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i'm about to start my senior year as an undergrad at uf and plan on applying to their accelerated nursing program this year. for those of you have been admitted to/are currently in the program, i was wondering if you knew about how many students are accepted per class?? i heard a rumor that it was only 9 but i have a hard time believing that!! i know that it's a really hard program to get into so i plan on having a few backups, but i reeeeally would love to stay in gainesville :) i talked to the adviser the other day...VERY vague about the whole thing, so any info anyone has would be great!

Hi all, I've been reading these posts FOREVER and finally decided to join. I'm about to enter my last year of nursing school and am pretty sure that the NICU is the area for me. I've been a "cuddler" there for the past 3 years and have absolutely fallen in love with everything about it. I do have a question regarding shifts, though, and was hoping you all would be able to help me out. From what I've read here and from talking to a few other nurses, I've gotten the impression that there is just no way of getting around the night shift. It seems as if the newer nurses automatically work nights and as they gain seniority and spots open up, can move to days. Me being the furthest from a night owl as possible, find this terrifying!! From your experiences, how does this whole thing work?? Is it usually everyone vying for day spots or are there enough people who actually want to work nights that you can usually get what you want?? I wouldn't mind the odd night shift every once in awhile but I just can't imagine my body being able to adjust to only working 12 hour nights!! Any insight you could give would be wonderful!! Thanks