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    Dispel a rumor OR validate a truth...

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to gapelaez's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Different hospitals have different hiring preferences -- often depending on cultural, historical, budgetary, or accreditation/aspiration reasons. In my city of Charlottesville, Virginia there are...
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    Student loans for more than cost of attendance

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to emmasma's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Financial aid using state or federal government sources (including Stafford loans and other federal forms of loans) use two primary figures - the Expected Family Contribution (or EFC, that comes from...
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    West Coast University BSN to MSN

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to jdsp87's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Actually, the maximum accreditation for CCNE is ten years, and schools with strong evaluation/visits generally receivd this ten year
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    RN-BSN ?

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to Mich2009's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Take a look at some of the RN-BSN programs in your home state. It is not uncommon for the programs in my state to provide up to 90 credits in transfer credit/credentialling from ADN programs. This...
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    Bachelor in Communications + ADN enough for master's program entry?

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to H_2_O's topic in Post Graduate Students

    According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing list (http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Education/nurse_ed/nep_index.htm), there are 660 RN-BSN programs and 160 RN-MSN programs. There are likely...
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    BSN Interview Attire?

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to AnthonyD's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I'm an Assistant Dean, and have worked in the admissions field for 25+ years. I'd recommend 'dressy business casual'. Nice dress pants, sports jacket, clean shoes. Take along a tie in your...
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    CRNA Question

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to Boyar's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Nationally, approximately 5% of all people in the US with RN certification are male. Many of these are in more 'adrenalin-intensive' areas such as ICUs, trauma, OR, ED, etc. This being said, I...
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    What's the best way to apply for new graduate jobs?

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to mag_new's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I would recommend checking out the state student nursing convention in your state. I've attended the Student Nurses convention in NJ before and there were dozens of employers there looking for new...
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    CONFUSED about the DNP! Help!

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to SnoopysAunt's topic in Post Graduate Students

    OneNJen: The 300+ graduate nursing programs in the US are examining this issue at their own campuses and at their own pace. You've heard the analogy about herding cats --- now imagine herding cats...
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    Any other schools?

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to Scyankee's topic in Nursing Career

    RN-BSN schools that are classroom based will have much less classroom contact that pre-licensure programs. There are several here in my state that have classes that meet 1 Saturday a month. Others...
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    ADN or MSN

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to jhann16's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Time lengths will vary from program to program. Here in my state of Virginia, there is an ABSN program at a public university that is 12 months in duration. The Direct Entry MSN at my own University...
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    I want a Phd, now what?

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to aec rn bsn's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I definitely underscore the importance of a match of your research interests with those of the faculty who are eligible to be mentors to PhD students. I enrolled in a PhD program that was...
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    Should I go straight through to MSN?

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to ComingSoon's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Master's education is specialty based. How do you know what you want to specialize in until you have worked in the field? Nursing school and 'real world' nursing are different and I strongly...
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    JMU BSN program - Please answer

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to al_e135's topic in Virginia Nursing

    JMU students do clinicals in variety of sites. Rockingham Memorial Hospital is there in Harrisonburg, but students are also in Winchester, Staunton, Fishersville and Charlottesville for Peds. Many...
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    Financial aid for second degree

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to kollyjay's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Kolly: Pell grants can only be used for first undergraduate degrees. They cannot be used for ABSN programs if you already have a BA/BS from anywhere. I strongly encourgage you to be truthful on the...
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    PLEASE HELP-SERIOUS

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to behappy123's topic in General Students

    Behappy: Do you have a faculty advisor? If so, talk with your advisor asap. Your advisor may be able to give you specific advice about any grievance procesases or policies that exist at your...
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    Mandatory Flu shots

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to CathyLew's topic in Disaster Preparation

    At a medical center near me, all employees refusing to take the seasonal flu or H1N1 vaccines can continue to work. However, they must wear a face mask at all times from October 1 until the end of...
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    Are there DNP specialties?

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to summersunset's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I just checked the AACN website, and there are 4 programs accredited. These are Columbia, West Virginia, South Carolina, and the MGH School of Health Professions. 12 more schools had their site...
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    Are there DNP specialties?

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to summersunset's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Ohtini: You will need to graduate from a program that also covers all the material needed to sit for Family NP certification. This includes a MSN or DNP from a CCNE-accredited institution, at least...
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    CONFUSED about the DNP! Help!

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to SnoopysAunt's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Circe is correct. People often get confused about the differences between academic degrees (BSN, MSN, PHD, DNP, etc), certifications (CNS, NP, CCRN, CRNA, CEN, etc), and licensures. Degrees are...
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    UVA direct entry CNL

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to MadisonLyn's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Madison: I am the Assistant Dean for Graduate Student Services (admissions, financial aid, enrollment, etc) at UVa. I have held back on contributing initially because your first post suggested that...
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    Are there DNP specialties?

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to summersunset's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Most DNP build upon MSN specialies. The Essentials of Doctoral Nursing Education (the guidelines for the DNP) indicate that a DNP-prepared individual has completed a minumum of 1000 precepted hours...
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    How much work experiance before NP school?

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to EzraRn's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Each program is different, and the appoach at my University is below: We will enroll new nurses as part-time students (taking 1-2 courses per semester). The new BSN-prepared students would take the...
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    Interview for NP program

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to maomao's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Maomao --- Yes. I am the Assistant Dean for Graduate Student Services at the University of Virginia School of
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    why o why??

    UVA Grad Nursing replied to naenae1979's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    For us, it is a resource issue (both in terms of faculty and in terms of clinical sites). Under Virginia BON mandates, clinical sections can be no more than 10:1 for prelicensure students and 6:1 for...