Millikin University 2020

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Hello there! I just wanted to start a thread for those who have applied this year to Millikin's DNP Nurse Anesthesia program. Best of luck to everyone ?

Specializes in ICU and Anesthesia.

The interview is not clinical and last about 15 minutes. The waiting around for your interview, tour, and the interview itself is a total of 3-4 hours.

The program is not organized. If I could transfer, I would. Some have compared the clinical experience to being in an abusive relationship. I feel success is more about personality rather than intelligence and clinical skills. The town is not bad but there is a sweet smell rotten potatoes a couple of times a week. There is a Target, Starbucks, and two Walmarts. The town is diverse in a 1800s plantation sort of way, charming for some I suppose.

If you choose the attend this program just know that a large portion of your time at the primary facility will be in the role of a telephonic pre-op nurse, tech (stocking, cleaning or whatever), and moving OR equipment. Tuition is among the most expensive in the country, but it feels like you have to work in a none anesthesia role for free to pay the hospital for the privilege of paying $100k for the DNP which is 33% nurse practitioner. Oh and most of your classes up to the 18 month mark will be primarily designed for entry level non-BSN or ASN students nurse practitioners. That's right you will take classes with students who haven't even taken the NCLEX. As you could imagine, the professor's will treat you like an undergrad nursing student as a result of this.

At the 18 month mark you will find yourself enrolled in the Youtube School of Anesthesia. You will be expected to learn anesthesia on your own time as this program distracts you with things that have nothing to do with becoming an anesthesia provider. During your second visit to undergrad nursing, you will be forced to do dozens of group projects. However, you will not be allowed to work on your DNP project as a group. You will learn to do an entire EBP alone, because that's not the way it works in the real world and the program takes pride in being unrealistic and inconsistent. You will learn anesthesia or you will fail out because the test are legit even if the lectures are usually lacking vital information. There is usually a quiz or exam every week once you make it to the halfway point and half of the time and we usually don't know what is being tested. To solve this mystery various students result to emailing the director requesting specific information about what is to be tested. Then we compile those emails to get an idea of what to study. If you don't get one of those emails you will not do well. If she fails to respond, which happens, you will not do well.

For anyone who has paid the $1,000 deposit, forget about that and seek admission anywhere else. Why do you think this is the first application in the country by several months? Most of the students who participate in the interview process would never tell you any of this for obvious reasons. However, you have been warned so no crying about it once you get here. Go on and keep avoiding that GRE, while telling yourself, everyprogram has some bad. By taking time from cramming for the next exam, I am hoping to help you save yourself. Good luck and God help you should you ignore these words.

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On 8/2/2020 at 8:44 AM, Sad Sack said:

The interview is not clinical and last about 15 minutes. The waiting around for your interview, tour, and the interview itself is a total of 3-4 hours.

The program is not organized. If I could transfer, I would. Some have compared the clinical experience to being in an abusive relationship. I feel success is more about personality rather than intelligence and clinical skills. The town is not bad but there is a sweet smell rotten potatoes a couple of times a week. There is a Target, Starbucks, and two Walmarts. The town is diverse in a 1800s plantation sort of way, charming for some I suppose.

If you choose the attend this program just know that a large portion of your time at the primary facility will be in the role of a telephonic pre-op nurse, tech (stocking, cleaning or whatever), and moving OR equipment. Tuition is among the most expensive in the country, but it feels like you have to work in a none anesthesia role for free to pay the hospital for the privilege of paying $100k for the DNP which is 33% nurse practitioner. Oh and most of your classes up to the 18 month mark will be primarily designed for entry level non-BSN or ASN students nurse practitioners. That's right you will take classes with students who haven't even taken the NCLEX. As you could imagine, the professor's will treat you like an undergrad nursing student as a result of this.

At the 18 month mark you will find yourself enrolled in the Youtube School of Anesthesia. You will be expected to learn anesthesia on your own time as this program distracts you with things that have nothing to do with becoming an anesthesia provider. During your second visit to undergrad nursing, you will be forced to do dozens of group projects. However, you will not be allowed to work on your DNP project as a group. You will learn to do an entire EBP alone, because that's not the way it works in the real world and the program takes pride in being unrealistic and inconsistent. You will learn anesthesia or you will fail out because the test are legit even if the lectures are usually lacking vital information. There is usually a quiz or exam every week once you make it to the halfway point and half of the time and we usually don't know what is being tested. To solve this mystery various students result to emailing the director requesting specific information about what is to be tested. Then we compile those emails to get an idea of what to study. If you don't get one of those emails you will not do well. If she fails to respond, which happens, you will not do well.

