Terpole

not to be a stickler, but there's a lot of misinformation in this post

No I didn't. Will you attend FGCU in January nursed40?

Florida is a terrible place for beside nursing. With no shortage of nursing mills or new grads who'd willingly sign up for such terrible working conditions

I'd love to do a shift a week. I'm thinking about taking a travel assignment in the area around October and then going PRN after that during school. I don't know if that's realistic. We have 18 credit hours/8 classes the first semester (unless you took some grad coursework previously). That sounds like a big workload and I don't want to risk doing poorly in school. Have you talked to anybody about working during school? Or about how bad the first semester is? If other people have done it, then I'll give it a shot. I just want to have more info on how things are in the beginning before I committ to working.

I'm trying to find a decent place that's within my budget (800/month or less?). Location isn't too much of a factor for me. I would be open to having a roommate but only if they're a grad student as well. I'm currently in Jacksonville, FL, right now and most likely won't move to Ft. Myers until December. And I'm Vincent

That's AWESOME. I lost $400 to another school, as a deposit. And since it held my spot and non-refundable, I won't get it back...

I was and I'll be there in the spring. How far are you along with finding a place to stay? Will you live with your in-laws? I'm thinking about having a roommate to lower cost but only if they're also a grad student, perferably in our program. But then again you can't put a price on the peace of mind you'll have living alone.

same here, all the letter said is whether I accept or decline admission

I received a call over 2 weeks ago but I haven't received the official letter of acceptance yet with the deposit instructions. Has anybody received the letter yet?

Just got the call! I got in!! Dunk City y'all...

shani, did you also apply to Barry? How many schools you applied to? Which one's your first choice?

Excellent post but may I ask the source of information from the bulleted points?

anybody heard anything yet? I was told that decisions were going to be made by July 12th.

So in theory it's supposed to give CRNAs a stipend (extra $$$) to work at critical access hospitals or rural hospitals?

http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNMattersArticles/Downloads/MM7896.pdf I stumbled upon this earlier today and I know it's a little out of date, it refers to rural and critical access hospitals receiving "pass-through" payments for CRNA services from Medicare. I just wanted to ask a CRNA about what this means. Is it the stipend you're referring to? How does it affect reimbursement? Can any CRNA please clarify what this change for pass-through payments to hospitals mean?

They do require a capstone project prior to graduation though

sorry bout that, thanks for responding! I'll clear it out so you can message me.

I'll be there on Thursday. They only offered two days to me, which was the 24th or the 27th.

Yeah, me too!

Anybody heard anything yet? It's less than two weeks from the start of interviews and I haven't heard anything yet.

I wonder how this is done. If I could swing it, I would want to work a shift a week while in school. Maybe I can not having a family or S/O?

still nothing... I called the SON two days ago and the person I spoke with said the committee has yet to meet and the earliest we can expect something is sometime next week

no, I haven't heard anything yet

Sooo....that settles it, for now, right?

I just don't see the reasoning of this. But I'm by no means criticizing this position. I just think an increased load of education without quantifiable, measurable gains for the student makes education more prohibitive.