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Thank you all so much for the thorough responses. Financially, my husband and I do well since he owns a business, so in that respect I don’t feel any obligation to bring in income. However, I do want to do something with my life besides being a mother. I like being challenged and want to pursue something besides home life a few times a week. I have heard of PAs working part time and I see some listings around me. The main issue I suppose is whether or not it’ll be worth it...I’ve thought about it a thousand times at this point and I just don’t know. In one aspect, it might be nice to work as nurse between part time and PRN as the years pass but yes I know I’d have to get the BSN which I’d probably start to get as soon as I graduate the ASN program so that isn’t an issue. However, I’m scared I won’t find the perfect job as a new nurse, and how I saw nursing in the hospital it really scared me away. I did see some units where I would enjoy it - like mother baby and the PACU. I do like diagnostics more, though but I don’t know if that’ll be important to me after I have kids. I might just want to work and come home and enjoy life outside the hospital and not care about being a practitioner. On the other hand, pursuing PA right now is tough because I’d have to move and this move will affect my entire family believe it or not. My husband will need to sacrifice and travel back and forth probably 2 times a week if not more. Which he is willing to do but I feel some guilt. My mother and rest of my family will also be affected because they planned to move to where we are now for better job opportunities which my husband is supposed to help with. I did think about doing nursing now for a bit and using it as a bridge to NP but tbh it is a lot more years of education instead of doing PA now and all the NP programs seem to want you to set up your own clinical schedule and find preceptors on your own etc. The PA program has this all set up for me. Another point to add is that the PA school is pretty crummy, I hated being there during the interview and if I go it’ll only be because it would get me the degree. I know I’m all over the place and if you even read this, thank you so much lol.

Hi everyone! I’ll try to make this short. I am heavily considering giving up an acceptance to Physician Assistant school to attain my ASN. I am in my mid 20s and graduated college in 2017 with a bachelors in Biology. I have been everywhere in terms of careers and can’t ever pick. I decided on PA because I wanted leadership, a nice salary and to make a difference. However, I am realizing that I want to be a young mom, and I’d ultimately only want to work 2-3 days a week as a PA. With 100k in debt and a steep learning curve as a new PA, this makes little sense for me. But for a while, I allowed the idea to remain in my head. Now, I am thinking that pursuing an ASN for $4k sounds amazing. I have worked as a CNA, however, and in a med surg unit, and honestly hated my job and the nurses’. It all seemed like we were slaves. So that part worries me. To add to my list, I would need to move for PA school. My husband and I recently bought our home and I am happy living here. At times I’m afraid of regretting my choice to give up PA because maybe one day I’ll entertain the idea of being a provider and I have the opportrunity now. However, family is most important to me. I want time to travel and spend with my husband and kids. Any advice ? Thoughts? Is nursing as bad as I saw it working in a hospital? I’d like to work .5 fte or something along there as a nurse. Thank you all.

I got an email saying I didn't get the scholarship not too long ago. It also said we'd hear about the admission decision in the next week. What does that mean??! í ½í¸…

I read about an open house event on last years thread and applicants reaching a "second round". Is this still the case for this year??

I was accepted yesterday! That took forever, probably because there was a mix up with one of my documents. Anyone who's done this program have any insight on its quality/what it's like?? I wish it weren't so expensive.

I'm really hoping it's today guys!! I work this weekend and an acceptance is my only motivation lol I'm so tired of waiting.

Hey everybody! I'm currently applying to accelerated nursing programs and dreaming of my future as a nurse. Right now I work as a CNA in a hospital med surg floor and have seen the travails of being a nurse on such a floor. When I finish nursing school (1 year) I am hoping to work a decent schedule (no weekends or holidays). I'm perusing school nursing, I think it's something I'd enjoy as long as the pay is not too atrocious in FL. Does anyone have any experience as a FL school nurse and how I would go about getting a certification etc and any salary info is helpful. Thank you all!

Got an interview as well! Anyone know how often classes are and all that?

Anyone having trouble logging in to their cane link? I got the email a while ago but it's not working.

Hey guys! Just got the assessment email like 2 hours ago. I plan to take it soon but that will basically be a confirmation that everything was received. I saw that the email was copied to ~204 other people. I don't know if they did any screening to everybody they sent it to or what.

Hey you guys haven't received that questionaire yet right?

Thanks! Yeah I was reading last year's forum and most people said that their application stayed on verified and only after decisions were out or something did it say completed.

Oh Kenneth told me that the assessment isn't sent until after the deadline!

Quick question guys. I submitted my app and I'm still taking prereqs (finishing 1 more class in Spring and finishing a few this semester) so my application on nursingCAS says verified not completed. I read that UF doesn't get the app unless it says completed but I feel like mine won't say completed until nursingCAS receives all my transcripts which can't happen until I finish my prereqs...but this will be after the deadline. There has to be some error in my thinking since UF allows applicants to take prereqs until the spring before matriculation. Just want to make sure I'm doing everything right. Thanks!

Well it must be really expensive considering UM is 40k! I was hesistant to apply because of the price tag but I wanted to up my chances of getting in somewhere. I'm also applying to UF, UCF and UNF.