FNP program at University of southern indiana

Is anyone doing the FNP program online at USI?I wanted to know how the program is,and do we have any difficulty in finding our own preceptors.

USI is a great school and would strongly recommend. Be prepared, however, to be buried with work for the entire time you are there. Students are quickly introduced to why no NP student has ever failed boards before--ever. Time intensive is quite the understatement, especially in the final year, and the final semester which I'm in now. I've always been a straight 'A' student, but have never worked harder in keeping my 4.00 than I have at USI. The reading load between texts, standards, articles and lit review is often unbearable and can easily take 20-40 hours per week just to keep up not including lectures, seminars and clinicals.

I live in CA and am doing clinicals in the Central Valley. Geting the right clinical site and preceptor is the most important element (at least for me) in the process. Finding clinical sites are reported as a common challenge among distance ed NP students, yet were never a problem for me. I feel obtaining a preceptor is more of a task of networking and selecting the best candidate than anything else. It's important not to "settle" for any place or site, or taking the first preceptor that comes along. I advise setting your goals high and selectively targeting qualities of an ideal preceptor and ultimately who you want as your preceptor. My first preceptor, as an example, is chief of medicine at our local trauma center. With 35K patients, my back-half preceptor owns the largest NP-based clinic in the state of California and was just named NP of the year in CA. He's a great clinician and very biz minded. Consequently, I get an expanded education. Of course, neither one of these chaps came looking for me, nor did they send me an invitation.

I hope this helps and if you would like more info about USI, check out their website:
http://health.usi.edu/acadprog/nursing/msn/fnp.asp

Thanks for asking and good luck.

I did look into the program, but was told they were full till 2012!

Tammy, I was just accepted to USI. I love Jalane. So far everyone is very nice. I would love to hear more about USI I have to return my acceptance letter by March 26. I also applied to ISU and they said their letters of acceptance will come out next week. Do you know anything about that program there. I have applied for the FNP program at both schools. I would love any info you can give on one or both schools. I thought I read a post by you somewhere that you started at ISU. Why did you leave?

Thank you!