UCSF MEPN 2020

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Hi everyone, I just wanted to start this new topic for those like myself who are interested in applying to the MEPN program for the 2020 cohort.

@Flor Juarez Congrats, I hope it went well!! Can you please clarify if the interview was one-on-one with faculty or group with other MEPN candidates?

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1 hour ago, jpalo said:

@Flor Juarez Congrats, I hope it went well!! Can you please clarify if the interview was one-on-one with faculty or group with other MEPN candidates?

@jpalo, it’s a faculty member and a community nurse in your specialty. So at ur meeting time, you show up and SJ gives you a card with your name, interview time, and faculty member. Then everyone in your group is in one classroom and at your interview time, you line up and SJ walks you down to your floor/interview.

hope that helps! Let me know if you have any other questions!

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My community was not from my speciality (CNM/WHNP). Mine was an FNP so just be prepared that they might not be from your speciality.

Best of luck everything, you'll do great. Breath, seriously, breath.

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@Flor Juarez @Marin520 this is helpful! my interview is this Friday afternoon. I'm excited and nervous (mostly nervous) at the same time! I will be sure to breathe...haha.

Anyone else have their interviews on Friday? per my email there may be a meetup later that day after the interviews.

Best of luck to all!

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@Flor Juarez @Marin520 Thank you both, I greatly appreciate the insight!

@kmd1005 I will also be interviewing on Friday.

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@Flor Juarez @Marin520 Thank you both for your insight. If you could give one piece of advise as far as the interview goes, what would it be?

@kmd1005 @jpalo Good Luck to you both. My interview is on the 31st. I am to arrive at the nursing building at 8am. I am nervous, excited, and a whole lot of other feelings.

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My piece advice is to BREATH, be calm and chill for this couple days.

Yes, it is easier said then done. I get it, I was a nervous wreck on Wednesday. But I made sure to get some good sleep, eat, and drink water. This all seems pretty obvious but I was so in my head and trying to perfectly answer all these questions when practicing that I forget about me and my well being in the process. But I realized I have all the answers, they lie within.

My recommendation for the night before is go over the answers outloud one more time all the way through either with a friend or in the mirror. Then put it away. Take a nice long shower/bath, maybe just sit in silence for a couple minutes, make urself some sleepy time tea, do something that makes you feel good about yourself, lay your clothes out for the next day, and in the morning just be kind to yourself.

I went to yoga, had a little breakfast, mindfully just got ready and just breathed. Listened to calm music on the way there.

If you have been practicing for the last couple weeks and you know what you wanna say, then you’re good, and your true self and passion will flow right now.

The interview was not bad, trust me. You’re gonna do great, you’re gonna feel great if your kind to yourself and they will see that.

Sending you calming thoughts and feelings everyone.

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Thanks so much @Marin520 !

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On 1/24/2020 at 1:01 PM, Flor Juarez said:

Just finished my interview for the FNP specialty! Anyone else? How did you feel it went?

I'm not sure! I feel good and bad. I'm dwelling on all of the things I should have said, but trying not to worry about it. I applied for AGPC by the way. Good luck to everyone!

Has anyone else been accepted into other programs that require a decision before UCSF is supposed to get back to us?

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For those of you who've gone through interviews already, was it an hour or a half-hour? Not that it matters too much, just wondering!

@vicksburg I know how you feel!!

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1 minute ago, NMtobe said:

For those of you who've gone through interviews already, was it an hour or a half-hour? Not that it matters too much, just wondering!

@vicksburg I know how you feel!!

I think they're about 30-45 minutes. It seems like it mostly depends on your interviewer (and they made sure we knew that the total time was not indicative of a good or bad interview). I'd recommend having questions of your own too!

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@kmd1005 I am also scheduled on the 31st in the afternoon for OEHN ? see you there!

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