University of Phoenix MSN Program

MSN Bridge I completed in 2 years. Also I had to prove I had 3 years nursing experience. I have been a nurse for over 20 but not an issue for me. The 3 undergrad programs are 5 weeks and the grad are 6 weeks and intense.

Are you going to a ground program? I complete mine online. Plan to spend 15-20 hours a week with school work.

And 28K seems high to me. My state university charges $300 per credit.

Good luck

I did the University of Phoenix online MSN in admin and leadership and completed it in one year. It was a tough year - I doubled ALL my classes and skipped all but one break. It can be done, but its tough! However, I'm glad I did it. The price sounds about right. Good luck - if I can help, please PM me.

jenbea
I finished my BSN from UOP. As you know they are very expensive, the upside is it is convenient and I really bet you could finish your MSN in a year. It has been a year since I finished my undergrad degree and I am 1/3 of the way towards an MSN. The problem is the cost vs the payback.
I hated the teamwork but loved everything else.

I finished my BSN in March of this year and it is a hard program. I overlapped classes for about the last 6 months of the program and actually finished while staying in the hospital while my daughter was very sick. It was tough, but I wouldn't have been able to do that in a traditional program. I had planned on starting on a FNP/MSN program this summer, but my daughter remained very sick and was in and out of hospitals for a total of about 60 nights inpatient. So, plans got put on hold.

After the experience with my daughter with the mis-diagnosis, etc. I decided that I wanted to now concentrate on teaching (I can always decide later to get a postmaster's NP). She has reflex neurovascular dystrophy and we ended up with the top doctor in the country for it at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The other children and parents in this program all had the same story as ours of mis-diagnosis and worsening health and tremendous stress, pain, and financial burden. The only thing different about our story was that Samantha was diagnosed and treated relatively quickly compared to most.

Anyway, I decided that I want to teach because I think nurses are the ones who have the most potential to impact our healthcare system. I am starting in the MSN/ED program on August 29th. I am going to try to get done in a year and will just have to see if that is do-able.

Ann

thank you so much everyone! Geez, I love this website. I get more info from this website than any other nursing website.

Isn't doubling classes hard when the classes are only 6 weeks? I plan to start UOP MSN in March or April timeframe and I plan to work full time. How many hours do I need to invest each week if I am "doubling" my classes? My goal is to finish in a year. Are y'all sure I can do it?

Thank you everyone for any answers and perspectives y'all can provide.

PS - haven't totally made up my mind yet but I think I am going to do the MSN - Integrated healthcare one.

I took a stafford loan, I was told I was not able to double my courses. I worked full time and found many of the courses very intense. I had a few classmates who were taking 2 classes and I often felt they weren't as invested in the program. One year is a very aggressive timeline but for the right person could work.

Alek49 is correct about the Stafford loan - they only pay for one class at a time. When I doubled classes, I paid out of pocket for the second class. I did work full-time (35-40 hours) and then planned on anywhere from 4-8 hours of homework per night. Now...my kids are adults and my husband is VERY understanding.

I think 2 classes would be very difficult to do and learn effectively. There are people who can do it, I am not one of them. The other thing is that those students who did this did not complete the team work usually in the class and team they were on with me. I guess they figured since I was taking only one class I could do it on my own. I always emailed the instructor and let them know that the work had been done by myself and usually one other team member but it was stressful and team grades suffered.

I finally made the decision to go with UofPhx. I start the orientation class next week. I am going to try to petition for waiver of at least some of the bridge coursework. Has anyone done this successfully?

Would love to network with anyone going through the program or just starting it.