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Hello everyone,

Can you please help me with my dilemma??? esp. those who are already doing NP at UW seattle or who are on their way of applying to UW. Any other graduate nurses who got recently accepted at NP program...your input are welcome too... Please help!!!

I have less than a yr of RN experience. I have a BSN. Cumulative GPA of 3.3 in ADN RN program and 3.7 at BSN. I have no volunteer exp. or any particular extra activities pertaining to health care. I love writing poems, I am a nurse with interest in literature and poetry. Now, when I fill out application I feel very short of volunteer or internship or externship or grant work or local community service etc. I have none. When I think of applying I feel like obviously I will be denied because of other nurses who have great resumes. Should I try??? I live in tacoma and work at a local hospital in a Med-surg unit.

What can I do to make myself more appealing to the admission comittee. The deadline is Jan 15th and I am so discouraged to apply yet I really want to be a NP. Should I wait some more years before applying so I'll have more experience ????

Can some of you nurses tell me what your stats were...and extra activities/services you'd when applying. Were you accepted or refused??

Thanks for your help.:specs:

Specializes in CTICU.

I just started my NP program last semester. To be honest, I did not mention, nor did they ask, about volunteer activities. I am from Australia, and we just don't relate all that stuff to your academic ability, so there's nothing on my resume like that either. It just wasn't a problem. I mean, I was applying to academic program, not for sainthood. I would definitely not let that stop you applying.

Hello everyone,

Can you please help me with my dilemma??? esp. those who are already doing NP at UW seattle or who are on their way of applying to UW. Any other graduate nurses who got recently accepted at NP program...your input are welcome too... Please help!!!

I have less than a yr of RN experience. I have a BSN. Cumulative GPA of 3.3 in ADN RN program and 3.7 at BSN. I have no volunteer exp. or any particular extra activities pertaining to health care. I love writing poems, I am a nurse with interest in literature and poetry. Now, when I fill out application I feel very short of volunteer or internship or externship or grant work or local community service etc. I have none. When I think of applying I feel like obviously I will be denied because of other nurses who have great resumes. Should I try??? I live in tacoma and work at a local hospital in a Med-surg unit.

What can I do to make myself more appealing to the admission comittee. The deadline is Jan 15th and I am so discouraged to apply yet I really want to be a NP. Should I wait some more years before applying so I'll have more experience ????

Can some of you nurses tell me what your stats were...and extra activities/services you'd when applying. Were you accepted or refused??

Thanks for your help.:specs:

Augsburg College has a Master of Arts in Nursing. You stated that you are interested in poetry and literature. The MA program has phenomenal reading lists and taps into the creativity part of nursing. I know that its far from where you live, however, you might really enjoy the program.

http://www.augsburg.edu/ma_nursing/

George Washington University was offering an online MSN in End of Life Care that may have interested you. However, they have discontinued the program as of this semester. GWU does have online MSN programs in leadership and management, if you're interested.

http://www.gwumc.edu/healthsci/programs/eol/program_requirements.cfm

http://www.gwumc.edu/healthsci/departments/nursing/programs.cfm

thank you ghillbert and jp837.

ghillbert, did you apply in aussie or US..did you have any research under your belt during undergrad at least. i dont even have that???

jp837, i cant leave WA because of the contract with the hospital. they paid for my relocation and everything when i moved here from AZ.

Specializes in CTICU.

My program is in the US. I didn't do extracurricular research during my undergrad, if that's what you're asking... but that is long enough ago that the program I applied to now was more interested in my recent experience and grades than undergrad stuff.

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