megpearlz

Hello again everybody, I'm moving into my studio apartment this weekend and am super excited to 1) escape the Phoenix heat and 2) to get started on this already! Anybody else going to be ansy like me this week?

I posted on craigslist and got a few responses but nothing concrete yet. There's alot of posts from younger students, which I'm weary of.

So I know it's only two months away but I just want to start already! How is everyone else doing?

Hey sfchick, I got my first degree at SFSU! I miss the city so much but I think Flagstaff is going to be great... I'm looking into housing though I vary between wanting roommates and wanting a studio. I don't know if there's going to be a on-campus housing option for us but I would like to live as close to school as possible. I'm also hoping that for clinicals we have to travel to that some of us will be able to carpool to cut down on gas costs. ec7855, dude if I got in and your GPA and test score are around mine, then I think you should get accepted too. They would be stupid to turn down an awesome ERT.

Orientation is May 14th and I haven't gotten anything about tuition yet... I suppose that will come after I send in my contract to attend, which is due March 7th. Now to get some scholarships!

Postal mail... I'm in Phoenix so mail would get here pretty fast.

Hey fellow nursing student hopefuls, I got my acceptance letter in the mail today... So excited! I hope you all get good news soon too.

hey uofabalee, Did you end up applying for the NAU aBSN 2012 cohort? I started a thread for us here... https://allnurses.com/az-nursing-programs/nau-accelerated-bsn-666595.html

I find it interesting that in past years, there were lots of responders to these kinds of posts but not a lot this year. Are people just not using allnurses to research NAU anymore?

I think experience as an ER tech specifically will definitely give us an advantage because of the skills we've already learned as well as the patient care experience. In my ER, I start IVs and foleys, run EKGs, apply splints and do a fair amount of wound care in addition to point of care testing, transports and general nurse/provider assistance. I just worry about my techniques being hyper-critiqued. I've kind put all my eggs into one basket with this, which may not be smart but ASU has a similar program with two application cycles so I can go for that if NAU doesn't work out. NAU is the one I really want though. You're not going to share your GPA and score?

I love Flagstaff so it's just another reason why I'm so eager to get accepted. It's a hippie mountain town but I think it will be a great experience to live there for at least a year. I feel pretty good about my chances though my pre-req GPA isn't the greatest. 3.48 GPA with none in progress and a 88 on the Kaplan, which Gregg the advisor said was pretty solid and is above the average as far as I can find online. I also have 2.5 years as an ERT, 1.5 years as a volunteer crisis counselor and I had 4 people submit recommendation forms for me rather than just the required 2 - I figured every little bit helps. Is this the only nursing program you applied to?

Hello all, I'm looking for people who are in the same boat as me - already applied to NAU's fast track program that starts this summer and are anxiously awaiting news that won't come until the end of February/early March. I'm thinking that maybe if I can find others to comiserate with, the waiting won't be as bad. A little about me: I'm an EMT living in Phoenix with a previous Bachelor's in Psychology. I work in an ER rather than on an ambulance so I have more extensive training because I'm under direct medical supervision. It's this experience that has taught me that nursing is the right path for me because I've never found anything to be more challenging nor more satisfying. The waiting for a response from NAU is so torturous because I am so ready to start my career. Looking forward to hearing from anyone else who is out there...