MSU Denver ANO 2019 Spring start

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Hi! I'm going to move to Colorado at the end of the year and I'm finishing my application for the Accelerated program at MSU Denver.

Anybody else is applying too?

I am so excited to be starting this program in January! Currently I work full time as a CNA, and I plan on going PRN starting end of January. I am going to try to work 1 weekend shift a month

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I have not received confirmation from Karen either. I sent her a follow up email though, so hopefully I'll be hearing from her soon.

As far as work is concerned, right now I'm working full time as a CNA at Rose Medical and I'll be switching to PRN when school starts. I'd like to work one shift a week but I only need to work two shifts a month to keep my job. I definitely won't be quitting though; I've got my foot in the door and I want to remain present.

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Hello All - just wanted to leave an update here. I did hear back from the school and they did NOT receive my signed acceptance letter! I sent it from my home email account rather than the MSU account so perhaps that is the issue. I re-sent with my school email today so hopefully there won't be a problem this time. If you haven't heard, I might suggest following up with them - I'm sure glad that I did! Remember that they are due by 5 pm (Mountain) on November 1st!

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SUCH congratulations to those who have been accepted! Now that you have, I just want to pay forward a few things that I received and that I have thought (feel free to ask any more questions). A few tips: never miss a class. Yeah, never. And be VERY present. A few things that have surprised me (I did my prereqs at MSUD, so having unbelievably awesome --with one or two exceptions in the whole university-- professors/instructors, did not surprise me, although I will never be anything but incredibly grateful to them): amazingly awesome lab instructors: yes, you spend a fair amount of time with them, they are all working nurses (and most MSN), and stunning in their generosity to make future great nurses. Spend any extra time with them simply asking about things that can make you a better nurse. Another thing that surprised me (some had some which were less than great and some had poor, I hear), my clinical instructors (the folks who are with you and guiding you at the clinical placements) were absolutely awesome. Stunningly awesome. I can hardly communicate how good they were. Lastly, the financials are interesting: big amounts of money come quite quickly, do please plan how to pay for things on which timeframes.

Colocrane: I'm SO pleased you got in. I have been stunned by how amazing the fellow members of my cohort have been. Yeah, they'll make great nurses in the future, and also, they are truly amazing people. I hope and suspect that you will experience the same. All the best to you all!

Oh, one last thing, the instructors are so wonderful and ALSO have great senses of humor: push this a bit, I have SO enjoyed so many times where this has been such fun in the class, with them showing their wonderful personalities (which also brings out the same from classmates). Yes, it's incredible intense, yet it can also be incredibly fun.

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*incredibly intense

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Incidentally, for those who are concerned about clinicals (and poss working, or the schedule or whatever), our first (SNF-which was awesome for me, btw) clinicals didn't start until march, so we had about 2 months to get our bearings...no assurance that this timing will continue although I hope that they do so...

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Incidentally, for those who are concerned about clinicals (and poss working, or the schedule or whatever), our first (SNF-which was awesome for me, btw) clinicals didn't start until march, so we had about 2 months to get our bearings...no assurance that this timing will continue although I hope that they do so...

Thank you again, Advocate4Pt for taking the time to pass this along! I will definitely do the same a year from now because it's so comforting to have any information at all - especially that coming from someone who is walking the same road. I was VERY pleased to hear about the two month time period before clinical begin, in earnest. Although I understand it's no guarantee of future class schedules, but it's good to know that we'll likely receive a fair bit of classroom instruction before we're unleashed on the unsuspecting public!

I'm checking my email approximately every 12 minutes to see if the school has sent out more information about the program, schedules, list of things we'll need or even a time for the orientation meeting in December...and alas nothing so far! So I'm just trying to focus on what I know right now and you've been extremely helpful for this poor girl's neurotic mind! :)

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Ok, it's Friday evening and would not ordinarily take the time to post, yet have been compelled by many things in this process. So, again, I'm paying it forward: (yes, colocrane, you must do the same next year: one of the pieces of advice that i've received from awesome new nurses in clinicals is that to absolutely 100% devote the first year of the new job to learning and being a great nurse, albeit feeling inadequate and scared through this timeframe... seriously, 100%, NO life otherwise... all for our patients--yeah, you'll figure it out with your kiddos, yet you all should get their points)

Ok, I'm so smiling about the recognition about so many things about these theads (and I do think the admin could do much better in these regards): colocrane: I totally get you about the 12 min intervals: my experience: I didnt hear anything for about a month (I think, not about to check right now while the point stands): I think you all will get an email in early Dec detailing all of the vaccines needed: yeah, there's a bit of a hurry at that point yet plenty of time before deadlines. All you: meet myclinical exchange. I hope you will smile when you get this.

So, all: again, my exceptional professors and instructors at MSUD were all: Professor this or instructor that: in this program: the exceptional core instructors are referred to Em (Emily), Mal (Mallory), Becky (I don't know it was ever Rebecca, ;) ), Jenny (??Jennifer), etc etc. Yes, they truly deserve all the respect in the world, yet they are truly remarkable people, who will have profound impacts on your life... where any more formality will feel false. Always so accessible, so simply ask them.

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**threads

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Colocrane: I'm so glad I picked up early on what I think is such a special person: obviously I've been speaking to all of the others who have been reading and I suspect are (other) unbelievably special people, who you will have the great good fortune to have in your cohort: your 'poor girl's neurotic mind' got me thinking more about his proces in bigger senses: this process is both more scary than I ever imagined possible (again, coming from someone who is pretty confident) and way less scary... In particular, the instructors (all class, lab, clinicals) provide a foundation to make amazing future nurses.

By admission, i suspect about 85 percent of your cohort (OH!! incidentally, you may not meet half of these amazing people for at least a couple of months...trust me..) I swear, I've given a lot to you: the rest of the 15% will consist of a few who should not be in the program, a few who just need a bit extra (YOUR) help. Will you please help those who need it (who'll make great nurses)? Again, not about being/making great nursing students: rather great future nurses for our patients.

I assure you all that it should be one of the great experiences in your life to meet unequivocally exceptional people.. with whom you can create bonds for the rest of you wonderful lives.

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*this process

-bad me, bad me :)

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Hey A, I've only posted in this thead, so give me a means to email (since we can't dm); for me, it'd be too identifiable. No worries if the same on your end

All the best to the upcoming cohort... I suspect you have no idea how interesting your lives are about to become (AND fun, if you allow it!)

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