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I'm a postpartum nurse (who takes care of the moms and babies) and the vast majority of "postpartum" jobs I've seen are interchangeable with "mother/baby." Actually, I don't think I've seen any postpartum job postings where you just take care of the mother, but some probably still exist even though many babies are rooming in with moms now.

I recently interviewed and was selected for a Mother Baby Unit! I would emphasize that you like educating patients and give specific examples from work or clinical where you educated patients since this unit involves a lot of parent education. I think having a perinatal bereavement counselor certification is a good look, since it shows that you know that M/B is not always a happy place and you can comfort families with losses.

JessCo18, thank you SO much!! Knowing the numbers was so helpful! While taking scholarships into account, hilariously enough, the programs have ~$100 difference for me. I just deposited at Penn, so good luck to everyone at whichever school you choose!

I got my financial aid notice last Friday 3/10. They sent me an email about it being posted, but I checked it earlier in the day on Friday before the email and the finaid was there. It says on the website that financial aid awards are "sent to [new] students on every Friday of each week" (Financial Aid | Apply | Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing) so you should probably have your financial aid listed on Friday.

Yes, you have to complete the SON Aid application. I did it before getting Financial aid since it was on my to do list.

Yep, I got the scholarship details in the packet. By the way, for those of you who got financial aid info, do you know how much the entire 22 months costs? On my SIS it just has the cost for the 2017-2018 year (~90k). But when I asked for the cost of the entire program, I was told that the whole program was ~90K. It's confusing because SIS only has 2017-2018 awards and the program ends in 2019. I emailed JHU for clarification, but I didn't get an answer. I'm probably going to deposit at another school, but I wanted to make sure first that I'm getting the numbers correct so I can accurately compare the costs...

Personally if I were choosing between the ABSN and MSN I would go for whatever is cheaper, but if money is not an issue for you (or if they were the same price) here are some comparisons: Penn -Shorter, so you can start working faster -Nursing school is on the main campus and even though it's a second Bachelors you have access to grad student resources -Has a smaller cohort (90-100) -If you want, you can submatriculate to the MSN and have a high chance of being accepted (if it's not midwifery or anesthesia, which are competitive) -Average age is 24-26 (most people are recent college grads, like 1-5 years out of college, according to a current student) -Most recent NCLEX pass rate is 91.1% -No idea about the number of clinical hours, but I think it's about the same as Hopkins -Has a larger Simulation Lab with many rooms -Has research opportunities if you're interested in that, but you have to apply to them -Philly is a great city imo. I went to undergrad outside of Philly so I visited sometimes when there were discounted or free events for college students. -clinical sites for the BSN are very close and apparently there's very reliable public transportation in Philly, so you don't need a car Johns Hopkins -You get a Masters degree which 'helps you move up the career ladder quickly' if you're interested in that sort of thing. -Having a Masters degree will also help if you want to teach or work in administration one day. If you're interested in getting a DNP or PhD in the future, 15-16 of your MSN credits will count towards it. -Has a larger cohort (140), but divided into two equal sections -Average age is 28-29 (I learned this from a chat) -Unfortunately I don't know the NCLEX pass rate for the Direct Entry MSN program since the first cohort hasn't graduated yet. For the last ABSN class the rate was 89.24% -More clinical hours (1000+) compared to an ABSN (note from an admissions chat) -I toured Johns Hopkins and I remember that they only showed a couple of rooms for the Simulation Lab. So I don't know if that's all they had or if they just didn't show us if there are more rooms. -I have been to Baltimore multiple times since I'm closer to it than Philly. The area where the hospital is isn't very safe (I had a family member living near there), but I'm sure you can ask for help to safely get back to where you need to be. The harbor is pretty nice too! -During a chat I attended they said you don't need a vehicle, just reliable transportation. However, my admissions packet said that some clinical sites are an hour away from the school. Hope this helps!

I applied for financial aid and I didn't get an email that said this. Hopefully that doesn't mean something is wrong; on my SIS it says everything was recieved. Did anyone get a financial aid notice yet? edit--ok now I see everything in SIS.

I attended an admissions chat a couple of months ago and they said the fall cohort is 140 students.

I wonder if there are any current students out there who can speak to what the program is like on a day to day basis? I'd like to know more about after finishing MSN, but I think the first cohort graduates this spring so unfortunately it's hard to know the post graduation outcomes of the program.

I was accepted, but I didn't receive an email about training. As for the acceptance email, I think it was around 2:30pm.

Has anyone heard anything about financial aid? In the chat yesterday they said we should be hearing by email today, but it's after 5pm and I've got nothing.

Sure. I visited JHSON a year ago; it was actually the first nursing school I visited. I liked how they were not arrogant despite being the #1 nursing school in the country, and how many people there loved being nurses. They weren't just proud of their school, but proud to be a nurse. This meant a lot to me because I've had many reservations about going into nursing. A professor I encountered on a tour seemed nice. She assured us that they'd take care of us during clinical and that we should not be afraid. The students on the panel seemed serious about their education as well. They have a nice building. It wasn't as large as I thought it would be, but I'm not sure if I saw the whole building. The tour I went on was really short, to be honest. It's good you're visiting before making a decision! I hope it brings you more clarity. I'm not sure if there's a FB group as my facebook is currently actually deactivated, but I'm sure one will pop up as more people are accepted.

Ah, that stinks about not getting federal aid! I hope you get the most scholarship help from your top choice. I am leaning towards Penn right now, so I'm not sure if I'm going to accepted students day at JHU yet since Penn's deposit deadline is [unfortunately] before JHU's acceptance students day. I have actually visited JHU Nursing before and I loved it! Actually, last summer I wanted to apply to start there in Spring 2017, but that didn't work out. So I just ending up applying to JHU and other schools to start in the Summer/Fall 2017.

katty_tseng I am in a similar predicament. To be honest, I love UPenn and it's my top choice. My end goal is to be an NP anyway. I really hope they come through with the financial aid next week. But Penn doesn't sound like they give a lot of scholarship money. For the Penn Grant, I'm not sure how much people typically get. I got a $25k scholarship from Hopkins for the five semesters, but I think I screwed up on my FAFSA (putting it in as a fifth year Bachelors with all of my other programs instead of a Masters program) based on an email I received yesterday. So right not I'm not sure if I'm getting any more money from them. I'll probably call. As for DNP vs NP, I have been looking at job descriptions where I live and I haven't seen any jobs say they prefer DNPs over Masters prepared NPs. Of course, things may change in the next few years.