to campus twice (other tracks just once). We typically go mid-July/early August the first year, then early to mid July the 2nd. Dates for on-campus intensives are posted each Spring (about 6 months in advance)

I have been working full time and doing school full time so far. We'll see how that works now that we're in clinicals. I work weekends on night shift in ICU right now. May have to drop to part-time or per diem if the load gets to be too much.

This semester is a TON of reading for didactics and then I have 120 hours of family med, 60 hours peds & 60 hours OB/Gyn. Next semester will be 200 hours of family med and 100 hours of internal med. Next year will be 160 hours intensivist/hospitalist and 80 hours ER. Then final semester 200 hours intensivist/hospitalist and 100 hours ER, plus an additional 20 hours in radiology (optional). You also have the option to do some of your hospitalist/intensivist hours in an acute specialty (e.g. cardiology, pulmonology, trauma, etc.)

Once you get to clinicals/didactics, you'll have weekly live lectures (recorded for those who can't attend live). The prep courses (patho, pharm, EBP, theory, etc.) do not have live lectures. Some have narrated PowerPoints, but you're mostly expected to synthesize the material on your own.

Good luck to you! ?

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Specializes in ICU CVICU NTSICU Certified CCRN.
On 8/21/2019 at 8:00 PM, SopranoKris said:

I'm in the Dual Role program. I'm now in the clinical/didactic portion of the program. Dual Role students go to campus twice (other tracks just once). We typically go mid-July/early August the first year, then early to mid July the 2nd. Dates for on-campus intensives are posted each Spring (about 6 months in advance)

I have been working full time and doing school full time so far. We'll see how that works now that we're in clinicals. I work weekends on night shift in ICU right now. May have to drop to part-time or per diem if the load gets to be too much.

This semester is a TON of reading for didactics and then I have 120 hours of family med, 60 hours peds & 60 hours OB/Gyn. Next semester will be 200 hours of family med and 100 hours of internal med. Next year will be 160 hours intensivist/hospitalist and 80 hours ER. Then final semester 200 hours intensivist/hospitalist and 100 hours ER, plus an additional 20 hours in radiology (optional). You also have the option to do some of your hospitalist/intensivist hours in an acute specialty (e.g. cardiology, pulmonology, trauma, etc.)

Once you get to clinicals/didactics, you'll have weekly live lectures (recorded for those who can't attend live). The prep courses (patho, pharm, EBP, theory, etc.) do not have live lectures. Some have narrated PowerPoints, but you're mostly expected to synthesize the material on your own.

Good luck to you! ?

Have another question for you. Did you pay for the Hipaa course and osha/bbp course or did you submit one from a work requirement at your job you had at the time to the castle branch thing?

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Specializes in ICU CVICU NTSICU Certified CCRN.

Oh and to people who did apply I got an email stating I was accepted and would receive my snail mail soon, although it too was in the mail (same day ish hard to tell I was out of town and my husband was home) the letter was dated Sept 9th but I got my email on 26th of Aug. hope this helps.

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12 hours ago, jamiejammer said:

Have another question for you. Did you pay for the Hipaa course and osha/bbp course or did you submit one from a work requirement at your job you had at the time to the castle branch thing?

Because my employer's online training system only prints a list of courses I completed, they wouldn't accept my HIPAA & OSHA training. I had to pay the $30 ($15 for each course) on CastleBranch.

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Hello everyone, I just received my acceptance email to the dual program for summer 2020. I heard there was a Facebook group. Does anyone have the link?

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On 1/4/2020 at 10:36 AM, onthisjourney4 said:

Hello everyone, I just received my acceptance email to the dual program for summer 2020. I heard there was a Facebook group. Does anyone have the link?

Usually each cohort/track makes their own groups. Just do a search on FB. Many times, they name the groups the year of anticipated graduation. There are general groups for all NP students, regardless of track. However, you need to have your JagID or JagMail address assigned first before you can join. There are also course-specific groups that you can only join when the semester starts. They typically start with "UnSoAl" with a "." and then the course (e.g. UnSoAl.NU545 for Pathophysiology). They're very strict about admitting students to the course groups. You have to send them a screen shot of your registration so they can verify you're an actual student in the course. And you are only added once the course is open for that semester. (otherwise, there would be hundreds of people in the group). They're very helpful groups, though. Usually the group works together on the study guides and people add helpful info or links to supplemental material.

Once we started our clinicals, we made a group just for our cohort, now that we're a much smaller bunch. It's been immensely helpful to have classmates help encourage each other. We felt like we knew each other before going to campus and meeting in person. Our track goes to campus twice, so it'll be the last time we see each other as a group before graduation. But we "talk" all the time on FB.

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Can anyone tell me how long the program is for the dual track? I can’t seem to find it anywhere on their website right now!

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It is 8 semesters for the Dual Role MSN ACNP/FNP track with a Fall start. It can be 9 or more if you start in Spring or Summer.

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