UT AE-MSN 2018

mklarimer · Feb 1, 2018

If you've been accepted to the program please send me a Facebook request, so I can get a FB group started for us. My name is Mary Kate Larimer.

kaslee · Feb 2, 2018

Awesome! Just sent ya a friend request. First name is Kasen!

ATX77 · Feb 2, 2018

I really wish Texas had a bigger direct entry program!

I'm currently in the PMHNP program at UT. One of the main reasons the program limits the sizes of their cohorts is because they do 99.9% of the work associated with securing preceptors for students. Which means, as of right now, everyone who is admitted will have the total support of the program for managing those assignments; which in Austin is critical to meet the hours needed. Other programs can enroll more students because that responsibility belongs to the student. Our cohort is 13 students and we have 4 traditional MSNs and 9 AE-MSNs so the count varies each year. Good luck to those selected.

as318144 · Feb 3, 2018

Also sent a fb request :) first name is April!

as318144 · Feb 3, 2018

Yoyo1 would you be able to message me so I can ask you a few questions about the program? It won't let me send one since I haven't made enough posts!

Yoyo1 · Feb 3, 2018

Hey, AS...it won't let me send you a message either. Feel free to post the questions here and I can answer them as best I can. The foundation year is very busy. Every once in awhile it feels a tad overwhelming (although others in my cohort might say that they're more overwhelmed than that). However, the school provides you with plenty of resources to make sure you succeed. They will set up several q & a sessions with past cohorts to help you each step of the way.

wetan · Feb 4, 2018

Hi, Very excited to share that I received an email today indicating that I've been accepted into the AE-MSN program for AG-CNS! Class starts June 7th! Good luck everyone!

Hey randy.atx would it possible for you to share your stats? I hope to apply next cycle!!

randy.atx · Feb 6, 2018

Hi wetan - not sure how any of these contributed to the final score, but here goes... GPA 4.0, GRE 158 verbal, 151 math (I forgot everything from HS about triangles) and 4 for writing. All 3 references were from nurses. Work experience includes 20 yrs health informatics.

My notes from one of the info sessions says that the Psyc NPs have total GRE avg of about 317, plus very few seats - so that one is probably the hardest to get in to.

Wishing you good luck with your next application.

audreyzh88 · Feb 8, 2018

Hi, Mary. My name is Audrey Zheng. I have been accepted into the leadership program. Please add me to the FB group. See you folk soon.

randy.atx · Feb 8, 2018

Hi Mary Kate, please add me to the FB group. - Thanks, Randy

nursec1122 · Feb 11, 2018

I was accepted into the LeaDs program after being deferred from the PMHNP. I don't think it makes much sense time-wise or monetarily to do three years for a MSN and then have to do another program to become a psych NP. If anything I'd rather do an accelerated RN program and then take a regular master's program.

Good luck to those on the waitlist!

Peanutpancake · Feb 13, 2018

Hey all,

I'm in LeaDs from the 2017 cohort. One of you posted in our allnurses forum from last year, but I decided to respond here so it would be more available to everyone. Someone asked what our experience has been like so far. So here it goes..

This is my personal experience and everyone has had a wide variety of opinions about the first year. For me, I don't have any kids or obligations outside of this program and I have a very supportive husband so my interpretation of the year may be different than others. That being said, I've had a really great experience so far. I have been impressed by how open-minded, down-to-earth, and kind everyone in my cohort is. The professors are nice and really care about the well-being and success of the students. The most intensive portion of the program for me was the beginning 7 weeks of the fall semester. At that time, I organized my time by working on any major/long term projects on Friday afternoon. I would complete the skills lab readings on Saturday (these were usually 50-75 pages long, although the pages were on the small side) and take the pre-lab quiz. Sunday, I would prep for the next day's adult health clinical for most of the day and glance over adult health lecture slides. Monday was clinical (630am-3pm at the hospital) and I tended to review adult health again and go to bed early. Tuesday was child health clinical and I would fill out a nursing "brain" during clinical with assessment information and patient history. After clinical I would study for the next day's adult health quiz. Wednesday was a "sleep in day". Class started at 9am instead of having to be at clinical at 630am. We had lecture in the morning, a 3 hour break, and then lecture in the afternoon. This break was a good time to work on child health readings and pre-class quizzes for the week (these were small quizzes and not worth too many points). Wednesday evenings I worked on my child health nursing report and adult health client status reports (paperwork stating my nursing diagnoses, interventions done during the day, and outcomes). Thursday was usually clinical in the community (clinics, schools, etc). On Thursday night I would study for Friday's child health quiz. Friday was skills lab and child health lecture and the cycle would begin again.

Not everyone has child health in the first part of the fall semester, but that was the most time consuming part of this program for me so I wanted to give a snapshot of what it was like and an example of how my time was organized. It was a lot but manageable. Otherwise, the summer was pretty relaxed and I had a decent amount of free time. So far this spring semester has left me with an adequate amount of time to spend socially. Also, I was very worried about going to the hospital at first, but we were eased into it with simulation, then shadowing a nurse, then taking a patient and only doing an assessment, then taking a patient and only doing oral meds, etc. I should not have been so nervous.

For those of you wondering about the waitlist, I know multiple people that were on the waitlist that ended up being admitted. One of them didn't hear back until a couple months before the start of the program that they were admitted (stressful)!

I'm just going to reiterate that I am responding on my own accord and my experiences are mine alone! I hope this is at least somewhat helpful and didn't cause more questions/confusion! Congrats you guys and look forward to meeting you this summer!