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CIWA patient of mine I had in 4 points. FINALLY agreed to letting me put a Foley in as long as I gave the morphine and Ativan together (no prob homeboy had 64 mg of Ativan previously over the course of 16 hours and was still just chillin). So we had ordered a smaller catheter the night before to "ease" his mind. He later tells me and my coworker the reason we got a smaller catheter was for and I quote "'my little d**k*". So I start laughing and he later proceeds to tell me "you can't have everything in life, that's why I got a high drug tolerance and a little d**k. I couldn't contain myself.

Like I said.... I just graduated from the program this past july. Your due date was july 15th so you probably won't hear anything til around October probably. If you search previous posts you can see what to expect.

Run. lol no. I graduated this past July from the program. Definitely challenging. Theres other posts where students talk about what to expect and what not if you look up south alabama accelerated and read previous forums.

Don't let the driving completely hold you back. We have a girl who also drives from pensacola and Gulf Shores. They all make it work. But I would say on nights when you have to be back early it would be beneficial to stay with someone if you become close with some people. We have 2 students who get hotel rooms to be closer for clinicals. I drove 1.5 hours with my first degree daily except on test days. I would stay in Hattiesburg on those nights before. The year sucks and its very fast paced... but I wouldn't go about it any other way.

So I graduate in July from this program. One guy in our class drives from MS daily. the first 5 weeks you basically have class every day from like 9 - 3 or something... Then skills is like 3 days a week (and they make the schedule to fit around the class before you and the available teachers). Psych is next and I think we had class like 1 or 2 times a week then clinical days were W - F (One day was spent in Mobile, and the other two were at your clinical site which could be in Mobile or Bay Minette or Daphne... it just depends). Adult 1 was after that and we had class one day a week (sometimes two) and then you would have SIM on Wednesday mornings. Patient pick up is after that unless you're in a weekend group then it would be Friday afternoon. Clinical are Thursday and Friday or Saturday and Sunday. Depending on which hospital you're at you could be in Fairhope or Mobile. Same goes for Adult 2. We had class 1x/week and then SIM and clinicals. Ped clinicals were in Mobile, but they switch back and forth with hospitals so you could also end up at Sacred Heart in Pensacola. Honestly.. going through this program.. which might I had your life is literally going to suck miserably for the full year. Make sure to make some good friends to lift you end when your needing it... I would try and live in the area though. The amount of nights I stayed up studying to Midnight only to wake back up again at 5 to keep studying would have killed me if I didn't live in the area. Not to mention with clinicals... Paperwork in the beginning will keep you up for quite a while as well. I live in Daphne and I feel like that has been a comfortable area as far as traveling between the Fairhope campus and Clinical sites. The furthest I have had to drive to was Providence Hospital which took me about 30-40 minutes in the morning. Hope this helps! Good Luck to ya if you get in. It's definitely one hell of a ride that I am SO SO SO happy I am almost through with.

Well thanks for everyone's input! I find it SO crazy they don't pay extra for BSN. The hospitals here in AL and MS pay like $1.00 more with your BSN not to mention most start out round almost $22. Looks like I'll be staying in MS for a while till I can get some bills paid up.

Is this for BSN pay? That seems awfully low especially knowing the starting pay in Alabama/Mississippi which is often two of the lower paid states. Also my prior degree paid more than that in Mississippi and nurses ALWAYS make more than medical laboratory scientists. Not to mention the cost of living is higher in TN than MS/AL for the areas I am from.

Hi! I'm currently in the accelerated program at South Alabama and I'll be graduating this July. I am wanting to move away and have been looking into the Knoxville area; however, I don't know what the pay is like up there for new grads with a prior degree in Medical Laboratory Science with hospital experience. Can anyone help me out on what amount (just an average) of money the pay is? I am trying to figure out if I will be able to financially be able to live on my own with bills and student loans. Also if anyone knows anything about the residency program at UT that would be wonderful as well! Thanks!

Just FYI guys, I know we have a couple people in our class who ended up originally being on the wait list. People will get accepted and then not be able to figure out a way to pay for the program and have to drop. Tuition alone for the year costs $22,000 instate and you can only receive 12,500 at the most from federal loans. Most people in our program either had to take out private loans or have parents paying the other part. Keep calling and asking if a spot has opened if you get put on the wait list. I wasn't wait listed so I don't know everything, but one girl in our class kept calling the office about it. And it could be you find out two weeks before class starts so just be prepared to find out last minute that you may have a spot in accelerated. Good luck to you all who have been accepted. It's definitely a journey!

I looked through all nurses and found some... And I also typed in USA accelerated nursing on Facebook to see if anyone had made posts about it. That's how I found the previous student. They had a time where the old students could sell us their material, but they were still in school when we started. The class before us graduates in December so they won't be on campus anymore. They may still send out some information. Also Brennan who works in the CON made our group FB page for our class. She may make one for y'all as well because she will know who all was accepted. You'll be able to use your personal computer for everything except taking tests. I use the one we had to buy for Softest and ATI.. both of which are programs downloaded already on the computer. But I use my mac for everything else.

The program is tough. No doubt about it. you literally need to be ready to learn everyday because the amount of material you are going to learn in a short amount of time is tremendous. I would say the best thing to do would be to just go ahead and prepare yourself to live, eat, and breathe nursing school. Find time to relax of course, but your main priority should be school. The first day you're going to probably be overwhelmed, but just take one day at a time and you'll get through it in no time. The first 5 weeks are really intense butnits doable. Trust me we all made it through (but don't be afraid to have an emotional breakdown over pharm). There's not a whole lot to prepare you for except what I mentioned as in be ready to learn everyday. Get sleep no matter how much you feel like you don't need it. My roommate and I went to bed every night by 10 in the first 5 weeks and we still managed to pull A's and B's on assignments and tests. This program is not for the laid back unmotivated person. It takes a commitment. Current levels of sleep in our classes right now are small, but we've learned to just countdown our days. Oh and be prepared to get your packet and they hit you with the 1700 POS computer you HAVE to buy for testing purposes. Try and find people from the graduating class who started in Jan 2016 for books. I managed to buy every book I needed for $500 from a prior student. Plus they can sell you old scrubs and white coats.

Also if you don't live in the area.. go ahead and find a roommate. It makes things so much better when it comes time for demos and needing to practice. Plus y'all can bounce information off of each other.

I'm in the class she spoke of. Meeting people beforehand is awesome... you had just mentioned a study group so I figured I would help you out by saying just come to class ready to learn. It's a whirlwind for sure. Good luck! We'll see you January 2!

I wouldn't do a study group. All the information you are going to need will be presented in class. Just come to class your first day prepared to learn. It really is accelerated so just get in that mindset. And take each day one at a time. But I know a prior study group for the program would have probably just confused me the first day.

@kalipys add me on FB! Merideth Taylor! I was accepted as well.