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Hi All, I'm new to this thread, I'm also in the BSN to DNP for Fall '17 AGPCNP . Does anyone know how the classes are offered, is it one class at a time for 6-8 weeks or all the classes at once.

I understand that my advice is not among the popular. I also understand new grads and finding a job, if he/she is flexible and is willing to relocate there are jobs out there to be had. Advising someone to stay in a nursing position that he/she is miserable in, has known that since the beginning is not being supportive. As an experienced nurse, you know that a negative experience breeds a nurse with a negative attitude, that attitude comes through in the lack of loyalty to the organization, your interaction with colleagues and more importantly the care that you provide to your patients. The consequences of his/her action to leave is that he/she may have a fresh start somewhere else, including another unit in the same hospital. That support should be available to him/her, nursing recruitment is the starting point to inquire about that, the unit may loose, but the hospital as a whole will perhaps gain a long-term employee.

He/she does qualify for a new grad residency in some cases, it's too bad you feel that he/she is a "flight risk" because the environment that this hiring manager is in charge of creating is not nurturing for a new nurse. You're not guaranteed that someone will work for you for an extended amount of time, just because you spend money to train them. The environment doesn't sound like a good fit; as a hiring manager, you are aware that new grads are at greater risk of leaving the nursing profession all together in their first year due to lack of support in their first job. The large sum of money that you speak of that is spent in training, some of that should be spent in making sure that the right support is in place for new nurses. He/she's going to leave it sounds like, whether it's to take another job or to travel. I do training for a friend who owns a home care agency, we have seen an increase in nurses in the same situation, leaving the hospital because they can't cope and administration's focus is on money that they spent on training and ignoring the support aspect of it. It creates a challenge for me as an educator to provide training when a nurse comes in with less than a year experience. But I also understand that the bottom line is that nurses are more likely to stay in a position if they are supported. Patient care is getting more complex, we need to recognize that and create residency programs to reflect that.

I say go for it, do it while you're young. I have a 23 year old daughter who's graduating from nursing school this May and she's going to take the Summer off to do some traveling in the US and Canada. I did advise her to do it now before she starts working. I think you'll be in a better frame of mind, it will be a time of growth for you, the experience of traveling will have a great impact on you as a young person and it will influence your nursing care delivery. Experience doesn't come only in the form of bedside nursing, in the confine of a hospital unit. It sounds like you're not happy with your current position any way, 10:1 patient ratio is unheard of these days in the US, if you're flexible when you come back from traveling, you can get a job any where, if you're open to relocating and taking a job that you may not necessarily like just to get experience. I agree with many of the previous post in that you will have to start as a new grad in a new grad residency perhaps. I don't know where you live, you may want to look into a job shadow experience, to narrow down where you want to work, you'll get an opportunity to see first hand the dynamic on the units before you commit to a position. That is something that a lot of new grads don't even know that is available to them. This year's ANA theme for nurse's week is "The year of the healthy nurse" The balance of mind, body and spirit. This couldn't more aligned with that theme, take care of your mind, body and spirit and you will be a healthier nurse. Good Luck to you

taylorthompson, University of Alabama (USA) has a BSN-DNP Spring '18 start as well, you may want to look into their program, you have to apply thru nursingCAS, I'm hearing that they are a little more forgiving about the GPA, the deadline is in July so you have some time. I just submitted my application. There's an allnurses thread for the program, Keep me posted, I'll PM you my personal email.

Hi taylorthompson Sorry to hear about the mix up, that must have been confusing. Did you see my post about their recommendations? you can try taking the GRE and do well and that will increase your chances of getting in. Send an email and ask what they recommend, it may different for you and take it from there. My GPA (2.92) was the reason I didn't get in as well. I'm just not interested in spending the time and money. I'd rather spend the energy doing a post BSN certificate, in the end if it doesn't help my chances of getting in, I will still have gotten something out of it that I can use, in real time in my current position or to advance into a teaching position at the hospital where I work, it's just a better investment for me. Plus work will pay for it. There are alot of schools that have post BSN certificates with different tracks, all on line. Good Luck to you

I got my rejection letter yesterday, I was already told by email last week. I'm waiting for George Washington, which I'm not very confident about since they put more weight on the GPA than MUSC. They recommend taking some classes to bring up my GPA or take the GRE. I'm not interested in taking the GRE, I'm looking into a post BSN certificate in Nursing Ed, which is my career goal anyway, when I complete all 12 credits I can transfer them to any school in a DNP program. I applied to 2 schools and I'm waiting for my application to be complete and a decision soon after. I just wanted to share that with you all, just in case some of you are in my same situation where you needed a way to improve your chances of getting in next time. Congratulations to all those who have been accepted, continue to post your journey here so we can know how you're doing.

I sent an email, got a response right away.

Hi All I didn't get in, waiting for George Washington. Good luck to all of you

Hi All I've been checking my mailbox as all of you have, nothing for me. I haven't been on here for a few days, I'm seeing all kind of posts about interviews, emails about financial aid and scholarship, web-advisor for current MUSC students. I haven't heard anything from the school about an interview, I didn't think they did interviews or is it a case by case basis. I'm not sure what to think, I'm just gonna wait for my letter to arrive in the mail this week. I'll post as soon as I hear. Congratulations to those who have already heard

I just thought I would share this year's ANA theme for nurses' week. It would be interesting to see how hospitals respond to it, when so many practices like coming in on your day off to complete Health Stream modules among other topics explored in this forum doesn't align with a healthy mind, body and spirit. It's something to strive for I guess.

I work full time too, my kids are older but still at home (bigger problems). I may have to cut back, but really can't afford to. There is another allnurses thread from a 2016 DNP group, I left a message about juggling the program, life, work etc., no one has responded, It would be comforting that others in our situation are managing it ok.

taylorthompson I feel your pain, did you apply to any other programs, I applied to George Washington, they extended their deadline 'till April 14, so I'll have to wait even longer for them. MUSC is my first choice. Hopefully by the end of the week, we'll all hear some good news.

I guess it would depend on where you work, I don't chart at home but my unit is very busy, I never have time to do my mandatory modules while at work, we do get paid for a number of hours they figure out it should take you to complete all the modules, when they are all completed you get your 6 hours??? of pay (varies per unit). we are expected to check email from home, that's the only way my manager and other staff communicates with you unless you exchange personal contact information, when the unit is short if you're interested you get a blast text with the needs and you can go into our self scheduling system and request the shift. I work mostly on the weekend, Saturday and Sunday. So If there is information that will effect my job performance, I'm obligated to check out the information, as I'm responsible for that information. That's the culture at the hospital where I work. I'm not sure that it's a policy.

I applied to the Adult Gerontology NP program, I noticed you applied to the FNP program. I'm not too far from Fayetteville, about an hour. I'm not sure if some of the beginning classes are the same for all specialties. Hopefully we'll run into each other somehow.