Salisbury Accelerated BSN Applicants for 2014

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So I have applied for SU's aBSN for fall entry of 2014. I have been checking out threads on this site from applicants from years past and was just looking for insight from other applicants during this waiting process! I have turned everything in but just curious if anyone has received any confirmation that the college has received all of their application materials. I know that they don't really start notifying applicants until February/March but I just wanted to hear from other applicants to help me through this process!

Anyone else applied for Salisbury's accelerated 2nd degree program for the fall of 2014?

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I am planning to apply this fall for 2015 start. What is your background? Are you from the area?

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I graduated from Washington College in Chestertown, MD this past spring with my BS in Behavioral Neuroscience/Psychology. I live about an hour between Washington College and Salisbury so yes I am pretty close to the area. I currently work as a NA in the local hospital in Salisbury and am finishing up A&P II at Salisbury University which I will be completed by Jan 23. After that, I have to complete the patho requirement which I will fulfill after my knowing if I am accepted or not. Anything else you want to know, let me know- I am open to discussion!!

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I've only just started exploring nursing as a career change. I have my EMT and phlebotomy certifications and am hoping they will get me in the door as a tech at PRMC sometime in the near future. My BS was in Health Sciences and I was originally thinking about Physical Therapy and then Physician Assistant. However, the more I am looking into nursing the more I am liking it because of all of the options and flexibility in jobs, career paths, and so on. Are you planning to be a mental health nurse?

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I applied as well and when i called them they did not mention when we would receive a status. All I got was "we're processing applications". To be honest, I don't have high hopes for SU. I barely made the minimum required GPA and since there's no TEAS exam required I don't have any other high score to balance everything out.....so we'll see how this goes! :unsure:

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wannabe81- Nursing is definitely a field that has flexibility and is why I have steered myself into that direction. Back in high school/beginning of college I wanted to be a doctor but my mind changed as I did not want to one day have the life of a physician. After that, I explored the option of PA school (I still have that cooking in the back of my mind but that's another story) and upon further research and my experience as a CNA, I have really been drawn into the field of nursing. There are so many options out there in health care which is a good but also a tricky thing when it comes to deciding what path to take.

You seem to have a great hand on things by having your EMT and phlebotomy (I myself have my EMT) and it just seems like your kind of stuck on what direction to take. Nursing is really what I want to do now as I prefer the nursing teaching model over medical and I just really like all of the opportunities and the room to grow with nursing.

Mental health is something that I find very interesting but I am not quite sure yet what I want to do. I currently work on a med/surg floor at PRMC and although I get to see a lot, I know in the long run its not where I want to be. As for you working at PRMC- I would say get your CNA and apply- they always seem to have positions open. Sometimes they will hire you without a CNA and will take an EMT over it. I know Shore Health will hire for PCTs with just your EMT but at PRMC all of the current open positions seem to be as a NA and they require your CNA license. It is a very easy certification to obtain and is great experience working in a hospital over home health or a nursing home.

Anyway sorry for saying so much but I just like talking about it to help others decide and myself as well since I seem to always constantly be weighing my options.

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Pink eagle- Right. I called and checked to make sure they had all my materials but thats all I really got out of it was that they had received everything. I read one form while applying and know they said to expect to hear by March so I am hoping to hear something in the next month or so. Where else have you applied and where did you get your bachelors from? I think my understanding is that the TEAS entrance is just for associate programs but I could be wrong.

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I am applying to 6 nursing programs in total, all of which are 2 year programs but only 2 are accelerated: SU, UMD (hoping to get into the B-more campus so that I can take a break from DC), Towson (2nd deg program), Coppin State, Minot State University and Missouri Southern State University. The reason I chose these schools was purely because of their low cost of tuition. I went to The George Washington University and got a BA in Sociology and Biology and after the thousands upon thousands of dollars that went into paying for that school, I VOWED to never pay that much for my education again! :no: Minot State actually gives in state tuition to EVERYONE who applies and Missouri Southern is very affordable. My overall GPA is a 3.01 (because studying biology in GW is no joke!) but my GPA for the nursing prereqs is very high, which is my this application process is a complete toss-up!

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GW is a very good school and expensive. I was at Washington which is private and is very expensive too so instate tuition some where would be very nice. How come your school just grants you a BA and not a BS if your degree is in biology?

Which school are you leaning towards?

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I am guessing that since it was a double major with a social science, it was easier and shorter, if not required, to do the BA option rather than the BS (I've never heard of a BS in Sociology).

As for me, I don't think I'll be pursuing the CNA option since the soonest I could do it would be in the fall semester, and by then, what's the point? I'll have already submitted my applications before I even graduate from the program or getting my certification, and I really don't have a desire to work as a CNA anyway. I've noticed that hear in MD you need a CNA for pretty much anything, which seems like some sort of conspiracy to me. If anything, I would rather spend that time and money to get my AEMT and get trained to do advanced airway management, IV therapy, and so on. That seems a lot more relevant to me than what goes on in the CNA curriculum. I got a call from a hospital in DE about a tech job, so hopefully that will pan out.

How would you compare the nursing teaching model to the medical teaching model? Less technical and more focused on patient relations, palliative care, etc?

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Shorew2013,

I am currently in Salisbury University's 2nd degree nursing program (was accepted Fall 2013). I saw your post on our old thread & figured I'd reply back to you on your new one. If you have any questions I would be glad to answer them for you to the best of my ability, but I may be slow to respond since we just went back to school yesterday so I am going to be really busy until spring break in March. Anyway, I think one of your questions on the old thread was when we received our acceptance letters & what to expect for the admission process. My acceptance letter was dated Feb.13, 3013...I think they send these out in "waves" though because some of the people in our group got theirs later than I did. This is probably due to the fact that each "wave" must notify the university in writing by a certain date (noted in the letter) saying that you want them to hold a spot for you/that you will be attending...otherwise, they will review more applicants & give the seat to someone else. Once they have saved your spot you will get info (can't remember if it is via regular mail or email) about orientation & other requirements (e.g. CPR certification, immunizations, background check, etc). Off the top of my head I can't really remember much about the admissions process, but if you have any other questions just reply back & I'll try to answer as soon as I can...I know that the waiting is the worst part lol.

Also, my GPA from my previous degree was 3.75...I am also a really good paper writer so I think that my essay assisted me in getting accepted into the program. I don't know what my references wrote about me because they sent it to the university themselves so I'm not sure exactly they they are looking for in that. My prerequisites were marginal (A&P I: B, A&P II: C, Patho: C, Chem I: D...I think there is another prerequisite but can't remember what it is). Anyway, I do know that for 2nd degree students they take everything into consideration whereas for traditional (1st degree students) they mainly choose who gets in based on prerequisite GPA only (maybe the TEAS test scores as well, but I don't know much about that because 2nd degree students don't have to take it).

Hope this helps you a little during the waiting process! :)

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Oh well that makes sense. Right well if your unsure just explore your options and to ask around and do research on the various carious is definitely your best bet. I never really understood all that there was until I worked in the hospital and shadowed different professions to see what each is all truly about.

And exactly for nursing is more of a holistic approach then a doctor has to a condition and treatment. It is way more of a focus on a patient than its is for any doctor/pa relationship is with a patient.

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