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These are the programs we're going to be discussing today. Will talk about our MSN programs. Are two DNP program's application requirements and tips. Will touch very briefly on tuition financial aid, and you'll end with a Q&A.
We have eight clinical nurse practitioner programs on the left that after graduation you'll be prepared to sit for the national certification exam in that population area.
Our advanced specialist program, which is the nurse midwifery program that's a dual major upang completion. You'll be eligible to sit for the certification exam for certified nurse midwives and to be a Women's Health nurse practitioner.
All of our NP program start off with the core curriculum which we like to include the three peas.
Pathophysiology, pharmacology and physical assessment. You'll also take theory courses specific to your population and complete clinical rotations. I'll touch on the clinical aspect. Leader of the presentation.
And then Lastly we have two non clinical administration programs, health leadership and nursing and Healthcare Administration. These programs focus on areas such as project management, healthcare consulting and nursing education.
The health leadership program is a bit more flexible with a few more. Elect is an the nursing and Healthcare administration program is a bit more rigid and has a practicum which consists of 240 hours spending organization doing the large scale project with a nursing leader.
I'm often asked what program is right for me. Some of you know the exact population and acuity level that you want to work with. Some of you are still figuring that out.
The graphic that is on the screen is called the APR and consensus model. This was developed a little over 10 years ago and it states that the focus of care is based on the patient needs, not on the clinical setting.
So for example, if you become a pediatric primary care nurse practitioner, you can only work with the pediatric population in a primary care setting.
This can still be a hospital, but it needs to be in the primary care setting.
You can specialize in certain areas such as oncologix or palliative care, but your scope of practice would be based on the population and acuity level.
We also offer a variety of minors. Most are only three classes, but do keep in mind that some of our MSN programs only have one elective built into the curriculum or don't offer any electives. Therefore, if you're interested in a minor, it might add some extra time to your program.
Some offer preparation for a certification exam. So for example, if you complete the adult oncology minor, you'd be eligible to sit for the certification exam.
In adult oncology and others are just designed to increase your knowledge on our website. It does list all the classes that you would need to take for each minor so you get an idea of what that would consist of in your program.
All of our MSN programs can be completed full time or part time.
If you plan to study part time, you can start in the spring which is mid January, usually after MLK day, summer which is late May usually after Memorial Day or fall, which is late August early September. Usually right around Labor Day if you plan to study full time, pay attention to your specific program. There are specific start dates for each program, so some only start in the summer.
And some only start in the fall.
Our acute care programs require at least one year of work experience in this specific area or neonatal program requires at least two years of our inexperience and a Level 3 NICU or higher. Keep in mind that all work experience should be calculated after orientation or any probationary period. Sometimes orientation can last.
At least 12 weeks in some places, so do keep in mind that that could add some extra time into calculating your work experience.
For our primary care programs, work experience is not required but strongly encouraged. Work experience makes you an incredibly strong candidate, and for our primary program primary care programs, you don't necessarily need to have work experience in the area that you're applying to, but the fact that you have work experience makes you very competitive. There is certainly a clear difference between people coming in with some work experience versus those coming in right after their undergraduate.
The next program that I'm going to talk about is ardian pee in nurse anesthesia. This program is only offered full time. It's three years long. It starts in the summer an ends in the following summer or excuse me this summer, three years from then you can enter with your BSN or entry level nursing degree program. You don't need a Masters degree or advanced degree.
We're currently emitting about a year and a half in advance, so if you apply this coming fall of 2020 you would be applying for summer 2021.
Our summer 2020 or excuse me somewhere 2022 you're applying for summer 2022 summer 2020 is completely full and we're just wrapping up the admissions process for summer 2021. So do keep that in mind that we are admitting about Iran in half an advance.
There is a minimum of two years of work experience required post orientation. We really do prefer more than two years. Again similar to our MSN programs. Work experience is very valuable here and we find people with at least three or four years of work experience are often the most competitive.
And your work experience needs to be in the ICU or critical care working with the most critically ill patients. Uhm, we do not accept the neonatal ICU emergency room recovery room, step down units and Interventional radiology.
The nurse anesthesia curriculum is blended between your didactic classes, your clinical rotations and simulation classes. Instead of dividing the program in half between the classroom in the clinical.
Your curriculum is intentionally drove it together, so your clinicals in your simulation buildup on your didactic classes and vice versa.
The nurse anesthesia program operates on a primary site model.
Uh, which allows for students to be mentored and have a home based when you're not rotating into your specialty rotations.
