UAB AMNP 2019 Applicants

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Hello Everyone,

I hope all is well and Happy Nurse's Week to you all. I wanted to start a discussion forum for people who desire to apply for the UAB AMNP Program this Fall for the Spring 2019 class! My hopes are for everyone to gain insight in the application process, and have comfort in asking questions while receiving support and encouragement.

***If there are any students who are currently or have previously been in the UAB AMNP, please feel free to chime in to provide advice and any helpful tips from your experience with the application process as well as the overall program at large.

I am very excited to work towards becoming a part of a rewarding nursing program! Best Wishes to everyone pursuing the UAB AMNP Program! :yes:

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Hello :) I will be applying for the program for 2019. I am currently wrapping up the application process and I am so excited, but nervous at the same time. I will be graduating from The University of Alabama in December with my Bachelors in Psychology. Good luck to everyone!

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Hey!

I'm applying this year too. Just submitted everything a few weeks ago and now just waiting. I'm finishing up two of my pre-reqs at UAB this summer. Do you both live in Birmingham? Have everything submitted yet?

I'm excited! I hear they increase the spots available each year because nursing demand keeps increasing. Lets hope that works in our favor!

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I currently stay in Tuscaloosa and I'm finishing up at UA. I'll be submitting everything by the end of the end of the week.

I heard the same thing and I'm praying it works in our favor also!

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Hey, everyone! I graduated two weeks ago from Auburn with a B.S. in Poultry Science, and I'm originally from Memphis, TN. Currently I am living in Birmingham, volunteering at Children's in the ED, and working as a cocktail server at Pilcrow.

I am overly eager to be in this program with y'all! And I am almost done submitting my application, just have to submit my essay and finished resume.

I am also applying to UAB's second degree program for safe measure. And it's good to hear they're expanding capacity!

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I'm kind of surprised that there aren't more comments on this thread. In past years for each applicant cohort many (50 or more?) people commented here to say they were applying, etc.!

Well, here we are though! Monday was the application deadline so I'm guessing we just wait to hear from now on. I'm wishing everyone good luck. I'll update you all if I hear anything.

Best Wishes

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Been lurking, this is my first post! I'm applying this cycle as well. I was talking with someone from the transcripts side, and they said if we are chosen to interview, we should hear back no later than mid-October. Good luck to everyone. I'm so nervous - UAB is my top choice!

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Now that I think about it, I'm wondering if not as many people applied compared to past years since this is the first year that the program won't take us straight through to become an APRN.

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I'm not understanding the difference between this program and what it was before. Can you elaborate?! I thought it actually benefited us more now?

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As I understood it, in part Part I you became an RN. Then in Part II, you would start taking classes for your specialty while working full-time as a nurse, unless your specialty requires practice time before starting clinicals for the specialty. Both parts were part of the same program, and once you graduated, you were some kind of APRN. Now when we graduate, we'll be RNs. If we want to continue our education, we'll have to apply to a specialty program separately, whether that be while we're finishing up our RN work or after we graduate as RNs. You can actually find the old flier if you Google "UAB AMNP 2018". An old PDF should pop up.

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I could only find the pdf of the application checklist and not the actual curriculum plan! If you have a copy and can post it here I'd be interested to see :) I'm assuming what you mean is that the first four semesters are all that the program encompasses now and instead of getting directly into an NP specialty track or other graduate level specialty we must apply/work first! But as I understand, we now have the added benefit of having both a BSN and an MSN after the first year (4 semesters)- whereas before you didn't get anything/any degree granted until you had completely finished both the first four semesters (phase I) *and* the NP specialty. Both still have the same plan for Phase I , except completion of phase I didn't lead to an MSN before- only the equivalent of a BSN (no degree officially granted) and being able to sit for the NCLEX. I think the MSN granted upon completion might be a better pay rate while working through the NP specialty later as an RN. Hopefully so.

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Yeah I'm not sure. I am bummed that there isn't an option to go straight through to an aprn specialty, should be interesting how the interviews go this year! I wonder how many people applied this cycle conpared to last cycles.

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