Kat12340

Hi everyone, I've been a nurse for 7 years, but my acute care experience is limited. I have 1 year in telemetry and 1 year in the OR. The other 5 years have been outpatient and low acuity, most recently in an oncology clinic. I was offered two jobs and I'm not sure which to choose. Oncology Med Surg Nights 7pm to 7am with the option to switch to days after orientation Geriatric community based population Ratio 4 to 5 patients depending on overflow Potential to see complex patients I shadowed the unit and the team and manager seemed great. The unit felt supportive and happy and I can see myself working there Pediatric Oncology BMT Nights 7pm to 7am Patients from babies to 18 years old Very complex population with overlap with PICU level care Ratio 2 patients, sometimes 1 to 1 Large pediatric hospital in a major city I shadowed for a couple hours. The nurses seemed supportive and willing to teach, but the culture felt more strict Both jobs are in the same medical center with similar pay My long term goals are to do travel nursing and eventually move back to Western Washington

Is this for MSN?

I thought we won't hear back until end of feburary for the full time program

Hi, I applied as well, but to the Fall 2025 cohort. Did you end up hearing back?

Hi Ohm, I did send you a private message. Thanks for your help!

The added benefits would be marketability, depending on your state, and the WHNP's focus on care throughout the lifespan and chronic health management which would be handy if you have an interest in primary care.

Nice! Yeah I heard it's easier to have the CNM/WHNP for malpractice licensing and some employers like you to have both to hire one person who can do it all within both scopes of practice. Not many programs offer the dual specialty, so if you're interested in CNM, it may not hurt to pursue the WHNP as well if you have the time and money.

The dual WHNP/CNM was offered for my class of 2027 but I chose not to apply to it because I wasn't interested in working as a CNM.

Hey again! Haha loll waiting to hear back from all these schools is so stressful. I haven't heard anything from Penn, but I think we may hear back about potential interviews next month if your program does that.

For Emory? Emory doesn't offer any scholarships for their MSN programs but they do offer some limited funding for their DNP programs is what the admission officer told me. So yeah it comes down to price for me too, especially with applying to all these expensive schools. I'm thinking that if I don't get into UPenn then I'll go to Yale.

I applied to the WHNP program, and so far I've gotten into Yale and Emory, but UPenn has become my top school that I'm looking out for. I'm not sure what they're looking for, and it could be different than the other schools that I applied for.

Oh yeah, woo.LOL I'm glad to be out of that Vandy thread now since that was stressful. And it's a good sign that you are hearing back, and it's just to chat. I guess for most of us, we'll have to wait a bits.

Oh congrats! That's amazing. I applied to the WHNP and hope to hear back soon as well. Hi, what did you end up applying to for this program?

Hi, I made another one of these threads LOL, but I applied to the WHNP. What did you end up applying to and when do you think we'llhear back?

Sorry to hear that, but try not to let that be a reflection onto you. I didn't get into Vandy's WHNP but I got into Yale's program, so you never know what these schools are looking for each year.