Build a relationship with your specific clinical site and showcase the skills that you've learned throughout your other rotations. A lot of our students wind up.
Finding connections in jobs through the primary site that they had their clinicals at.
Our clinical's are located throughout Philadelphia as well as New Jersey, and there's even one clinical site at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
These are the application requirements for the MSN in nursing estesia programs. I will go into this in a bit more detail, but these are the basic application requirements.
The last program I will talk about today is our post Masters DNP. This is only offered on a part time basis, an will take about 20 four months to complete or two years.
It's postmasters only, which means you need an advanced Masters degree or MSN degree. This can be a clinical MSN such as a nurse practitioner or nurse Nesta Sis in MSN, in education or administration. Will you do need an MSN in order to be eligible for this program?
The goal of the postmasters DNP program is based. The goals are based in leadership. It's not a clinical program. Goals are to develop skills and translating research into practice to implement viable clinical innovations. To change practice, an improved player delivery.
It is entirely online. There is one on campus intensive in late August which coincides with your orientation.
And there is a very big emphasis on faculty, mentor ship and cohort building. You receive a faculty mentor appan enrollment. Who will be your mentor throughout the program and throughout your DMP project?
And there's also an emphasis on cohort building, since this is fully online, we put together a lot of webinars and discussion boards and other modes of connection to foster communication and relationships between your fellow students, faculty, alumni, another DMP leaders in Healthcare.
This is the basic curriculum for the postmasters DMP. On the left are the core courses that you are required to take and then on the right or your project courses which will be interwoven throughout the curriculum.
We do allow our students to complete the projects in groups. So if you are with another student who might have a similar DMP project interests as you, you could potentially work together as team.
And these are the requirements for the postmasters GNP application and I will go over this in a bit more detail in a few more slides.
Now that I've covered all the programs that we're discussing today, I want to touch on the pen advantage. So one of the many advantages of joining pen for clinical programs is that we guarantee you a clinicals, patapon ambition.
Lowell De Villena
12:16:35 PM
Good afternoon!
So instead of you having to worry about where to complete your clinicals, we do that work for you.
We have clinical sites in Philadelphia as well as throughout Pennsylvania.
Closer to Philadelphia, we also have clinicals in New Jersey and Delaware, so you may wind up needing current RN license in those states if you don't have a Pennsylvania license, we strongly encourage you to start working on that as soon as you know you're admitted.
Studying the social determinants of Health is woven throughout the curriculum, so we're very community focused. Many clinicals focus on the medically underserved and there are often community collaborations between Penn Nursing and Philadelphia.
Keith Richard Burton
12:17:31 PM
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One of the biggest collaborations is the head nursing Women's Day, which happens every January in West Philadelphia, where faculty, students, staff, other members of the community volunteer their time to offer much needed medical and health care services to the women in West Philadelphia.
There are many national and international opportunities for our students. Many of our programs have partnerships with clinical sites around the country and even the world. So you could complete a mission trip or spring break trip or even a clinical.
Around the country or around the world. For example students. The midwifery program have completed their last clinical rotation in New Zealand, Somalia, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Branden Taylor
12:18:43 PM
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Leadership is a huge focus here at the school and scholarship as well. Many students have the opportunity to develop manuscripts for publication, attend an present at conferences. Penn Nursing is truly preparing you to not only be advanced practice nurses, but also to be leaders in your organizations and in your community.
Our programs also encourage students to be involved in policy and legislation. Again, we really want our graduates to be leaders in the community. So for example, every year our students head to the state capital to advocate on behalf of fellow nurses and patients.
Now I want to touch on some admissions application tips which are certainly relevant or their you plan on applying in the next few days for MSN programs. Or you're just getting started.
My biggest piece of advice is to start your application early. This allows you the most time to submit the most competitive application possible.
And just as important, it's easier to fix errors if you leave yourself enough time.
We always get phone calls and emails at the last minute, so avoid this by starting him, submitting your application early.
We require a resume for all programs. We don't have a preference for format or length requirement, we just ask that it's easy to read and most applicants submit anywhere from one to two page resume.
The application process is holistic and your resume is one way to showcase all these aspects of you. So on the screen, here are some examples of what to list on your resume. It is certainly not an exhaustive list, so if there are other relevant activities or experiences that you have participated in, please feel free to list that on your resume.
Each program requires at least one, often two essays, so just some basic information.
Make sure the essay is easy to read. Double space to 12 point font. I know that might seem obvious to many of you, but many of your friends and colleagues skip over this. There's no formatting preference. There's no font preference, but again, just recommend that it is easy to read.
