UW BSN program 2015

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Hey guys !

I'm applying and I'm really nervous, but excited to start my nursing program soon. Anyone else applying to UW?

Hey happy unicorn, if the medication comes in 50mg/kg wouldn't you multiply 25.5 kg by 50mf to get the total mg needed for the appropriate weight? Then divide the mg by 1000 to get the amount of ml needed. That's what I did but I could be wrong lol.

I chose scenario 1, hopefully I did well. I'm super nervous :(

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I was kind of afraid to pick patient number one, but I figured I could learn the most from that scenario. And I think you're right about the math problem. Cancel the kg, then cancel the mg to end with mL.

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you are right InternetLurker :banghead:.... either way i messed up ...

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Yeah guys I'm actually pretty sure you were supposed to cancel all units until you were left with mL on its own.. So, I think it the process was supposed to look something like this:

(50mg/1kg) * 25.5 kg * (1mL/100mg) Multiplying and dividing across would've given you the answer. Accept I needed a calculator to get it :/ Conversion factors were my favorite in Chemistry! Ah man if only we could use a calculator =...Grrr

Oh well :)

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Can I be the first to say...I don't wanna wait a whole month ahhhhgg. Also, why are there so few of us on this thread vs previous years?

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How did you guys go about explain scenario questions 2 and 3? I broke them down by stating how dealing with patient in scenario one will help me professionally and personally by giving one to two examples for each. Then I wrote what my biggest challenge would be but I stated some possible ways to over come it at the end. My final ended up being exactly two pages.

I thought I did well on the math portion as well but I just remembered I put 10.275 for question one...

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THANK YOU shellybaumer. I was just thinking the other day how so few of us are actually responding on this thread. I started this so we could all support each other, since we're going through the same process of getting into UW. I don't know.. Maybe not so many people applying this year know about this site?

Yeah, the waiting is going to killl meeee :***:

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I basically organized my essay in A, B and C format. As in, what they asked for.. I wasn't able to give example due to space. Arg but, I did answer what they wanted.

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I understand. By the time I started writing my final draft there was 20 minutes left and my hands started trembling. It felt like there was so little time :(. It was very nerve wracking. Are any of you still working on pre-reqs and if yes, will you be sending an unofficial transcript at the end of the quarter or just wait for UW's response?

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I also followed the A, B and C format. I inadvertanly put what I would gain as an overall gain rather than a distinction between personal and professional. Hopefully I'm not losing out because I didn't make an obvious break between the two. As soon as I finished, I immediately started picking my essay apart and feeling like, "Oh, I should have said this!". Now all we can do is wait and hope that we expressed our commitment to being excellent nurses.

So something kind of crazy...I was pretty much half way through with the essay when I realized that my patient would no longer be able to talk! I'm glad that I realized that before I was done. It seems pretty important to acknowledge something like that.:facepalm:

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shelleybaumer, same here! As I was brainstorming what I can put under my strengths, I realized the patient wouldnt be able to talk whatsoever. So I wrote about how my strength would understanding non verbal cues and providing clear communications besides talking (writing, images etc). I also wrote about how Id be able to adapt quickly to any health changes since he did have an infection and also might have withdrawals from drugs or mood changes due to his chemical dependency.
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Hey,

i got 12.75 for the first one. Did anyone get .5 for the second one and 8 for the last one?? after I was finished with the essay I have to leave right away so I had no chance to ask anyone://

about the essay.... I thought it was difficult. I was legitimately starring into the prompt for a good 10 min... I chose the first patient. And the scenario didn't specify if the patient was a he or she so the whole time I had to write her/him or he/she which was kind of a hassle lol.

also, I think this year we have less people (238) in the proctored essay than last year? So I guess that is a good thing?

Anyways, cheers to a long long time waiting!

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