U of AZ Interview for ASBSN!

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Hi!

I'm so excited. I just found out that I got selected to interview for U of A's ASBSN program! :w00t:

In the email it said to bring my top three choices for healthcare sponsors. I'm not familiar with Tucson, so I'm wondering, what would be good choices?

TIA

Yay, so nice to have the official letter in hand!

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Do you guys know if we need to be doing anything right now with the contract we received via email back in Feb? I haven't heard anything directly from partnering hospital (Carondelet), have any of you? Or maybe they are waiting until everyone has turned in their acceptance letters.

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I am going with my guess that we will not receive any more details until we return the signed and notarized documents.

So they will get signed and notarized early tomorrow morning and sent off as quickly as possible! :)

Mark

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:::yawn, stretch:::

hi ho, hi ho, off to the bank and post office I go!

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Just a quick question for anyone. The letter said something about a stipend. Does anyone have any idea how much that will be? I am just trying to figure out finances and loans if needed and it would be helpful to know how much $$$ they are going to give us. Thanks all.

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Since I have lived in Tucson for a while, and people seem to want info on the area (traffic/neighborhoods, etc.) I thought I'd share some info with you.

I'm currently living up north at the Orange Grove/Oracle area. It's about a 20 minute drive to the U - which isn't TOO bad. The traffic is actually pretty light during the summer months because a lot of retired people only spend the winter here, and most of the students are back home. At the time of the interview, the traffic was about as bad as it gets. The biggest pain you will find, though, is parking on campus. A parking pass is upwards of $400 per semester (if I remember right - I never had one). But it's almost impossible to find a decent spot. I'm trying to find a place within biking distance. There are lots of good places, but I have a dog, so it's a little more difficult (I need a yard preferrably, especially if I'm gonna be gone for so long during the day). The best option, from my experience, is to go to UofA website and look at the CatTran "park and ride" lots and find a place in one of those areas. It's free and the bus runs about every 15 minutes and stops right in front of the nursing building. If you have any questions about neighborhoods or anyhting else, dont hesitate to ask.

Edit: Oh, and one more thing. Some apartment complexes have complimentary buses that run to the U. Starr Pass and Northpointe are the only ones I can immediately think of. BUT, these are college student communities with lots of late night parties - esp on the weekend - and only multiple room apartments. FYI.

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Thanks,

Found the parking costs:

2008-2009

Motorcycle - when purchased in conjunction with annual or academic automobile permit:

$ 55.00

Motorcycle

$109.00

Evening Garage

$128.00 (Fall & Spring Semester

$ 90.00 (Summer Semester)

Evening Surface Lot

$211.00

Park-N-Ride Off-Campus Lots

$153.00 (Academic year)

Lot 9003

$228.00 (Academic year)

Zone 1

$303.00

South of Sixth

$303.00

Disabled Level 1

$303.00 (Surface Lots Only)

Lot Specific

$418.00

Street Specific

$418.00

Garages

$518.00

Disabled Level 2

$518.00 (Surface Lots and Garages)

And I do not know where the zones or lots are; but, I'm sure I'll find out...

Mark

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Specializes in Acute Care Psych, DNP Student.

You'll want to arrange and pay for your fall/spring parking pass early. If you wait until a couple months before the fall semester starts, the spaces will be sold out. That happened to me last year. Summer isn't such a challenge, though. The U isn't so busy then.

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Specializes in Acute Care Psych, DNP Student.

Parking map of the AHSC, where the CON is located:

http://parking.arizona.edu/pdf/maps/construction/ahsc_0708.pdf

Also, registration for new parking permits for 2008/2009 begins on April 15th, 2008. I'd try to get my spot that day, April 15th.

http://parking.arizona.edu/news/index.php?id=20082009

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Parking map of the AHSC, where the CON is located:

http://parking.arizona.edu/pdf/maps/construction/ahsc_0708.pdf

Also, registration for new parking permits for 2008/2009 begins on April 15th, 2008. I'd try to get my spot that day, April 15th.

http://parking.arizona.edu/news/index.php?id=20082009

Thanks for both of these post/hints!

Mark

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Anybody get more information after sending back the acceptance form with the list of what we need to get done before we get started in June?

I'm looking for things like:

Shoe requirement.

Slack requirement.

Stethoscope recommendation (if they have one).

Text and reference book list!!! (and whether or not we can use a Palm/pocketpc for reference texts).

Which type CPR cert we need.

Shot record (I don't have one. I wonder if I'm going to have to go get some duplicate shots to build one. I have titer results for mumps/chicken pox and Hep B.)

Mark

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Specializes in Acute Care Psych, DNP Student.

Mark,

Many of your questions can be answered in the BSN student handbook:

http://nursing.arizona.edu/BSNV3.htm

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