Make sure to proofread one or two spelling or grammatical errors won't drastically affect your application, but, uh, well, we're in essay can go a long way in the application process.
You may have friends or family look over your essay and this is fine. It's always good to have a second set of eyes to catch any errors or to give some advice, but once there done with the suggestions, remove track changes on these will upload into the application and once you submit your application you can't make any changes.
And then just to emphasize, preview your essay once uploaded in case there are tracked changes or other errors. What you see uploaded in the application is what we see. So if it's easy to read for you, it should be easy to read for us.
We really want to know why there are many different nursing programs throughout the country throughout the world. Why this program and why are you applying to Penn?
Uh, what specifically interests you about becoming an advanced practice nurse, nurse midwife and nurse a nest? Assist a DMP prepared nurse?
Um, the strongest essays are often not the most heart wrenching stories or come from the most seasoned nurses there are the ones that can clearly articulate these ideas and your passions or goals. Your reasons for wanting to pursue an advanced nursing degree.
If you have limited experience or you're looking to switch areas or populations, make sure to backup your reasoning. We want to know the Y.
And do your research. Make sure the program you're applying to is relevant to your interests and goals and that explain it to us.
Oliver programs require three letters of recommendation. You can submit up to five. We do like to see a mix of.
Academic and professional references. At least one academic reference, but we do understand that if you've been out of school for a significant amount of time, you may not be able to get a strong letter of letter of recommendation. However, it's OK to have an older recommendation if you're still in touch with a professor or advisor from school, and it's been awhile, and that's still OK to submit.
Your employer should be your current supervisor and then your professional recommendation should also be on either someone who is you in a different professional capacity of former manager, someone who can talk about a different aspect other than your direct manager.
Quality not name recognition or just because there are Penn Alumni that's fantastic, but we'd much rather see a really quality recommendation from someone we don't know.
Your recommendation should build upon other aspects of your application. We really want to know all the wonderful aspects that would make you a nurse practitioner from the people who know you best or inner. Spend Whitehorse, Necess, DMP prepared nurse.
It shouldn't just be a recap of your resume. We really want your recommenders to talk about specific areas where you would be successful.
If there are weaker parts of your application, such as academics or lack of experience, this can really emphasize these areas and only academic or professional recommendation recommendations do not submit personal recommendations. You would be surprised we get quite a few personal recommendations and they just don't do anything for you, so please make sure it is stick to academic or professional recommendations.
The jury is required, but it will be waived if you meet one of the following criteria.
Your BSN GPA from an in credited institution in the United States or Canada is a cumulative GPA of a 3.2 above 3.2 or above on a 4.0 scale.
Or you have a Masters degree.
From an accredited institution in the United States or Canada with a cumulative GPA of a 3.0 or above on a 4.0 scale.
Your GPA is not re calculated if you took classes elsewhere. If you took, you know if you transferred none of that matters whatever your GPA says on your transcript, that's what we use.
So if it's a 3.1 nine or three .1999, it won't be waived. It has to be a 3.2 or higher for your BSN GPA or 3.0 or higher from your Masters degree.
The waiver will be applied after you submit your application and its process by our office. There is nothing you need to do unless you're missing materials, so if your transcript is missing or if the GPS not on it obviously will need that in order to waive the GPA. But otherwise we ask that you just be patient.
If you do need to take the jirari, competitive applicants typically score in the 50th percentile and a four on the writing section.
And the GRE is not required for the postmasters DNP program.
The toll floor Isles is required if you're a non native English speaker or if your undergraduate degree was not conducted on in English. I'm in on the screen are to full an ielts requirements and we will take either on you don't need to submit both.
We require transcripts from your BSN program and all additional degrees or coursework completed, so if you if your nursing degree is your second degree will need your first degree. If you got a Masters. If you took courses at a Community College, anything else we need transcripts.
Unofficial transcripts are accepted and strongly encouraged during the application process and makes processing go much faster. Do make sure that your name, the schools name an if you received a degree on the degree information is on that. 'cause that sometimes holds up applicants.
Your official transcripts are only required if admitted.
And if you attended school outside of the United States, international transcripts must be evaluated through Wes or CGFNS.
And just some miscellaneous other application items you didn't do. You do need to upload your RN an if you have when you're a PRN license, upload whatever you're issued, either skin of your physical copy or screenshot of the online certificate.
You will need a Pennsylvania license before you start the clinical sequence.
If you are licensed internationally.
Oh, you must complete the CGFNS certification program or information is available on line about that.
