shortcake15

shortcake15 has 2 years experience and specializes in Telemetry.

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1. Observation units

   shortcake15 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Can anyone give me more info about what to expect on an observation unit? I know these patients are too sick to go home, but not sick enough to be admitted onto the floor, but is the flow more like Tele or ED? or neither? I have to decide between tak...

2. Any UCSF Mepn Applicants?

   shortcake15 replied to Louise409's topic in Post Graduate

   oops! so sorry for missing the brunch! haven't logged on since my last post and i didn't wake up till 12:30pm today.... too many friends back from grad school on their spring break and so we went out having a good time last night lol. i'll be up a...

3. Any UCSF Mepn Applicants?

   shortcake15 replied to Louise409's topic in Post Graduate

   because i was a little too excited for this coming june, i decided to backtrack through all of the posts pertaining to this year's applicants and upon doing a little (some might say neurotic and stalkerish lol) research, i have calculated the number ...

4. Any UCSF Mepn Applicants?

   shortcake15 replied to Louise409's topic in Post Graduate

   thanks for the input star. i just confirmed my intention to accept admission into the program so i'll be seeing you in june. btw i talked with the person who was the #1 alternate for our specialty (don't know if you remember her but she was sitting n...

5. Any UCSF Mepn Applicants?

   shortcake15 replied to Louise409's topic in Post Graduate

   to my fellow ACNP applicants who applied to both UCSF and Yale's programs, what do you think of the fact that Yale's curriculum gives students 970 clinical hours while UCSF gives a minimum of 540? I emailed Roxanne Garbez, the director of the ACNP p...

6. Any UCSF Mepn Applicants?

   shortcake15 replied to Louise409's topic in Post Graduate

   hey star! wow, yes.. i was the short asian girl you met! lol good memory. how's the news on your end?

7. Any UCSF Mepn Applicants?

   shortcake15 replied to Louise409's topic in Post Graduate

   i'm in for acute care! mail came at 10am for me here in daly city (immediately south of sf). good luck and see you guys in june!

8. Any UCSF Mepn Applicants?

   shortcake15 replied to Louise409's topic in Post Graduate

   haha agreed! everyone waiting for letters needs to relax!! i know all of you heard scott when he said letters were going to be postmarked mar 3, so don't expect anything until tomorrow at least! thank god my vegas trip this past weekend kept my mind ...

9. Anyone applying to Yale GEPN for fall of 08'

   shortcake15 replied to JazzyOneRN's topic in Post Graduate

   i made a slip up and forget to turn in my financial aid forms by feb 1. turned it in today but i'm not expecting to get an amount of aid decent enough to make me go there. incredibly bummed out but where do you look for private loans?

10. Columbia University ETP 2008

    shortcake15 replied to Asherah's topic in Post Graduate

    i'm in for acute care!! got the email about the screw up so i called judy. congrats to anyone who's been accepted so far! and good luck to those still waiting.

11. UPenn BSN/MSN- Anybody Else?

    shortcake15 replied to Surgeon2b's topic in Post Graduate

    hi there... i applied for the acute care np specialty and i received acceptance into the bsn program today through email. now just have to wait for word on the master's portion. edit: received my email regarding the msn decision yesterday 1/29 and ...

12. Any Johns Hopkins (JHU) BSN/MSN 2008 applicants?

    shortcake15 replied to Asherah's topic in Post Graduate

    hmmm so it looks like that's 2 people who got calls for FNP... maybe jhs really does have different times/dates for notifying applicants of their acceptance based on the specialty? fingers crossed!

13. Any Johns Hopkins (JHU) BSN/MSN 2008 applicants?

    shortcake15 replied to Asherah's topic in Post Graduate

    my friend applied for FNP (bs to msn program) and she just got a call a day ago confirming her acceptance. she interviewed on dec 12. i applied for acnp (bs to msn) and interviewed on dec 10 but have not gotten any calls yet. don't know if i should...

14. Any UCSF Mepn Applicants?

    shortcake15 replied to Louise409's topic in Post Graduate

    this is pretty old by now but i just wanted to add my 2 cents in regarding relatively low "stats" and deciding not to apply to certain schools because you think you won't stand a chance.... i had a 3.2 gpa for undergrad (cell bio major at Cal), relat...

15. Anyone applying to Yale GEPN for fall of 08'

    shortcake15 replied to JazzyOneRN's topic in Post Graduate

    hi all! my interview is scheduled for jan 17. i applied for the acnp specialty and am a fellow san franciscan as well so I am happy to hear so many of us got interviews! i am planning to fly out jan 16 to BDL but have not decided whether to book a...