monpetitpede

Tying up loose ends, getting my physical, books are starting to arrive. Anyone else starting to get excited for orientation?

GWU Hospital has tuition reimbursement for nurses 6 months after they start working. You either get $3000 a year to attend an institution of your choice or 90% of tuition at GW. This is the link to their benefits: http://www.gwhospital.com/img.php/GWUHBenefitsSummary.pdf?RevisionID=15663&Filename=GWUHBenefitsSummary.pdf&dl=1 Other big hospitals in the area also offer tuition repayment. The two I know of are in Virginia -- INOVA (inova.org) and VHC (virginiahospitalcenter.com). I don't know about Maryland. It may as well be another country to me (when you live in the virginia DC metro area, you don't have any cause to go to MD). As for patient loads and the such, I'm not sure. I think there are a couple threads on that though if you do a search for the hospital name.

RNcorazon, Yes, GWU does have a new 15-month Accelerated bachelor's degree program. I will be in the first class. It is nationally accredited. They do not have an RN-BSN or RN-MSN option currently. If you're interested in public universities, George Mason University has an RN-BSN and is 30 minutes outside of DC in Centreville, VA. University of Maryland also has an RN-BSN program, but I'm not sure if it's at their College Park campus (NE of DC) or their Silver Springs campus (NW of DC). Washington DC has Howard University (historically black) and CUA (catholic) which are both private and I believe both offer an RN-MSN program. Some schools are offering online RN-BSN programs. Check with your Arizona colleges if that's something that interests you. People have mixed feelings about distance learning, especially in nursing, but if that's something that appeals to you...

got my notification yesterday, was accepted for fall '09 =) gl, OP!

i submitted the last part of my application June 5th, and haven't heard anything yet. freckles, your post is encouraging considering my overall and prerequisite GPA are essentially identical to yours. i only have 2 years behind me direct patient care though. i'm also hoping my essay is killer; i talked about the role of nursing in patient care. if you'd let us know what the timeline on your acceptance was, that would be great!