We do require a statistics class and that just needs to show up on your transcript. There's nothing Additionally you need to do.
Interviews are by invitation only and we will contact you for most of our programs. Interviews are done on a rolling basis, so you might be contacted a week after you apply. You might not be contacted from month after you apply, so again we do ask for your patience.
Now I'm going to briefly touch on tuition and financial aid. Going to keep things fairly general here, since I'm not a financial aid officer and financially is different for every person and every program.
Tuition and fees are available on our website.
Basically, your program costs depend on how many course units or see use you take per semester. The average course offered at Penn is worth one, see you.
These are the estimated tuition and fees for the 2020-2021 school year. They're not finalized. They should be the next few months, but you can expect tuition and fees to go up about 3.9% every year.
The School of Nursing offers several scholarships on. There's much more information available on our website. Full time students are automatically considered for merit based awards and if you submit a fasa or apply for financial aid, you'll be evaluated for need based awards.
If anyone here is an employee of Penn Medison, that's any Penn Medison Hospital you can apply for the Penn Medison Penn Nursing Scholarship Program where if you take 4 courses in a calendar year, your 4th course is free. And that's In addition to any benefits you receive at Penn Medison.
We also have veteran and GI benefits post 911 yellow ribbon. I'm so if you are eligible for that you can apply those towards your tuition. And if you're a peace core volunteer, we do offer a scholarship for return peace core volunteers.
Many of our students do you have to take out loans. There are a variety of options. There's federal loans private loans that is really determined on what is best for you. We've listed some resources here. There is the nurse faculty loan if you're interested in education after your program. If you teach in a full time capacity for four years after graduation, and that could be.
Two part time jobs that add up to full time that could be teaching in a simulation lab. Your faculty loan is forgiven up to 85%, so keep that in mind if you're interested in education. That's the nurse faculty loan.
There are also repayment options. There are certainly the public service loan forgiveness program. There is also many nursing loan forgiveness programs where, for example, if you work in a high need area.
Then you can get some or all of your loans paid off. So again, do keep that in mind if you have to take out loans, might be eligible for a repayment program.
OK, application deadlines. We are still accepting applications for our part time MSN programs. If you'd like to start this summer or fall, that deadline is coming up on April 1st.
Everything else is closed right now on the application will open in early July 2020. These deadlines are tentative. These are based on last years deadlines, but you can expect them to be pretty similar, so if you're interested in applying for our full-time MSN programs, that deadline will be November 1st.
Part time sprang is usually November 1st as well, and then part time summer or fall would be April 1st, 2021.
If your interested in the nurse anesthesia program, that deadline will also be November 1st. And remember, we're admitting for 2022.
And the postmasters DMP deadline.
Will be November 1st, 2020 or around that day as well.
You are notified about decisions on a rolling basis. So again, as we interview people as we review applications, you'll be notified of your deadline. So don't worry if you have a friend applying they hear back in a week and you haven't heard back yet. We do review applications on a rolling basis.
Ashley Reed
12:34:34 PM
If you are currently completing your BSN and know which MSN program you would like to enroll in, can you start taking part-time classes at Penn while gaining your 1 year experience for the MSN program?
Mari Dickens
12:34:45 PM
What were the three "p" classes again?
Bency Thomas
12:34:47 PM
is the PM-DNP deadline Nov 1, 2020 also Admission in 2022?
OK, now will move into Q&A. So if anyone has questions please feel free to type them in the chat box. I will try to get to as many as your questions as I can. If you have any very specific or personal questions, we ask that you contact us after. So I'll give everyone a minute, ask questions and I'll start answering them.
Sarah Kopp
12:34:59 PM
Can we apply to a program if we have not graduated from our BSN program yet, but will graduate before the start date.
Tina Branham
12:35:03 PM
Is the midwifery program mainly online or in class?
If you're currently completing your BSN and know which MSN program you would like to enroll in, can you start taking classes?
Part time at Penn Wall Gaming. Your one year experience? Yes, you can apply as a non degree student or you could take classroom classes.
Gerard Baghdassarian
12:35:27 PM
h\I am completing an MSN at Vanderbilt University. I will finish in August 2020. I am interested in a DNP with amental health specialty. I have one year experience as a nurse in psychiatry
What were the three P classes? Again, those are pharmacology, physical assessment and pathophysiology.
Is the post Masters DMP deadline for November 1st, 2020 also in mission in 2022? No, that's the only program that starts very far in advance from the deadline is anesthesia. Postmasters is the same you be applying for just a year in advance, so you'd be applying to start for fall 2021.
