UMB Nurse Practitioner/Clinical Specialist Program

U.S.A. Maryland

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Specializes in Oncology.

I will be starting my grad program in August, and I am currently enrolled in the NP/CS/Oncology program at UMB. I am going to start with one online core course this fall to ease myself in. I work 40+ hours per week (5 8-hour shifts) as a clinical leader. When I attended the orientation, they said that it is nearly "impossible" to work full-time through the program.

So, has anyone been through this program (or a similar one) and been able to maintain full-time hours?? I REALLY want to go through the program, but am the major breadwinner in my family (hubby is a contractor and winter work is always slow). I cannot go back to being a staff nurse at this point b/c I rely on the leadership income. I am also quite shocked that all of the grad courses are middle of the day on like a Friday! No way will my employer allow me off EVERY Friday to attend a class from 11am-1pm! And even if they did, it really wouldn't be fair to my coworkers that I have every Friday off. I really expected some evening options, and there really are none.

I am thrilled to have been accepted, as I know UMB has a great NP program. I just don't want to set myself up to fail. At this point, I am considering moving into the Leadership and Management program (completely online) and taking oncology courses as my electives, but my ideal position is to be a clinical specialist in oncology.

Can anyone give me their experience in this (or a similar) program??? Were you able to work full-time? Were there ANY evening courses offered?

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