I got in, but now I'm not sure I can go.

[mooremds]

So I got accepted to a CRNA program, however, my primary clinical site would require me to move, which I at first though wouldn't be a problem. Now I realize how a difficult it was for my husband to get a job, and I'm not sure he would be able to get another job in the location we're going for my clinicals. I could accept and just hope that a clinical spot opens up that wouldn't require us to move or that my husband would be able to find a job. I could also hold out and reapply next year in hopes that I get accepted again and can get a clinical site that wouldn't require a move. Have any of you declined and reapplied and gotten in? Would a school not want to offer me a position because I turned one down before?

[gwapo]

So I got accepted to a CRNA program, however, my primary clinical site would require me to move, which I at first though wouldn't be a problem. Now I realize how a difficult it was for my husband to get a job, and I'm not sure he would be able to get another job in the location we're going for my clinicals. I could accept and just hope that a clinical spot opens up that wouldn't require us to move or that my husband would be able to find a job. I could also hold out and reapply next year in hopes that I get accepted again and can get a clinical site that wouldn't require a move. Have any of you declined and reapplied and gotten in? Would a school not want to offer me a position because I turned one down before?

I think if you explain your situation now and be able to prove next year that you won't turn it down again, they might be ok with it. In my opinion, it's a once in a lifetime chance. So i left my 4 yr old and my wife back home.... 3500 miles away i know our life situation and priorities aren't the same.... That's a tough decision to make... Good luck to you.

[bibibi]

It depends on the school. Some schools will ask you if you were admitted before and did not attend others will not. If you are planning on applying to the same school next year, maybe you could call and ask them or ask one of the students if they have heard of anyone with similar experience.

[Jory, MSN, APRN, CNM]

I think if you explain your situation now and be able to prove next year that you won't turn it down again, they might be ok with it. In my opinion, it's a once in a lifetime chance. So i left my 4 yr old and my wife back home.... 3500 miles away i know our life situation and priorities aren't the same.... That's a tough decision to make... Good luck to you.

I had a close friend that did the same thing...though it was a 6-hour drive.

They made it work because they had a house already with a huge amount invested in it, their families, etc. It was not practical to move just for clinicals.

To me, it's an investment. It was the wife (my friend) that moved and she looked at it as securing their financial future. She just rented an efficiency and then later rented the room out of a home of a classmate.

[missnurse01, MSN, RN]

I don't know your situation either but as the other posters said you could always go and leave him there. I have seen some people do this where they come home on the weekends, either by driving or or flying, or once a month or whatever. I am the sole incomer earner so I have been saving and have been looking at sources of funding to live on. I would think of all ways to make this work before declining your spot, then speak with the school if that is the decision that you make and see what they say about you reapplying next year when his job is figured out or if you all are able to move between now and then when he does find a job there.

Good luck with your decision!

[FLMSRN]

Try handing it over to the Lord, and pray.