Libby Reiner
12:35:52 PM
If you start one graduate program and then change your mind as to what path you are interested in, can you easily switch?
Anuoluwapo Adeleke
12:35:56 PM
Is the program available for international trained registered nurse. If yes, how many years
Mari Dickens
12:35:56 PM
Could you name the countries that the midwives went to?
Lowell De Villena
12:35:58 PM
Are international applicants (i.e., Canada) considered for the NA - DNP program?
Christine Jaslar
12:35:59 PM
Do you plan to include any Nursing Innovation minors?
Liz Farr
12:36:05 PM
How many students matriculate into the MSN program from the BSN-MSN direct entry program? Is this entry point considered to be more competitive than applying at the MSN entry point?
Can we apply to a program if we have not graduated from our BSN program yet, but will graduate before the start date? Yes, you can as long as you will finish your BSN program by the start of the MSN program you can apply.
Lauren Tucker
12:36:11 PM
Prospective CRNA student - The Coronavirus has delayed my shadowing experience. Will this be a problem for my application?
Alyssa Maracha
12:36:23 PM
Does the 2 year work experience have to be completed prior to you applying for the program or upon acceptance to the program?
Someone's asking about online classes. All of our programs are on campus with the exception of the postmasters DNP program.
Mary Udo-Akang
12:36:34 PM
Do you require a particular chemistry class (O-Chem, BioChem) for the DNP Nurse Anesthesia program? Or any Chem class will suffice?
Bency Thomas
12:36:38 PM
where can i find the PM-DNP courses that i would need to take?
Keydi Aldas
12:36:57 PM
How many students are accepted into the DNP- Nurse Anesthesia program?
Sarah Kopp
12:36:58 PM
if we do not have a lot of nursing experience, should we still apply or will we not be considered?
Someone is asking about a DMP with a mental health specialty. Arde NPR postmasters. DMP program is more of a general program focused on leadership and innovation. It's not a clinical DMP that would lead to a nurse practitioner. More advanced practice nurse program.
Stefanie Hitscherich
12:37:03 PM
For the DNP/NA program, how many applicants did you have last year/how many are accepted?
Kristen Lewkovich
12:37:07 PM
How many students are admitted to the CRNA program?
If you start one graduate program and then change your mind as to what path you are interested in, can you easily switch?
Tina Branham
12:37:33 PM
What is the nursing experience requirement for the Midwifery program?
You can switch sometimes. I won't say easily as to not mislead you. Uhm, it depends what program it is. It depends if there is work experience required and it depends on political availability. We only admit for how many clinical spots we can handle any year so.
Jasmine Liu
12:37:37 PM
For more specific questions, would admissions@nursing.upenn.edu be the best email address to use?
Christine Jaslar
12:37:39 PM
If you have been out of school for 20 plus years, do you have ideas on how to get an academic reference letter, or will your application be rejected?
Gerard Baghdassarian
12:37:41 PM
So if I want to do mental health I have to do another MSN? I have to do the full MSN program in mental heatlth or do they transfer some of teh FNP program I accomplished
Gerard Baghdassarian
12:37:44 PM
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Is the program available for international Lee training registered nurses? Yes, international students can apply for our MSN programs, but you do need to do it full time. We can accept international students on a part time basis.
Can you name the countries at the midwives went to NZ, Trinidad and Tobago and.
There was one more. It'll come to me. I'm sorry about that.
Jasmine Liu
12:38:20 PM
you mentioned Somalia I think
Could international applicants be considered for the nurse anesthesia program?
Yes, you just need to meet the work experience requirement.
Bayyinah Muhammad
12:38:57 PM
Do your MSN midwifery students work while in the program?
Mary Udo-Akang
12:38:58 PM
Do you require two years (plus) of ICU experience by the time of interview or by the time the program starts?
Do you plan to include any nursing innovation minors at this time? I'm not sure, but there's a lot going on with nursing innovation. There's a lot of events going on. We have a podcast now, a nursing innovation. We have a wonderful director of innovation here at the school who works very hard to incorporate what's going on in health care technology education. So unsure about the minor, but there's still a lot going on here at the school.
For perspective, si RNA student, the coronavirus has delayed my shadowing experience. I'm sorry. Will this be a problem for my application? No. Sometimes while it is helpful sometimes.
Mari Dickens
12:39:49 PM
What is the acceptance rate for the nurse midwife program? Will all applicants be interviewed?
That doesn't happen for some students. Hopefully that you like you're able to shadow someone to someone soon and you have plenty of time to submit your application.
