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  1. Shadowing

    scarykarrey replied to adlomu120's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I've heard of some people having such a good experience during their NP job shadows that they've been able to use the NP as someone who will write them a letter of recommendation. I say it can't

  2. UAB Summer 2014

    scarykarrey replied to scarykarrey's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I just use an online GPA calculator and entered in my most recent 60 hours' grades and it calculated them for me. Granted, UAB may use some different metric, but I basically went by the letter of the...

  3. University of Alabama - Birmingham (UAB) MSN 2014 Applicants ROLLCALL

    scarykarrey replied to JesusKeepMe's topic in School, College Programs

    Most of the curriculum is online, with local preceptors and several three-day intensive classes where you have to be on campus in

  4. If you can't get a job as new graduate RN...

    scarykarrey replied to kinokoboy's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Does your NP program require that you have a certain number of patient contact hours of experience before you can start any of your clinical rotations? Most of the NP programs that I have found have...

  5. needing new computer

    scarykarrey replied to Road2CNO's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    If you have a preference for Windows machines, I would recommend Lenovo. They're the new name of IBM, and they're pretty bulletproof workhorse machines. You can get a great one with everything you'll...

  6. Cheapest NP Program ... period

    scarykarrey replied to Oakley44's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I've made an excel spreadsheet, but it's specialized for my specific specialty preference

  7. UAB Summer 2014

    scarykarrey replied to scarykarrey's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    My GPA for the last 60 hours is something like 3.6, but my overall is quite a bit lower due to poor grades from early in my college career, so I went ahead and took the GRE anyway (it was also...

  8. UAB Summer 2014

    scarykarrey replied to scarykarrey's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Good luck! This hurry-up-and-wait stuff is for the

  9. UAB Summer 2014

    scarykarrey replied to scarykarrey's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I emailed my admissions advisor today, and got a quick reply back. She didn't answer the question about an interview, but said that faculty would be meeting next week to review applications and score...

  10. UAB Summer 2014

    scarykarrey replied to scarykarrey's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Have you heard anything about the decision process? How long it'll take, if we'll need an interview,

  11. Well my Georgetown University & University of Cincy apps are in...

    scarykarrey replied to TashaLPN2006RN2012's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I was immediately put off by UC when I emailed the admissions counselor asking specific questions about their CNM program, and I got back a form email and have been getting spammed ever since....

  12. Interviews- University of Iowa Residency

    scarykarrey replied to daisygirl5's topic in General Nursing

    The weekend overnight nurses are awesome! Very helpful, very excellent about teamwork. Good

  13. Interviews- University of Iowa Residency

    scarykarrey replied to daisygirl5's topic in General Nursing

    I work for an academic unit at the University, but I did a few of my clinical rotations in nursing school at UIHC, including on the ortho/urology/ophthalmology unit! I'm not sure I would want to work...

  14. Hey, Iowa Nurses!

    scarykarrey replied to scarykarrey's topic in General Nursing

    And I'll answer: 1. Karrey 2. Iowa City 3. I went to Kirkwood Community College, earned my ADN from them in May 2012, and right now I'm doing the RN-BSN program at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay....

  15. Interviews- University of Iowa Residency

    scarykarrey replied to daisygirl5's topic in General Nursing

    Woo, good luck! What units did you interview

  16. UAB Summer 2014

    scarykarrey replied to scarykarrey's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    The deadline for Summer 2014 is today! Aieeeee! I've been trying to read through some of the other UAB threads, but it's unclear: is an interview required for all programs? The only one where I'm...

  17. UIC Graduate Entry Program

    scarykarrey replied to beestrng's topic in Post Graduate Students

    They bumped all of the specialties up to the DNP level. Or rather, they're going to, once they get final approval from the college. I applied to an MSN specialty for Fall 2014 entry, and they had me...

  18. University of Alabama - Birmingham (UAB) MSN 2014 Applicants ROLLCALL

    scarykarrey replied to JesusKeepMe's topic in School, College Programs

    ME! I applied for the WHNP program. Does anyone know how long it'll be before they'll let us know, or before they'll at least start scheduling interviews? (I also started a thread over in the APRN...

  19. UIC Fall 2014 Applicants

    scarykarrey replied to scarykarrey's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    From this page, I guess this answers my question: Applications to DNP program will not be reviewed by the Graduate Admissions & Academic Standards Committee until after the February 1st...

  20. UIC Fall 2014 Applicants

    scarykarrey replied to scarykarrey's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    The letter I got noted the following for questions on changes: For additional information or assistance, please contact Michael Spielman, Graduate Admissions Coordinator, at [email protected] or (312)...

  21. UIC Fall 2014 Applicants

    scarykarrey replied to scarykarrey's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    They sent me a letter and FAQ about the changes via email. It's my understanding that they're only sending them to applicants, though. The letter and FAQ make me think that they definitely have their...

  22. UAB Summer 2014

    scarykarrey replied to scarykarrey's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I applied to the WHNP program, btw. My nursing school preceptor is actually already a student there, in the PMHNP program, and she seems to like it so

  23. Hawkeye Community College LPN and RN Programs

    scarykarrey replied to CNADaughter's topic in General Nursing

    As someone who has a mountain of student loan debt (and will continue adding to that mountain as I look at nurse practitioner programs), I'll say this: GO TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE. Future-you is going to...

  24. Interviews- University of Iowa Residency

    scarykarrey replied to daisygirl5's topic in General Nursing

    How did your interviews go? Are you still moving to the

  25. GRE: how bad is it really?

    scarykarrey replied to KBICU's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I'm applying to UIC's MSN program in Midwifery/WHNP, and UAB's MSN in WHNP. I'm considering applying to Drexel, but I'm not sure