Johns Hopins Accelerated BSN

jskim060 · Jan 17, 2010

i just graduated from ABSN and I think it helped me a great deal. I have another Bachelor's degree and finishing everything up in about a year was extremely helpful and saved my time.

I think ABSN was much better than Traditional for me because I couldn't afford to lose more time. I wanted to get the degree, get the experience and move on to graduate school as soon as I could.

ABSN don't get any time to work as nurse assistant (CNAs) but just because you don't know how to put in an IV at the moment doesn't make you a horrible nurse. If you have the heart, know how to think critically, then you will learn the techniques in time and all the rest that will make you the nurse you aspire to be.

ABSN was stressful because I didn't get the 2 months of breaks between each semester, but it was relatively cheaper to do ABSN than Traditional.

Overall, I loved it I think it toughened me up academically while saving time.

GoalsInTransition · Jan 18, 2010

Hi there, jskim060:

Congrats on making through the ABSM @ Hopkins!

What was your daily or weekly schedule like? How many hours per week were you in class or in clinicals?

Did you have any time for family and/or friends? How about volunteering? Also, how are your classmates doing in their job searches? Alot of people are commenting on these discussion boards about the few opportunities for new grads?

Thanks for any insight you can offer!

Stacy

priston · Jan 19, 2010

jskim060, if you could throw some light on these questions it would be really helpful for all of us

What was your daily or weekly schedule like? How many hours per week were you in class or in clinicals?

Giggles999 · Jan 24, 2010

Has anyone taken the Excelsior College exam for Anatomy and Physiology for Johns Hopkins school of nursing. My A &P is more than 5 yrs old and they want me to take the courses online. I'm hoping there is someone out there who has taken it so as to give advice on how the test is set up. Any info is greatly appreciated!

bluelilmunkie · Jan 26, 2010

Ah! Decisions are made. I got that faithful single letter last week. Good news, I'm starting at UMB SON right now so I will see fellow nurses in the future. Good Luck to others!

pasitch · Jan 26, 2010

bluelilmunkie, you got a letter last week? So I take it that means they are sending hard copy, not email notification?

I'm biting my nails with anxiety knowing that letters are being sent! What date did your letter say it was mailed on?

newbiepnp, MSN, RN, NP, CNS · Jan 26, 2010

Woohoo! I love knowing that something is happening. The silence has become deafening.

bluelilmunkie · Jan 26, 2010

maybe JHU sent out rejection letters first.... i was notified by a phone call and packet from UMB. Hmmm.... i can't tell you what date my letter said. i already shredded it

mld1980 · Jan 27, 2010

I called maybe a week ago and they said notification letters wouldn't be sent out til Feb or March!?!

ebowman · Feb 4, 2010

Did anyone else receive an email from JHU SON financial aid today saying, "Welcome to Johns Hopkins SON...You will learn more about ISIS at your new student orientation...We look forward to welcoming you to JHU." I don't want to get my hopes up...but did this go out to everyone who applied?

I know they'll send official rejection/acceptance letters in the next couple weeks (I called a few days ago) but the language in the email doesn't mention anything about potentially being rejected.

Thoughts?

newbiepnp, MSN, RN, NP, CNS · Feb 4, 2010

When did you get it? I didn't receive it. The last thing I received, besides their Open House invitations, was a notice on 12/7/09 stating that my application was complete.

ebowman · Feb 4, 2010

I got it this morning at about 9 AM PST. My last name starts with a B so I assume I'm in the first batch of whatever goes out...

Did you check your spam folder?

To clarify, I applied to the ABSN track regular decision-- not the direct entry MSN.