St Joseph's College of Maine FNP program students

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I wanted to start this thread for all of the new (and current) students at Saint Joseph's College of Maine FNP program.

Any info, news, updates or questions/concerns could be asked here for all the new and current students.

Any advice that the current students can give us new students would be greatly appreciated :)

For example...

1. How many books are required for NU 501?

2. Has setting up clinicals been difficult?

3. Have the current students had any trouble communicating with your advisors? Do they get back to you promptly?

4. Overall, how has the experience been? Are you glad you are in this program?

Thanks so much!

LJames13

Specializes in Pediatric.

Nurseheeler,

Wow! Now I'm really confused...in the CCNE website they are listed as an accredited school/nursing program with their next review date being 2019. I'll try to look into that more, thanks for the info.

LJ

Specializes in ICU.

Tracey, how much homework do you have for clinical.. Soap notes per week/ day ect ? How much. "paperwork " does the preceptor do, it seems the preceptors have to do clinical logs or something to that effect. Thanks

Specializes in ER.

Lots of paperwork for clinical.... there is a log that you are responsible for maintaining in the Typhon tracker. You load an encounter for every patient you see in a clinical day, and the competencies you used. The hard part is you have to pick the CPT code and ICD-9 for the patient, and this is the first time in my life I have had to code anything. Then you scan in your notes or T sheets. Then each week, you have to submit 2 more detailed soaps. Then there is a weekly official written assignment, a clinical write up or annotated SOAP, which is a detailed PE, ROS, and differential and treatment rationale. Also, weekly online postings with the cohorts takes place. It is a lot of work. I do clinical on Fri and Sat. and spend the whole day Sunday doing my homework!

The clinical advisor reviews all your stuff and makes sure you are staying on track with what you need to learn, and gives feedback. They also come for a site visit each semester to watch you in action.

My advisor has been very quick in getting back to me when I have questions, and so far so good.

As for the accreditation question, I am under the impression that the program is accredited by the CCNE, but not the AACNE. The program only has to be accredited by one for you to sit for the exam. Frontier is accredited by both the CCNE and AACNE and perhaps St Joes is planning to get accredited by both....I check with my state board of nursing and St. Joes is on the list of accredited programs. If it was not, no one would be doing any clinicals! If anyone knows otherwise, I would appreciate any info

Take care, Tracey M

Specializes in ICU.

Tracey One last question how much work is on the preceptor each week after they get their approval from school and they watch that preceptor video, how much time a week do you think they spend on whatever logging they have to do us?

Specializes in ER.

Both my preceptors balked at logging on the computer. They send written reports to my advisor and clinical coordinator, and that seems to be working....don't know if the school will crack down and force them to use the Typhon tracker. However, it is so difficult finding preceptors, my hope is that the school will let them review my performance as they see fit.

Take care,

Tracey

Hello,

Can anyone tell me what would be the process for finding a preceptor in NY in nassau county or queens? I would like to apply to St. jo but I need to know I will be able to complete the entire program.

Specializes in ER.

last I knew, St. Joe's was not approved in NY---check with your state board of nursing ASAP!

Thanks :) will do.

Hello , I am in FNP program , just finishing up with Nursing informatics..

Regarding clinicals : I am planning to do them in MA and NH . Does anybody know if those states are accepting the St Jospeph school to do clinicals?

I have email my advisor , but have not heard yet.. she is out of the office..

Thank you

Specializes in ICU.

My advisor said that they wouldn't have let u sign up with school if not approved. She said there is just a few states left for approval and school is working on them.

Hi guys, for admissions requirement to the fnp program, does the RN license need to be in the state where I will do preceptorship? or can I have a license, for example, in New Mexico ONLY but will do my preceptorship in Nevada? Thanks

Specializes in ICU.

Bsnwnab, are you meaning like a compact state?? I think you have to have a license in that state even if it's a compact but I could be wrong

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