University of South Alabama Fall 2014

Nursing Students Post Graduate

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Hello Community,

I have applied to USA WHCNP program for Fall 2014. I think my chances are slim of getting in. Has anyone else applied who has little recent floor experience? I have 5 years L and D, but that was 10 years ago. I work as a cosmetic nurse and need to advance to NP due to the political climate in California. My nursing GPA is magna cum laude, but my other cumulative classes bring it down to 3.2. :(

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I applied as well for the fall but for the PNP primary care program. My cumulative GPA was 3.56 and my nursing was 3.2. I too have older floor experience. I worked in peds ICU for 3 years after I graduated but since have worked in a diagnostic center with adult and peds and am now in compliance with no patient care! That really worries me too. Supposedly if you have at least 2 years experience in your specialty, that should suffice regardless of how long ago it was. Fingers crossed for both of us!

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Specializes in Public Health, Women's Health.

I applied and have no "floor" experience. I work as a public health nurse and have 14 months experience with a variety of things: STDs, OB, family planning, etc. I want to work where I'm at as a WHNP doing routine gyno procedures. I will have two years experience by the time clinicals begin. My nursing gpa and non nursing GPA are around 3.89/3.9. I'm hoping that helps.

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Well tomorrow makes 6 weeks from the application deadline for the MSN program. Hopefully we will hear something soon. From what I can gather we will likely hear something closer to the 8 week mark based on previous posters and their experiences. This wait is excruciating!

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Tell me about it!!

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I did send an email asking when they expected to send letter out and the response was the letters will be sent in about 2 weeks so? If you are like me and stalking your mail, you can stop for right now :) good luck everyone

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Furthermore, I get a letter yesterday (5-17) from USA. Thinking it was the admission letter, I tore right through it. What was it? A calendar and a pamphlet on financing the program!!

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Nooooo what a bummer. Well maybe that means you got in and they let that out the door before your acceptance letter :) either way good luck and keep us posted

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I got in for primary care PNP

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