Vanderbilt Pre-Specialty Applicants 2014

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Hey everyone! I couldn't find this thread anywhere so figured that I would start one for all of us who applied to Vanderbilt's Pre-Specialty Entry program (for non-RNs) this fall. I applied for the PMHNP specialty. What about you?! :)

gabookworm, when did you find out about the integration semester? I have only read the handbook and what is available online and have not seen anything about this. I would be moving from Boston with my family and choosing to live right outside of nashville, probably in a town on the outskirts. During what part of our studies is this integration semester and where out of state is it located? Do we get to choose places somewhat closeby? That kind of turns me away from this program.

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bostondrc, I was told the same thing as gabookworm during my interview for FNP/CNM. They reiterated this multiple times without me asking about it at all- I assume because it is a problem for many applicants.

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Scholarships Info: (Straight from the Handbook)

Alaska Tribal Health Facility - ANTHC :: Main Recruiting Page

Recruits for all the Alaska Tribal Health System.

American Academy of Nurse Practicioners - http://www.aanpfoundation.org

Must be members to apply - can apply as soon as you are a member

American Association of Colleges of Nursing - American Association of Colleges of Nursing | Financial Aid

Lists of different types of financial aid and loan repayment resources.

American Cancer Society- American Cancer Society | Information and Resources for Cancer: Breast, Colon, Lung, Prostate, Skin

There are specifically for nurses who are intersted in caring for those diagnosed/recovering from Cancer. $10,000 up to 2 years

American College of Nurse Midwives

Must have completed 1 semestere of nurse midwifery

American Indian Graduate Institute- hhtp://aigc.com/scholarships.aspx

Fellowships offered based on Native American Status and Need.

Association of Operating Room Nurses - Association of periOperative Registered Nurses

Must be RN and members of AORN.

Braintrack - http://www.braintrack.com/collges-by-career/registered-nurses

Essay submission.

Campus RN-AACN Nursing Scholarship Fund - Nursing Jobs, Nurse Jobs, Healthcare Jobs, RN Jobs, Nursing Scholarships

$2,5000 to six students

Community Foundation of Middle TN - list of scholarships by degree of program and specialization

Discover Nursing - Find Your Scholarship | Discover Nursing

Diversity Nursing - Diversity Nursing â€" Diversity

Fast WEB - scholarships, grants, fellowships and loans.

Foundations of the National Student Nurses Association - Home

Hispanic Scholarship Fund - http://www.hsf.net/default/aspx

Indian Health Service - Indian Health Service (IHS)

Offers financial alternatives to RNs who provide direct patient care such as NP and Midwives. Scholarships, loan repayment and recruitment.

International Student Scholarships - http://www.isoa.org/list_scholarships.apsx

March of Dimes Nursing Scholarships - March of Dimes - Continuing Nursing Education - NL Home

Mary Guild Minority Scholarship Program - http://www.maryfreebed.com/Jobes/Minority-Scholarship-Program

Minority Nurse.com

Minute Clinic -(Loan repayment)

National Association of Hispanic Nurses - Scholarships and Awards of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN) site

National Black Student Nurses Association - ww.nbna.org

National Health Service Corp - Loan and Repayment and Scholarship. FNP or NMW. Tuition, books, fees and monthly stipend. (800-221-9393)

The National League for Nursing - (Based on students commitment to become faculty upon graduation) http://www.ninfoundation.org/funding_opprotunities.cfm

National Society of the Colonial Dames of America - American Indian Nurse scholarship awards.

Nation Society Daughter of the American Revolution - (Must have sponsorship of local chapter)

Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation - Scholarships for graduate programs Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation

Nurse Educational Funds, Inc. - Must be an RN seeking MSN or DNP

Promise of Nursing TN - Home (Must already be accepted into the program)

Ruby A. Brown Memorial Scholarship - TN residents only

Scholarship America - Many different programs on one server.

Student Scholarship Search - search for scholarships

Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation - Graduate Nursing Loan Forgiveness Program -Must take a job for a specified number of years to cover the forgiveness, as soon as you graduate.

Tennessee Student Assitance Coporation - Rural Health Loan Forgiveness -Must agree to work for one year, per each year you recieved aid. Scholarship is $12,0000 or the price of tuition, fees, equipment and books.

United State Public Health Service Commissioned Corps

Washington State Health Professional Loan Repayment and Scholarship Program - Do not neet to be a resident of WA to apply.

http://www.wsac.gov/PayingForCollege/FinancialAid/HealthProfessional/LoanRepayment

Phew, that was a lot but that's everything from the hand-book. Hopefully this list isn't what will be sent out in the financial aid package.

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Apologies, Computer Glitch. Also, there are more states that do the loan forgiveness than just Washington and TN. I believe: AZ, CA, CO and OR do it too.

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To those unfamiliar with Nashville, TN. It would be crucial to have a car. The only mass transit are buses and those don't run on schedule and in inclement weather may be shut down entirely. There are apartments available close to campus but you will pay higher for that than you would living within 30 minutes of the area. However, there are cases where entering students decide to apartment/house share to off set that cost. They usually set up a facebook page for students interested in doing that.

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Thank you TarraLune! very helpful post---now i get to go investigate!

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I'm still not clear on the out of state integrated semester. Is it something in driving distance so we can continue to live in Nashville?

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Thanks so much TarraLune!

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You're very welcome :)

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I'm still not clear on the out of state integrated semester. Is it something in driving distance so we can continue to live in Nashville?

For the midwifery specialty, the clinicals are within 2 1/2 hours during the second semester (after pre-specialty is completed), within 3 hours during the third, and then out of state for the fourth semester. If you have a preference for a particular place, you can express it and they'll try to work it out, but that semester is not in or near Nashville, according to what I was told. They told me all of that first thing during my CNM/FNP interview, so I think it is a deal-breaker for many folks. I don't know if it's different for people who don't plan to stay in Nashville past the specialty year.

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Specializes in Mental Health.

Wow. Honestly if psych clinicals have such long travel times, I'd also feel very hesitant about attending this program. That's pretty rough. Tarralune, did you hear about how far psych students have to travel? I completely forgot to ask this during my interview ;/

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For CNM/FNP, they try to rotate everyone through the Faculty midwifery practice at least once during the program. From what I understood at open house, it's completely plausible that you could be out of state and outside the 3hr distance range for the majority of the program. The first semester of the specialty year is the only semester they really keep you close due to classes and skills labs and such. The idea is to get us exposed to different types of settings with a variety of volume of births as we go through the program. They talked a lot about excellent clinical site opportunities in Texas, Minnesota, California, even Hawaii and the US Airforce base in Germany. The furthest away are generally by specific request though.

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