Riles241

Hi all, I'm currently working full time as a RN, but completed my masters (FNP) in summer 2016. Graduation coincided with the birth of my first child, so the idea of switching jobs at that point was not something I was thinking about. I generally enjoy my current job, and the hours are very flexible/convenient for my family, but I do have the itch to get a move on with advancing to the NP role, as I worked pretty hard for it over an almost 4 year period. My dilemma is as follows: I see myself having another child in the next year - does it make sense to stick with my current job where I am generally fulfilled, have opportunities for advancement as a RN, flexible schedule, and put off a NP job for another year or so? As long as I stay in the game, will i be able to find a job when I"m ready, or will I be seen as someone who waited too long? :/ Any advice or similar experiences appreciated!

I agree. As someone who will be soon seeking a new grad job, I'm perfectly content with starting at 70k. Everyone has a different lifestyle, but I disagree that earning 70k a year is "barely doable" in NYC. If you're looking to support a family or are used to a very high standard of living I understand, but for people living on their own or with a significant other or roommates, I think its adequate. Many of my friends living in NY and Brooklyn work in jobs that pay between 35-50k a year and while they aren't living friviously, they're certainly not just scraping by. I just felt the need to put that out there. As someone who is not originally from NY but has lived here for years, I am constantly questioned about how I'm able to manage it here from people at home. Is it expensive? Absolutely, but all things considered I can't imagine living anywhere else.

Hi. I'm a student in the accelerated program now. I think you have a good shot. You have good grades in your other classes so I wouldn't worry TOO MUCH about one C - esp if you have strong reccomendations and a decent essay.

I purchased all of my books either brand new or "like new" from Amazon and for me it was a little over $100 less than if you were to just buy them all through the NYU bookstore.

SUNY Downstate is definitely harder to get into than NYU. SUNY had like 400 applications this past year for 50 spots I heard. It was also my first choice because it was accelerated and really inexpensive, but I didn't get in. I did get into NYU and am starting this fall. NYU has a much larger class size to accomodate more students, but has the private school price tag which a lot of students avoid. From the people I spoke with that were accepted to SUNY, i found that they were mostly older students (not just a few years out of college) who had a ton of experience in healthcare one way or another.

I have a certified private loan and was asking for about 10 grand more than I actually needed to cover the remainder of tuition & fees and was worried they would deny it, but they didn't. Most schools understand you will have living expenses that you need to cover while in school full time. My school told me they have a budget for living expenses and basically will certify anything up to a certain amount - what they feel is necessary. It was actually much more than I actually needed so they weren't cheap about it. I understand your problem about having to wait for the refund to come back. Did they actually tell you it would take until October? Look to see if your school offers "direct deposit" so when they've taken the money they need from you for the semester they will disperse your refund that way as opposed to check by mail. It will be MUCH faster.

I went to my general physician who has to fill out my school paperwork. He gave me the order to get the blood titers at a lab.

You have to have the titers done first and then that'll determine if you need boosters. I had titers done for MMR, Hep B and Varicella and they determined I had no immunity to varicella and about 95% immunity to Hep B so I'm getting a booster for that. My last Hep B shot was in 2002.

I've moved within NYC 3 times since I've been here and each time I haven't been able to find apartments until the month before I planned on moving - that's generally how things on Craigslist work. So if you're looking for a place for September 1st, things will start popping up after August 1st. I know September 1st may be cutting it a bit close, but generally rents are higher here during the summer months. There's a lot of students graduating from college and moving to the city, etc. There can be quite a difference depending on where you're looking if you search for September rents as opposed to August. If you're dead set on living near Washington Square Park you might be better off living in on campus housing, unless your able to share an apt with a couple other people - that area is pretty pricey.

Don't worry, it's not as bad as it looks. I definitely felt that way too before I started getting the paperwork taken care of. First off, the doctor doesn't need to fill out 10 pages worth of information, it's really only like 3 of those pages (or 4 if you're refusing the Hep B vaccine). I live in NYC now and it was easiest for me to go to my old doctor in MA who had all my records. The biggest pain for me is having to get the varicella vaccine, which it turns out i'm not immune to. I tried to get the shot a the DOH here but they won't give it to adults, only young children. I'm going to have to go BACK to MA to get the vaccine from a hospital there.. Anywho if you're going to a doctor you've never seen before it should be okay. He's going to have to give you a physical anyways, as the form requests that. He'll prob just give you the TDap and TB shot if you don't have documentation of having it, and the titers to see if you need the shots for varicella or HepB. If you've had the menengitus shot within the past 10 years you won't need that. It'll probably be more annoying to pay for the shots if you're uninsured than it is to get the paperwork filled out.

Does anyone else feel overwhelmed? Like thinking that they won't get everything they need done in time? I'm pretty nuts about getting stuff done asap, so the fact that I can't even register until my deposit is in is killing me. I can't give it to them until next week and I feel like i'm going to get screwed over with all the leftovers for classes/clinicals.