So hopefully by the deadline you'll be able to shadow someone, but that won't negatively affect your application.
Lauren Tucker
12:40:09 PM
Thank you.
Anuoluwapo Adeleke
12:40:18 PM
Is the program available for Rn without BSN
Does the two years of work experience have to be completed prior to applying for the program or appan acceptance? It needs to be completed appan except excuse me.
We do not require a particular chemistry class for the nurse Anesthesia Program. Whatever chemistry class you have to take and your nursing school on, or if you didn't have to take chemistry for whatever reason, that's OK too.
Where can I find the postmaster to CMP courses that I would need to take a brief plan of study? Is it for all of our programs is available on our website? If you go to academics and you click on the program you're interested in, you'll see the courses that you need to take.
How many students are accepted into the nursing estesia program? We accept about 30 each year.
Kristen Lewkovich
12:41:12 PM
Can any perspective CRNA applicant sign up for a shadow experience at Penn?
Jasmine Liu
12:41:22 PM
How many students are typically paired with a preceptor?
You You Jiang
12:41:36 PM
What is min. amount of classes one need to take as part time? Can part-time student take classes on their own own pace?
If we don't have a lot of nursing experience, should we still apply or really not be considered one that depends on the program. Again, just to stress, acute care programs do require a specific amount of work experience. Primary care. Again, we get some students coming in right out of undergrad. We get students that have a few years of work experience. We have a holistic review process and it's all about what you bring to the table. So if you have other experiences that you can build the pod.
That is very helpful too. We do just like to stress a few years of work experience.
For the nurse anesthesia program, how many applicants did we receive an we received about 140 this past year and as I mentioned, we admit about 30.
Gerard Baghdassarian
12:42:02 PM
HOW many years experience you require in psychaitry and for mental health NP
Gerard Baghdassarian
12:42:09 PM
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There is no nursing experience requirement for the midwifery program. Um, some of our applicants come from labor and delivery. Others come from all other areas of nursing.
Caroline Hu
12:42:19 PM
How many students apply vs are typically accepted to the MSN pediatric concerntrations?
Bency Thomas
12:42:20 PM
I am a PennMedicine employee and am looking at PM-DNP program - with tuition reimbursement at $8,000 right now and one free course...if I didn't want to pay anytyhing out of pocket, would I be able to complete this program in 5 years?
Mildred Onime
12:42:21 PM
Do you offer options for post master certificate or non degree certificate for only the minor programs ( i.e. Oncology)?
Sarah Kopp
12:42:23 PM
If we are admitted to the part-time program, can we move to the full-time program?
For more specific questions, what admissions at nursing.upenn.edu be the best email address to use?
Yes, please email that address for more questions and I'll show it on the screen at the end.
If you've been out of school for over 20 years.
Do you have ideas on how to get an academic reference letter or your application viewer?
Christine Jaslar
12:42:53 PM
Should we reach put to the
You You Jiang
12:42:56 PM
how heavily does admission look at previous undergrad transcripts comparing to the actual nursing degree if the applicant applying has two degree..?
Chris Chianese
12:43:03 PM
Approximately how many ppl apply to the Psychiatric NP program and how many get accepted?
Did your application room won't be rejected again? We don't require it, although it is helpful if other people can speak about your academic areas. You know maybe you're involved in research or an evidence, evidence based projects in your.
You know on your work or other areas, that's fine too.
You might yes. Thank you. Jasmine on the other country I mentioned where midwifery students did their clinicals in Somalia. Thank you.
Do your middle three students work well in the program? We strongly advise not working if you are a full time student. It is very difficult to do any work. Maybe you could pick up a per diem shift here or there, but as a full time student.
It is quite difficult to do any work part time, it's it's much easier.
Sarah Kopp
12:43:58 PM
Does the school help us with job placement after we graduate?
Ken perspective si RNA applicants sign up for shadowing experience at Penn, you would need to reach out to a specific hospital or nursing dust assist. We don't organize that.
What is the minimum amount of classes one needs to take? Part time can part time students take classes at their own pace? You do need to be enrolled in at least one class. Most people part time people take anywhere from one to two classes, and I believe four classes means you're full time.
Deylen Earl
12:44:44 PM
You didn't mention the accelerated BSN-MSN program - what is the format of that degree? are folks guaranteed a spot in the masters program after completing the accelerated bachelors? Do you need to have all your prereqs completed when you apply, or just have a plan to do so before classes start? Can you still get a minor with the accelerated BSN/MSN degree? Do you need to take the GRE if you have a bachelor's degree with a sufficient GPA (not a BSN)? Thank you!