For anyone who has paid the $1,000 deposit, forget about that and seek admission anywhere else. Why do you think this is the first application in the country by several months? Most of the students who participate in the interview process would never tell you any of this for obvious reasons. However, you have been warned so no crying about it once you get here. Go on and keep avoiding that GRE, while telling yourself, everyprogram has some bad. By taking time from cramming for the next exam, I am hoping to help you save yourself. Good luck and God help you should you ignore these words.

You're not the first person to mention this. When I was applying to schools a few years ago, I read some pretty bad horror stories about this place, along with a few other schools. I didn't believe it at the time, but you describe it exactly the way they mentioned it. I hope you hurry up and graduate so you can put this experience behind you. 

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Specializes in Cardiac icu.

Does anyone in the program want to get a group discussion going?

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Specializes in Anesthesia/critical care.

Hi,

I'm a current student. If you have any questions Let me know! The program isn't bad at all. The program director and all of my current professors are pretty understanding. Decatur is rundown, boring and high in crime. The vast majority of my class live in Champaign, monteciello, Forsyth, Springfield and Bloomington which is a 30-45 minute drive to campus. 

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Specializes in SICU.
On 3/12/2021 at 1:37 PM, SRNA0817 said:

Hi,

I'm a current student. If you have any questions Let me know! The program isn't bad at all. The program director and all of my current professors are pretty understanding. Decatur is rundown, boring and high in crime. The vast majority of my class live in Champaign, monteciello, Forsyth, Springfield and Bloomington which is a 30-45 minute drive to campus. 

Hello! How far into the program are you? I have an interview next month...really not sure what to expect. Any advice? I got a little apprehensive after reading sad sack's message so I am glad to see that the program is going well for you!

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Specializes in Anesthesia/critical care.
On 3/13/2021 at 10:17 PM, warriorprincess said:

Hello! How far into the program are you? I have an interview next month...really not sure what to expect. Any advice? I got a little apprehensive after reading sad sack's message so I am glad to see that the program is going well for you!

Hi,

 Nothing to be nervous about. Dana our program director is very nice and direct. If you do what you are suppose to do in the program you will be just fine. All of the seniors students that started a couple of years ago made it through the entire program. Be sure to articulate why you want to be a CRNA? What you did to prepare? She does not like cockiness either. Be humble. Even if the neighborhood sucks it’s only 3 years of your life then you’ll be able to afford to live wherever you want.

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Specializes in SICU.
On 3/16/2021 at 8:37 AM, SRNA0817 said:

Hi,

 Nothing to be nervous about. Dana our program director is very nice and direct. If you do what you are suppose to do in the program you will be just fine. All of the seniors students that started a couple of years ago made it through the entire program. Be sure to articulate why you want to be a CRNA? What you did to prepare? She does not like cockiness either. Be humble. Even if the neighborhood sucks it’s only 3 years of your life then you’ll be able to afford to live wherever you want.

This is really helpful, thank you!

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Specializes in Cardiac icu.
On 3/12/2021 at 2:37 PM, SRNA0817 said:

Hi,

I'm a current student. If you have any questions Let me know! The program isn't bad at all. The program director and all of my current professors are pretty understanding. Decatur is rundown, boring and high in crime. The vast majority of my class live in Champaign, monteciello, Forsyth, Springfield and Bloomington which is a 30-45 minute drive to campus. 

Hey thanks for taking the time to answer,

Is it really that much harder and more time consuming when we get into clinical?

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Specializes in ICU.

If you are a minority that was accepted PM me! I would strongly advise you to reconsider. The lack of racial/cultural acceptance and integration in this area is not easy to overcome and unlike anything that I have ever experienced. It is honestly something that could break you in this program. 

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Specializes in ICU.

because who will you turn to if you don't know or understand something if people aren't very receptive or accepting of you? definitely, something to consider.

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Specializes in Cardiac icu.
On 4/23/2021 at 7:29 PM, ICUnurse212 said:

because who will you turn to if you don't know or understand something if people aren't very receptive or accepting of you? definitely, something to consider.

Can you expand on this a little?

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Specializes in ICU.

well, you have to basically teach the anesthesia courses to yourself. when you are excluded from almost everything by classmates that puts you at a major disadvantage. 

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