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I'm close to being offered an in-patient NP palliative care position in CA, and was wondering what the deal is with writing in-patient orders, including controlled substances, without my furnishing license. I've tried to read the info on the BRN, but the whole linguistic word-play around protocols, furnishing etc etc gets really confusing. Can anyone help?

Please sign me up for the group; I couldn't figure out from your posting how to do it!

I'm in!!! And currently bouncing around the house. Can't wait to meet you all in June, or before.

I'm in!!!!! Letter just came, finally. Can't wait to meet you all in June, and sign me up for any get-togethers.

Aaargh...The mail came and there's nothing. I can't believe it. Yet another day to wait

I'm off home to check...Congrats

I'm in SF, just down the hill from UCSF. I'll post as soon as my mail arrives...

Oh Boy! Why does the mail come so late??? I plan on coming home in the middle of the day to check...Good luck to everyone, and I look forward to meeting you ALL in June!

I actually work for UCSF right now, nothing to do with the School of Nursing sadly. One of our consultants is on the admissions panel for Psych NPs and I spoke to her this morning to see where we are in the process. She told me that the decisions have all been made, and that we're just waiting for mail services etc... So March 1st could still be our date.

I actually work for UCSF right now, nothing to do with the School of Nursing sadly. One of our consultants is on the admissions panel for Psych NPs and I spoke to her this morning to see where we are in the process. She told me that the decisions have all been made, and that we're just waiting for mail services etc... So March 1st could still be our date.

Not happy to hear this...Wonder why they stressed at the interview that it was March 1st at the latest. Doesn't seem fair. Grrrrr

Elenaroo...I feel for you on this one. I actually cancelled a business trip for this very reason! If you live in SF I'd be happy to check obsessively for you too. I could kidnap the mail deliverer and rummage through his/her bag every day until the LETTER appears. The decisions must be made by now I think, and it's just a matter of printing out and mailing the letters. Maybe a call to UCSF is in order?

I love this idea of the letters getting out early! Although it does make every day a possible GREAT or bad day. I interviewed on the 19th, and hope to be in ANP/HIV track. I'd love to meet up when we all get our letters...See how positive I can be? Yes, it has been a long long journey, from GREs through Anatomy/Stats/Physiology etc etc. It would be cruel... I secretly hope all those with Yale and Columbia places take them :) and leave me one of those precious 75 at UCSF.

I've managed to work it in my calendar so that's we only have ten days to wait...Sounds like a lot less. Thanks for the "small envelope" tip. I'm planning on taking Friday off work and sitting next to the front door! I've managed to convince myself that I won't be accepted - not speaking Spanish, and the fact that my interview only lasted 30 minutes instead of the 40 minutes they told me to expect. This is all insanity..

Oh yes...waiting, waiting, waiting. I wish I had an offer from Yale in my pocket already. I have all my eggs in the UCSF basket too.

Oh, that's a different approach. March 1st at the latest...So it could mean sooner.!! That would be nice...

For those who were at the interview last month, they said the accpetance letters would be postmarked March 1st, right? I'm reading about all these people accepted by voicemail, and wonder if there's any chance UCSF would do that. It all seems like such a long time to wait.

Anyone been through this? I have mine in a week or so, and am curious about what they're looking for, and ways that I could unintentionally screw this up. I can imagine the types of questions, but what are the dumb answers and comments to avoid?

PC2, so sorry to hear about your disappointing news. It is hard after all the work the application itself required. I'm really not sure I know what got me to this stage, but I'd be happy to help in any way I can if you do decide to reapply. I hear, from inside sources, that reapplying gets you more points as it demonstrates a determination and a passion for the profession, rather than people who give up and go to law school instead, or whatever...

This thread freaked me out, so I just called UCSF and they confirmed my theory. So one could finish the pre-reqs the week before the classes start in June. They just require them to be done before you start, not before you apply.

All I can find is a request for all courses to be completed before "admission" which I took to mean before you actually start the program. I seem to remember checking with someone at UCSF about this, and they verified that. But you might want to check...If I'm wrong I'm screwed, as I won't finish the Physiology class until May!

I didn't turn in the transcripts because I had only just started the pre-reqs. I won't finish them all until May. All I did was mention the schools I was planning on taking them at, and the estimated completion date.

My thoughts on the pre-reqs and grades is that UCSF makes the final offer of a place on the program without ever requesting to see grades, and in some cases before people have even finished all their required classes. So I'm not sure other than taking the classes and passing them at the very least, that it can have much impact on the decision.

The first interview is all day,from 8-4pm. There's a whole program planned for the day, and then you meet with someone who talks about your specialty and "your readiness for the demands of a Master's Entry Program." The second interview seems to be all about why you want to be a nurse. More details, the letter says, will come at interview number one! Now I have to start stressing about what potential NPs wear to an interview!

I just came back from the exam, and got the big envelope! It was a bi**h of an exam, and there were whole chunks of heart/lung anatomy I'd forgotten to study (it's not the kind of stuff you can fake really...!) But UCSF only cares that you take the class, not the grade, which is nice. Dordogne24; hope you hear something tomorrow. Who knew Marin was that much further away!