Mary Udo-Akang
12:44:58 PM
As a travel nurse, there might be a bit of an impediment obtaining a LOR from a "current manager" as that rapport has not been built with said manager. Can one request a LOR from a former manager/director where he/she was a full time employee?
I had Medison employee interest in the postmasters DMP program you. The program is only available for two year plan of study.
For the minor programs, yes. Most so most of our miners can be done as postmaster certificates, specifically, adult oncology, yes, can be done as a postmaster certificate.
Gerard Baghdassarian
12:45:35 PM
is there post master's certificate in mental health?
If we're admitted to the part time program, can we move to full time? This is similar to the person who asked if you can switch programs. It really depends on. Again, we admit based on clinical availability, so if there's no spots available, we may not be able to accommodate that request.
How heavily doesn't mission look at previous undergraduate transcripts comparing the nursing degree if the applicant has 2 degrees, again, we have a holistic process. We have seen many people who maybe didn't do as well in their first degree and then did great in their nursing degree. We take that all into consideration. We also take into consideration on the progress, so maybe you had a difficult first semester and you did very well.
Kelsey Olson
12:46:37 PM
I have many similar questions to Deylen regarding the accelerated BSN-MSN program.
In towards the end of your degree, we take that all into consideration. Your transcripts aren't weighed any more heavily than your recommendations or your essay. It's all part of a holistic process.
Approximately how many people are admitted to the psychiatric NP program and how many accepted?
I believe you receive for full time.
30 or 35 applications this year and admitted around 11 or 12 or so.
Does a school help with job placement after we graduate? Yes, we have a wonderful career services office here and the graduate student office as well. That can help with resumes, cover letters, interviewing skills. You know, some of us maybe haven't applied for a job in quite awhile, so they could help with that. There are a lot of career fairs that happened throughout the year and just also the connections that you make. You might find your job through clinical.
Bayyinah Muhammad
12:47:49 PM
Are professional/academic letters of references frowned upon if they don't come from a letter writer from the same speciality being applied for?
Our rotation through a faculty member. So while there are traditional resources here, the connections are unparalleled as well.
Um, for those asking about the accelerated BSN program, we won't touch on that. Today. We do have recordings of.
Accelerated BSN webinars that we've done in the past.
So when you get the recording for this, you can listen to those or send us an email and we can help answer your questions.
You You Jiang
12:48:22 PM
you did mentioned that midwifery program is a dual program, right?
As a travel nurse, um might have difficulty getting in current manager totally understand that. Can we request a recommendation from a former manager and director or your full time employee?
Sarah Kopp
12:48:36 PM
If we shadow an NP, can we use them as a letter of recommendation
Absolutely, um. We completely understand that as a travel nurse you might not develop a strong relationship in time for current manager. So yes, please feel free to use it for more manager or director.
Mari Dickens
12:49:18 PM
What is the acceptance rate for the nurse-midwife program? Will all applicants be interviewed?
Our professional or academic letters of reference is frowned apon if they don't come from a letter from the same specialty being applied for. No, absolutely not. You do not need to get a recommendation from a pediatric acute care NP if you're applying for the pediatric acute care program you recommend or can talk about a lot of wonderful qualities.
That you bring to the table no matter what, uhm.
Specialty that they come from.
On the middle free program is a dual degree correct? You get you be certified to be a nurse midwife and a Women's Health nurse practitioner.
If we shadow a nurse practitioner, can we use them as a letter of recommendation? Shore, um, as long as you feel they could write a strong letter of reference, please feel free to use them as a recommender.
What is the acceptance rate for the nurse midwifery program off the top of my head and I not completely sure of that, we received around 15 full-time applications and were able to admit around.
In around 6:00 or so you can do the math all.
Eileen Prendergast
12:50:22 PM
Post Masters DNP must be completed in 2 years? I thought this could be done part time? How many courses a semester does this require?
No, only the most competitive applicants we invite to an interview.
Sarah Kopp
12:50:31 PM
What is the acceptance for the part-time FNP program
Caroline Hu
12:50:39 PM
What is the acceptance rate for the pediatric acute care NP?
Lowell De Villena
12:50:46 PM
For the NA-DNP program, does critical care working experience have to be in the USA? Also will there be a recording of this webinar, I apologize if you have already answered this.
The postmasters DMP does need to complete it in two years. That is part time. Usually take one or two classes a semester, including summer.
Eileen Prendergast
12:51:14 PM
Thanks!
