UW BSN 2020

[Lusashi]

I am hoping to start a thread for University of Washington’s BSN program for Fall 2020.

Is anyone else applying to the traditional BSN after being rejected or waitlisted for the ABSN? What are your strategies in improving your application this time around?

I am currently waitlisted for the ABSN, and having just completed my BS, I have my heart set on that program. But through the application process I realized that I would rather do two years of school at UW than do an ABSN anywhere else. I look forward to getting to know you all better in this process. Good luck to all the applicants!

[brendamatadiaz, CNA]

I got my invite too!! I've heard there's 3 dosage questions. No calculators allowed. And then there's one essay prompt that asks: which of the 3 patients would you choose? All three patients are different.

[Charityyy]

I got my invite today as well! I think what brendamatadiaz said sounds right, but it sounded to me like there would be more than one of the prompts involving choosing a patient, though I may not be remembering right. Anybody that did the essay last year have any insight?

[Bbrown]

4 minutes ago, Charityyy said:

I got my invite today as well! I think what brendamatadiaz said sounds right, but it sounded to me like there would be more than one of the prompts involving choosing a patient, though I may not be remembering right. Anybody that did the essay last year have any insight?

I was invited as well!

http://apps.nursing.uw.edu/audio-files/proctored-essay.mp3

This is from an information session discussing the proctored essay. hope it helps

[racheleg]

Hi all,

I received my invite today as well! Like other people have asked, anyone have any tips on how to study for the dosage questions / essay portion? I've read in past forums that people have used certain websites and youtube videos. I will be taking the out-of-area proctored essay since I live in California.

[adri.aco]

Hi All,

Congrats to those who made it to the proctored essay. As brendamatadiaz pointed out, we will ask 3 dosage questions and have a writing portion in which you'll pick a patient (out of 3) and tell us why and what you'd hope to learn/gain from selecting that patient. We obviously don't expect anyone to know how to treat them, but we're really looking to see what your thought process is, your critical thinking, etc. Try to think outside the box!

For math, it helps to brush up on basic algebra, fractions, decimals, and long division. Most people trip up on doing long division and end up placing the decimal in the wrong spot. If you need practice with that, Khan Academy works great. For actual dosage question examples, dosagehelp.com is a helpful resource.

This year, around 395 applicants were invited (about 15 more than last year). As always, our application pool is getting more and more competitive.

I'll see you Wednesday! Good luck!

Adrian

[Eileen Iwankiw]

So glad I came across this thread. This is my first time applying to UW. I also received the invite to Wednesday's proctored exam! Thanks for the info. I've been stressing over the content that would be covered. It's definitely helpful to know what you should review. Good luck!

[brendamatadiaz, CNA]

For the dosage questions, does anybody know if we should practice mass/mass questions or mass/liquid for liquid questions. Like what kind of dosage calculations should we focus on?

[echo04]

Hi Lauren,

Just wondering why you would prefer to do a BSN at UW over different ABSN programs?

[echo04]

5 hours ago, brendamatadiaz said:

For the dosage questions, does anybody know if we should practice mass/mass questions or mass/liquid for liquid questions. Like what kind of dosage calculations should we focus on?

I did the proctored essay for the ABSN program, and I went through all of the types of questions on dosagehelp. I found it pretty easy and it was quick to finish, like maybe 5 minutes. Those would be the most basic ones, but I would not know if they switch it around!

[Charityyy]

1 hour ago, echo04 said:

I did the proctored essay for the ABSN program, and I went through all of the types of questions on dosagehelp. I found it pretty easy and it was quick to finish, like maybe 5 minutes. Those would be the most basic ones, but I would not know if they switch it around!

Super helpful, thank you! Also wondering if they give us the equations during the exam or if I should memorize them all?

[brendamatadiaz, CNA]

@Charityyy I don't think they provide any equations or conversion chart. I think it would be best to memorize them and practice them over beforehand

[Charityyy]

5 hours ago, brendamatadiaz said:

@Charityyy I don't think they provide any equations or conversion chart. I think it would be best to memorize them and practice them over beforehand

Yeah probably better safe than sorry haha, thanks