Ceeceenumber3

no a B should't prevent you from getting into the program! especially if it's patho - that's a hard class!! good luck to you!

sorry about the PM thing by the way! i forget about that for the newbies!

just FYI: most of my books are promised to the one or two of you I've emailed back... yes I'll see all the other 'Accelerators' tonight and will pass the word on books - I'll let ya'll know if some of them will sell them to ya'll (instead of taking them back to the bookstore or amazon). I'm sure some of them will. I've been told that we'll be able to take the NCLEX in January. I know some of the students are counting on it because several have already gotten jobs and have start dates in mid-January. Not a lot of time to study, but we've been pretty much studying all along! They've given us several study books, the Kaplan study session, and Kaplan site to use, so we have plenty of resources! Good luck! It will fly by! Ceekitty

hey ya'll - i have some books (not all but most) and uniform stuff if you're interested... just pm me if so and i can send a list of what i have!

Just curious - which programs are ya'll in for FNP that are mostly on-line? I'm trying to find something like this... Thanks!

Okay so I am just confused about where to do my 6-week internship at the end of my program... I want to become a nurse practitioner but not really sure which area yet. My original thought was family practice, but after my rotations, I discovered I loved women's health and L&D, so I'm considering nurse midwife or something else now... When I graduate, I'd like to work in L&D for a while so I can figure things out, make some $$$, and apply for grad school. I thought I should do my internship in L&D since I loved it so much and that's where I'm hoping to work. I am moving out of state when I graduate, however, so my faculty advised me to do an internship in ICU or Med-Surg so I'd get more experience in these areas. I signed up for an IMCU internship but now I am doubting my decision. I'm just not sure what would be best: do what I really want and go in the direction I think I'm interested in - OR - get that different experience that I haven't gotten yet to see if it might be something I'm interested in. If I do the ICU internship, will I still have a good chance of getting an L&D job out of school? Just not sure what to do (sigh). Any help or guidance out there? If I'm going to change I have to do it in the next day or two... I'm trying not to be too worried about short term, too, since I know I want to be a nurse practitioner. I want what's best overall... Thx! ~ceekitty

Hey, Don't stress yet - it shouldn't be too hard to find a patho class for fall! Like PBteach said, we had people who took it online (Kenyon College, Ohio)... So look into that! Patho is a requirement for the program - it is a prereq for many of the classes, plus you really dont have time to take it during the year anyway! (we are swamped with the schedule as it is - summer is a killer!!!)... But we are 1/2 way done with the whole program this week - so that is amazing!!! Just finishing up our first hospital clinical... must say it's been interesting but very busy. Pretty sleep deprived at the moment and studying for a final! Just look up that online patho class and good luck! Ceekitty

hi ya'll! if you havent seen us posting much, its because the program keeps us EXTREMELY busy. for real! i have pretty much no free time, and when i do, i'm spending it with my hubby! don't plan on making any trips home or big plans unless you have a break (spring break, 1 week b/w spring & summer, & 2 weeks b/w summer & fall)! it's just so much work & you'll get behind if you don't spend your weekends working on papers, assignments, studying for tests, etc. our group has been great though. it's really small - only 17 of us. we work together good and really theres no other way to get through. each class has objectives for tests, so we split them up as a group (if theres 100 objectives on a test, each person will get 5 or 6 objectives to work on and email them to the rest of the group) - you get the idea. our teachers have been great so far. there have definitely been some 'bumps' and 'glitches' as far as last minute scheduling, extra fees, and etc. but we are a VERY vocal group and give them TONS of feedback, so i know they've already planned some changes for the next groups that come through. i think it's a good program overall, just a lot of work! if you don't think you can hang, then definitely go the normal route! you have to be EXTREMELY motivated to learn the skills, practice on your own time (if you ever have it!), etc. i hope this is making sense. i'm a little tired and cant believe im even spending time on this when i have so much to do! LOL... so yes it's doable but it's hard. we've all passed so far (have to keep 75 in all classes to pass) (: don't let patho intimidate you too much - yes that is a very hard class as well and keeps you on your toes. but if you can do well in that then you should be fine! i know a handful of people failed it and couldnt continue with the program. it's nice to go ahead and do it and get it out of the way though - and it does come in handy later! good luck to you! don't know when i'll be back on here, but thought i'd post something (:

Anyone else applying for FSU's accelerated BSN program starting Spring 2010?