Monica VanSteenburg
12:51:19 PM
Is MSN needed for CRNA?
Mari Dickens
12:51:20 PM
Thank you!
For the nursing, a Sesia program is critical care. Working experience have to be in the United States, no. Although nearly 100% of our students come from the United States.
We don't require it. Uhm, but I I would.
Stefanie Hitscherich
12:51:25 PM
Is the interview more of a personal interview, or does it also assess critical thinking and skill application?
I would contact us just to make sure that you understand.
If you're going to be working outside the United States after graduation that you'd be able to practice as a nurse. Nesta Sis.
And yes, it will be a recording of. This is an MSN needed for the nurse anesthesia program. No it is not.
Is the interview more of a personal interview or does it also assess critical thinking? An critical thinking skills and skill application? It's a combination of all of that. It is certainly personal interview, but they also want to know more about your nursing background. If your program requires experience.
Mari Dickens
12:52:11 PM
How long is the midwife program part-time vs full-time?
What experiences there or what experience you have? Can you talk more about it that any specific skills that you might need for the program?
Antonette Montalvo
12:52:35 PM
I may have missed this question earlier, but what is the start date for PM DNP
How long is the midwifery program part time versus full time? Full time is about a year and a half part time. Most people take between maybe 2 and 40 years depending on how fast or slow you're doing it.
Gerard Baghdassarian
12:52:47 PM
Is there a number we could call if we had further questions?
Um, that the MSN programs need to be completed within five years for part time.
For those asking about the acceptance rate, so for part time we still haven't finished our admissions decisions yet. We have many different programs, so off the top of my head, it's sometimes hard to answer the emissions rates. But if you want to send us an email, you can do so as well. We do prefer emails, so I'm going to.
Julia Martinez
12:53:20 PM
Could we connect with current students of the programs through the admissions email contact?
Put our email address up on the screen. It's admissions at nursing.upenn.edu.
Keydi Aldas
12:53:25 PM
How many hours of CRNA shadowing is considered competitive, or that the DNP-NA program requires?
And just a few more questions.
Could we connect with current students of the program through the admissions email contact?
Yes, feel free on to contact us. We'll do our best. I will say with.
A lot of unknowns about the coronavirus. It might be a little difficult to quickly get in touch with our students. Again, there's a lot of unknowns going on right now, but Yes, Please send us an email and multi are best to connect you.
How many hours of si RNA shadowing is considered competitive or that the program requires we don't require shadowing? I would say any shadowing makes you competitive if you are able to do it.
Sometimes people don't disclosed how many hours that they've shadowed. Sometimes people will say they shadow two people so we don't have a specific number of hours.
Sarah Kopp
12:54:45 PM
Thank you!
Mari Dickens
12:54:46 PM
Thanks again!
April Dengler
12:54:46 PM
For the FNP program, how many days a week are the clinicals if you are doing the program part time and are the classes on campus or online?
Lia Cho-Lee
12:54:49 PM
Thank you!
Kelsey Olson
12:54:49 PM
Thank you!
Jasmine Liu
12:54:50 PM
Thank you!
Tina Branham
12:54:52 PM
Thank you
Caroline Hu
12:54:54 PM
Thank you!
Branden Taylor
12:54:55 PM
Thanks!
Stefanie Hitscherich
12:54:56 PM
Thank you!
Sarunya Guerquin
12:55:00 PM
Thank you!
Gerard Baghdassarian
12:55:01 PM
Thank you.
Julia Martinez
12:55:02 PM
Thank you!
OK, so I'm going to wrap up again. Thank you all for your flexibility with this weapon are as you know. Unfortunately we added safety of our staff and faculty. We and of course all of you. We cancelled the open house on March 21st. We're hoping to do more webinars.
Christine Jaslar
12:55:07 PM
Thank you! Its been very helpful!
But this will be recorded and you will have access.
Two previously recorded webinars as well. Please feel free to send us any emails.
Lowell De Villena
12:55:16 PM
Thank you so much!
Ferusha Feradova
12:55:19 PM
Thank you!
Chris Chianese
12:55:19 PM
thank you!
Matthew Ku
12:55:22 PM
Thank you!
About additional questions or specific questions to admissions at nursing.upenn.edu. Thank you. Again, have a great day and we look forward to reviewing your application.
Nisha Jacob
12:55:39 PM
Thank you!
Samantha Robinson
12:55:40 PM
Thank you for your time. Very helpful!
Sara Tarangelo
12:55:44 PM
Thank you !
Alyssa Maracha
12:55:56 PM
Thank you!