University of South Florida Accelerated BSN

U.S.A. Florida

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Anyone have any insight on this program? I'm in the process of applying and would love to know about the school!

Oops, missed a word in there that might make a difference...

I should have said, "Otherwise, you probably will print more than usual..." As in, if you don't print your notes, you will print a little more than usual...if you do print your notes, well let's just say you might want to invest in a paper company now! ;)

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Specializes in Critical Care - Adults, Peds & Neonates.
Oops, missed a word in there that might make a difference...

I should have said, "Otherwise, you probably will print more than usual..." As in, if you don't print your notes, you will print a little more than usual...if you do print your notes, well let's just say you might want to invest in a paper company now! ;)

LOL! I gotcha. Except for shoes, purses, travels and food, I'm fairly close to the living poster child for "frugality". :D (I tend to always look for a good deal). If I attend the program at USF, I plan on taking FULL advantage of the printing services at the Marshall Center. Maybe I'll have to get a bit creative....try different size fonts, etc.... ;)

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Specializes in Mother Baby & pre-hospital EMS.

My favorite course was definitely OB, followed by psych - two of my favorite topics in general. Psych was also my first major. :) I only wish that we had more clinical time in OB and peds, and that our preceptorship site did not depend on our Med-Surg HESI score. But it was still a good experience anyway.

What my clinical team sometimes did on the last day of the semester was that we went out to eat at a local restaurant. It was a great way to celebrate the end of the semester and just hang out in a non-academic environment. Of course, most of what we talked about was......school, haha.

I highly recommend the Littmann Classic II SE stethoscope. I also recommend getting a voice recorder for lectures. However, please check with each instructor and read the syllabus because some instructors may not allow you to use them.

In general, I was on campus for classes about 2-3 times a week. In the final semester, I was on campus about once a week. But you also have to factor in clinical time in addition to being on campus for classes & lab.

I believe during our cohort they required that we purchase a PDA. I don't know if you can get away without having one, might have to check with the faculty member who is in charge of that. Having a PDA was very helpful during clinicals.

I printed some things from the Marshall Center on campus. You do get a limited # of pages per day. What I did sometimes was put 3 or 6 slides per page (3 if the instructor said a lot of extra info that was not on the slide). Many times I would print from home from my laser printer, though.

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Hello! I was hoping to apply for USF's accelerated program for summer, but I recently found out that you need to have your first bachelor's degree finished before the application deadline. I won't be finished until May! I am applying to other programs for the summer/fall, but if they don't work out I will apply for the fall.

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Specializes in Quality management.

@ms.jazzo

UNF doesn't require all your pre-req's to be completed???

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Specializes in ICU.
@ms.jazzo

UNF doesn't require all your pre-req's to be completed???

No, they do not. USF is the only program that I am applying to that does.

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Specializes in Critical Care - Adults, Peds & Neonates.

Does anyone know if the CON notifies applicants early? (before March 15th/June 15th)?

ETA: Just read some info/answered my own question. No Worries. :)

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Has everybody had the chance to attend the orientation at USF as a pre-nursing student yet?

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Specializes in Critical Care - Adults, Peds & Neonates.
Has everybody had the chance to attend the orientation at USF as a pre-nursing student yet?

No, I haven't attended anything as yet. Last I checked, reservations for the March orientation were unavailable. Just to be clear.....Are you referring to the general orientation required of all USF newcomers or an orientation specific to the CON?

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just the general usf new students! I wish it didnt take so long to hear back though. Its taking forever!

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Specializes in Critical Care - Adults, Peds & Neonates.

LOL...I feel ya. ;) So, you've received notice of your admission to USF already, yes?

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yes, just for admission to the university for summer, not the school of nursing. I submitted my application to the nursing school in january though. What about you? Have you applied to any other schools?

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