University of Michigan (UofM) Accelerated program

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Hi everyone!!! I am new to allnurses.com - I was wondering if anyone has applied for the Fall 2009 accelerated program? I have not been able to attend an information session due to scheduling conflicts. Does anyone know how many people apply to the program or know any "insider" info? I know that 50 people get in every year - I just submited my application last week for the early response deadline - good luck to all!!

Hi kiwispring,

I'm glad to hear we are both going to be there. What is an sth? What orientation are you going to? I'm going to see if I can skip my class on the 9th to go then because I am assuming the Monday session will get first picks for clinical locations for the fall semester.

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livingk,

sth= something

i signed up for the monday orientation bc it works better w/ my schedule. hope to see you there!

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Kiwispring,

I'll be there! Do you know to set up a group page on FB? If so, would you be able to easily set it up for our class? I'm not that adept at those kind of things, but I bet once a page is up we would have a good way to find and network with eachother. I'll definitely get to it in May once the term is over if one doesn't get made before then, though. :)

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Just a fair warning about registration. Unless they change the way they do things, the people that registered first during orientation, got first pick at clinicals, but then they got last pick second semester.

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Specializes in Mechanical Circulatory Support.
Just a fair warning about registration. Unless they change the way they do things, the people that registered first during orientation, got first pick at clinicals, but then they got last pick second semester.

Dave: According to that email explaining the process, we were going to get last pick the third semester too! lol Ugh! What a hot mess! And then it seems like everyone got their top choices for summer. Go figure!

Class of 2012: It really doesn't matter where you are for your first clinical so there's no rush to schedule first. The skills you will practice in the first 10 weeks are so basic they can be done on any unit. The people who schedule in August in the last orientation session will likely have clinical at Oakwood, Henry Ford (warren) and/or Jackson. If you are in the first two sessions, you'll get your top picks. And distance aside, it really doesn't matter where you are first semester. Don't stress about it. :)

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dave and musician's,

thanks for all your input :) i heard most ppl do get their first choices for clinicals so that's great!

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Specializes in Mechanical Circulatory Support.

Kiwi -

That seems to be true for the first and last semester (the two semesters that matter the least). Second semester was very frustrating for most of the class but we gave great feedback on how to improve the scheduling so hopefully you won't run into the same issues we did. We also don't know where we are yet for our preceptorships so we'll see how those preferences work out.

Med-surg, complex needs, and the preceptorships are the courses that you really want to get your top picks if you can but it's also not the end of the world if you don't. You really will get out of this program what you want and if you try to seek out opportunities, they will come to you. So even if you don't get your top choices, just focus on the positives because there's an education to be had wherever you end up at clinical (and location really doesn't matter as much as the clinical instructors - they'll make or break a clinical experience).

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musician's,

why do you say clinical locations matter for some semesters and not others? in terms of health care facilities having strong dept's in whatever we're studying?

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Specializes in Mechanical Circulatory Support.

Kiwi -

The first semester you're just learning and practicing the very basics. You can do that at any of the clinical locations. The last 5 weeks is OB and no matter what hospital you're at, the skills are the same because you're all on an OB unit.

Second semester is med-surg and complex needs. It's nice to do clinicals in an area that you are genuinely interested in because this is when you'll amaze yourself with how much you've learned in a short period of time and you'll actually start feeling like a nurse.

Third semester is community and psych - those really don't matter as much because your clinicals aren't in the traditional "acute hospital" setting where most of us want to work. Then the last 5 weeks is the transitions/preceptorship and that's where you really get to play nurse and take on a full load of patients (so again, it's nice to be in an area that you are genuinely interested in).

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Specializes in PACU, ER, PEDS.

soo anyone else heard yet? this is getting ridiculous! i had to move my start date back at u of d mercy to january just so i could hear from them. kiwi spring, musicians wife and whoever else got in, what was your GPA?

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Nothing yet! I figure we should hopefully hear something in the next few weeks with orientations starting on May 9th. I'm sure U of M is trying to finish their decisions as quickly as they can. They want to make sure the right choices are made. Hang in there! Try to focus on the things that make you happy. Whatever happens, it will be OK. If we get in, it will make the wait even sweeter. If not, look at it as a bump in the road. Take more classes, gain additional experiences, keep volunteering and try, try again! :)

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Hi all! I called ---- again today. She said they are finalizing decisions and all decisions will be released by the end of April.... :)

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