Update! I called Financial Aid and spoke to a really nice guy and explained my situation. He said he would get back to me later today with the information I needed, and he did! So it's official, I'm going to NYU! The ID number they put on all of my materials was the not ID number they used when putting together my financial aid information which is weird, but the reason that I could not access it via the website. Next question: Anyone already living in NY thats going to school in the fall? I don't have health insurance in NY and need to take care of those health forms - they're intimidating! Is it easier to take care of than it looks? I'm thinking of looking to the NY Dept of Health to see if they can cover those vaccines. See you guys in the fall :)

Hi guys! I found out I got in to NYU's 15 month program today. I wasn't expecting it and have already put some money into another school that I was planning on going to in the fall (probably still am - LIU). I pretty much have to decide by tomorrow what I'm doing in order to salvage some refunds. I really need to find out about my financial aid with NYU - did anyone else have problems accessing their aid status on NYU's website? When i enter my student ID it says it doesn't exist?? This is all very sudden and I don't know if its worth trying to pull off. As someone who lives in NYC already, I can tell you that if you have the time to put in looking for off campus housing, definitely try because if you live with roommates you can definitely save money rather than chucking over 17 grand for a dorm. I live in Brooklyn (a nice area) and spend much less than that a year in rent.

Thats funny you say that because when I was in the office registering, girls kept coming by and asking the advisor what the hell was going on with WebCT, because they weren't able to register and were getting nervous. I was lucky enough to get my schedule week days only this semester, but who knows for the other three. Thanks for letting me know about the clinical sites though.

Can I ask you guys where some of your clinicals have been so far? Have you been in manhattan, or do you know of students ahead of you that have clinicals in manhattan? Are the assignments randomly chosen for a student?

On my letter it said May 1st.

This is ridiculous. I really have no choice, it's either I go to LIU this fall or nowhere at all, and I'm so incredibly sick of waiting to start school. How is the curriculum different from last year? The website has had the same curriculum posted for as long as I can remember.

I'm not in a master's program, so I may not be 100% right about this, but I'm thinking the teachers you spoke with got their master's part time, which is why it took 3-4 years. A lot of RN's go on to get their masters while the hospital they work at will pay for it, so I imagine it's difficult to handle more than a few classes a semester while working full time. It also depends what kind of program you're in. I know to be a Nurse Anasteistist (totally butchered that) a lot of programs are full time for a year - meaning you're unable to work at all. If you're not working I imagine you could get any masters in 1-2 years, but part time it probably takes about 3 years.

Hmmm..the clinical/class learning confusion is scary because it's nothing you can personally do to fix it. The idea of clinicals make me nervous in general, as I'm sure they can with all new students. When I registered recently, I registered for everything except for 190, because there was a mistake in the computer and it was automatically putting me into a Saturday class, when they're were clearly Tuesdays available. She said she would call me when the problem had been straightened out and she had registered me for Tuesday. Surprisingly she did get back to me the next day. I appreciate the info, if anything I know I'll be at least a bit more prepared for what's to come..and that i may have to be a bit neurotic to make sure everything is taken care of while I'm a student there.

Is it specifically that you don't think the professors are helpful to you? Do you feel you're not learning what you need to be a successful nurse? I'm just trying to get a sense of what's making everyone so miserable beyond the fact that there's a sh*tload of work that they're strict about, because with Nursing School I've never heard of anyone saying they thought it was a breeze.

Okay you've officially scared the hell out of me. I'm already registered for my nursing courses for fall '09. I have a previous BA from a college with a sub par administration, so in that sense, I'm sure to be on top/borderline annoying about getting everything I need from the faculty. As far as work load though, I guess I can't really be fully prepared for it until school starts..Ugh.

I actually thought they followed up better than other schools I dealt with. Whenever I've had to e-mail admissions they've gotten back to me within 48 hours. SUNY Downstate was a complete disaster, and NYU answered an e-mail of mine literally 3 months later. That's odd about your friends situations. Maybe the friend with less pre-reqs applied earlier and they filled up their spots by the time the 3.4 GPA'er did so. It is a rolling admissions process. I applied in the Spring and after getting accepted, decided to defer until this Fall. I was actually worried they were gonna say something like "we actually don't have a spot for you", because I had read that when you defer some programs, you're not necessarily guaranteed a spot for the following semester.

You have to score a cumalitive of atleast 75% between over four sections: Reading Comp, Grammar, Math and Vocab. You're also tested on A&P, Chemistry and Biology. They see those scores too, but they aren't factored in. After taking the test you can see online how you did compared to the rest of the people that took the test along with you. It was clear that everyone studied for the first 4 sections and just kinda wanted to get the other sections over with.

I sent in my admission deposit last week, so i'm officially going to LIU! I got rejected from SUNY Downstate and after doing a cost analysis of LIU and NYU (it seems to be about a $13,500 differential roughly) I picked LIU. I know its longer, but at least here I'll have the opportunity to do an externship during the summer if I choose to. Just gotta get one more Chemistry class done this summer! If anyone has any questions about the HESI let me know, I took it March 28th, scored a 95% using the Evolve book they recommend, I didn't think it was difficult after studying from that. Better than the NET for sure.

Got my B.A at 22, Starting a BSN program this fall and I'm 25. Will hopefully be a working nurse when I'm 27!