Quinnipiac ABSN 2017

jlcurran · Mar 28, 2017

I received my acceptance letter last week. I graduated with a bachelors in finance and have been working in the insurance industry for the last 4 years with no hospital experience. I'm debating whether I should wait for UCONN or Saint Joe's start dates (if I can get in) so I can get some experience before starting. Does anyone mind sharing their background and experience? I'm nervous I'm going to be behind everyone with the fast pace and no experience.

Thanks!

Jess

NikNikV · Mar 28, 2017

Hi Jess-

I'm like you. Graduating with a bachelors in Sport Leadership & Management in May and no real experience other than a student volunteer rotation back in high school. Toying with the idea of taking CNA classes this summer in hopes of finishing early enough to work for a month or so before the start of this program. Trying to balance out the costs of additional training vs. the benefit.

As I stated in an earlier post, I went to the info session while I was home on break last week. There were 4 current students brought in to answer questions. One of them was in our situation. Graduated with a Public Health degree, went straight into the ABSN program and didn't have any experience. She said that there were times she felt a little overwhelmed and behind everyone but that it's doable, she's holding her own and she doesn't regret it.

Hope that helps a little.

Nicole

CTFutureRN · Mar 28, 2017

NikNikV and jlcurran

I'm also in the same boat as you guys! I have a bachelors degree in Psychology. I had an internship in a psych hospital in Boston, but other than that I have zero health care experience. I'm nervous about that as well. But we can do this !! Are you both looking for housing near campus or do you both already live in CT?

NikNikV · Mar 28, 2017

I live in Westchester County, NY which is about an hour away so I will be looking for housing near campus. How about you? Did say earlier that you live in CT? How far from campus are you?

CTFutureRN · Mar 28, 2017

Westchester county is beautiful! I have family that live in that area. I do live in CT, i live in the north west corner, which is a little over an hour away. I will be commuting. My cousin goes to QU now, so I'm sure there will be nights that I may stay at her place if we have super long days. I'm a little nervous about my commute, but I'm hopeful I can get used to it.

colly526 · Mar 29, 2017

Hi all!

Congrats to those accepted! I have been accepted as well! I was wondering, how are you deciding to attend QU over other programs and why? I'm trying to decide myself and wanted to see how others are deciding :)

jenna1394 · Mar 29, 2017

Hello @colly526! What other programs have you gotten accepted to?

colly526 · Mar 29, 2017

Hi! I got accepted to Northeastern and University of Saint Joseph's. I'm just having trouble deciding!

jenna1394 · Mar 29, 2017

Yeah I got accepted into fairfield, southern and st Jospeh and idk what to do!! I have no information on southern and not too much on at Joseph either

ChrisSa · Mar 29, 2017

QU was my first choice, even though the price tag is so high. They'll deliver an excellent quality education--I feel pretty confident about that, and for this degree, I want the best I can get. Also, I believe they are one of only a handful of schools in the US that teach a holistic nursing curriculum.

I had Southern as my backup.

Current Endorsed Nursing Programs - American Holistic Nurses

colly526 · Mar 29, 2017

Right now I'm really just torn between Quinnipiac and Northeastern...but those are some good points you made. I had no idea about the holistic nursing curriculum!

jenna1394 · Mar 29, 2017

Yeah distance plays a big part for me becuase A long commute can affect things and I wanna stay closer to my home town if I can't work ...then I can't afford an apartment lol