Thinking about applying to UIC's GEP program. Anybody here applied and was accepted? What were your stats?
My stats: 3.2 Overall GPA/3.5 Sci BA in Sociology. Office Manager in home health care, tech in a medical equipment co, medical assistant (no cert) in dr's office and later office manager there. Volunteering in Nursing Home around 120 hours...
From what I can tell on their website, after completing the NCLEX, you immediately start the master portion of the program. Is this correct?
The College of Nursing is experiencing an increased number of applications for the Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) specialty. As a result, the College of Nursing’s Health Systems Science Department can no longer accept applications for the FNP specialty concentration.
Now would be an ideal time for you, as a Graduate Entry Program (GEP) FNP applicant, to consider the following:
1. If you plan to work with adults/older adults in the hospital, you may want to choose an Adult-Gerontology Acute Care NP specialty. If your interest is in primary, Adult-Gerontology Primary Care NP specialty might be a better option.
2. If you know that you only want to work with children, perhaps you may want to consider the Pediatric NP specialty option.
3. Have your researched the many other nurse practitioner roles offered through the College of Nursing? Perhaps another specialty field was a close consideration for you and now would be a great time to explore that option further.
We are asking all Spring 2014 GEP FNP applicants to choose a secondary specialty before applications go to faculty for review in the next week. All applicants who have chosen FNP as a specialty must choose a secondary specialty or risk an automatic denial of admission. We must emphasize that no GEP applications will be reviewed for the FNP specialty. If you are selected for your secondary choice, the secondary choice will be the program you are expected to complete.
I really don't know what to choose now. For any of you in this boat, if you wouldn't mind sharing your thoughts I would GREATLY appreciate it. I was so set on FNP...
Wow!! I applied to Psych so I don't know how helpful I could be. I find that to be ridiculous. Not sure how plausible it would be but they should give you the option of withdrawing your application and receiving a refund.
Problem is... I don't have a backup school. I'm waitlisted at Vanderbilt and BC. They do give the option of withdrawing, but no mention of a refund. It's not that I don't like any of the other specialties. I was initially torn between WHNP and Peds, which is why I went the FNP route because I like how it integrates all patient populations. I'm leaning towards Peds at this point.
I'm very concerned that even though the faculty understand that the FNP specialty is no longer being offered that I'm still at a disadvantage. I would have added a few more specific reasons to my application on becoming a PNP, so hopefully I get an interview and can explain more there. Really keeping my fingers crossed here.
That makes me nervous because I think everyone else that is really qaulified will come into the Acute care settings and may bump me out. I had no idea that it was THIS competitivie.
steve21021
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I suppose it is the little battles that you have to win, rainkissedleaves.....