friendlykeano

No offense meant, I meant it would be interesting to differentiate between people who tried it and "did not have my good fortune," and people who are too afraid to try anything like that and are quick to say it can't be done.

Quick update, i just did my 3 month review. I absolutely love it. i got a room for 945 a 20 minute walk away from the hospital, flight average out to $50 each way, this month was $30 on frontier. the hospital is top notch, the nurses i work with are amazing, and i don't think i'll be able to work anywhere else. they try to bunch my shifts so i do three and then head back to denver. the money is absolutely amazing! 2 hour breaks! if anyone else is thinking about it i say go for it (if you are looking for a cheap room you will likely get one from a fellow nurse but also walking through the medical school their are dozens of rooms for rent in the 900-1000 range). i do want to say that everyone is different, and it seems like it is really easy for people who have never tried it to unload their fears on you and promise you it can't be done, but always try something before giving up on it. Also, thank you everyone for taking the time to provide insight and talk about what to watch out for.

Thank you!

I am going to talk to my manager about going prn, the only issue being health insurance for my son. Are you at ucsf? i found some airbnb shared rooms for $40-$50/nt and airfare is ~$200, so a huge chunk going towards travel.

I'm considering doing it for 6 months and then making a decision, the experience at ucsf will be amazing. I'll post an update then. Thank you for your replies.

Thank you for your replies, has anyone here ever tried it?

I live in Denver, the plan is to fly in and out. I've seen a few airbnb's but i don't know of any other options as far as only having a place to stay three nights a week.

Hi all, So i've been offered a dream staff position in an ICU at UCSF but my family can't move yet. I am considering flying in for my three shifts and then flying home. Is anyone else doing this currently or previously and do you have any advice? Thank you

no idea, i was going to ask when it got closer...

yes they should, check your spam folder

Accepted

Yes I'll post as soon as I hear anything

no word yet pins and needles...

its way more expensive too, about $30,000 more than CU and you need health care ethics and two religious studies classes before the program begins, Regis charges $1500 for the ethics class i am glad i got into Regis but if i have the option to i will pick CU. just for the financial part. i'll pay regis deposit and wait and hope i got into CU, $350 isn't much in the bigger picture

"whereisdarla" are you sure Regis accepts the ethics course from Rio Salado? i was looking at their pre-requisite acceptance colleges and Rio Salado wasn't on their

$350 it is due today

CU changed their program to 12 months

3.20 overall, close to a 4.0 for pre-reqs. worked as a CNA for about 6 years. i applied to the CU program as well but we don't hear for another couple of weeks

Congrats to you as well!!! Have you taken ethics?

Just got my acceptance email today…YAY!! Deadline for the non-refundable deposit is August 9th, about a week before i find out if CU accepted me..

I just noticed that, I think the only choice would be to take Regis ethics class and online religious studies at red rocks to be ready to start the choice program in the fall

i think metro offers all three online

i am on the alternate list as well, i read somewhere that their are 20 alternates… i have also heard that its best to take ethics outside and not at regis

Ditto here…

it won't let me message you, if you message me your email i'll send you mine but the interview went pretty well i think. it was short, i think i was out in about 10 minutes, how long was yours? they kept writing which was pretty distracting. i don't know..i'm pretty nervous since it was my first, but two heart wrenching weeks. how did yours go? their were two of us at 12:30 and they came and got the girl and someone else came and got me, i think we were the last ones. i wonder if they scheduled us randomly they asked me: why i wanted to be a nurse describe one situation where i dealt with an angry person what have i done to prepare for the next two years what should they remember about me