AIMING TO BE A PSYCHIATRIC NURSE practitioner

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Please I intend becoming a psychiatric Nurse practitioner in the future and I am about enrolling for my Online RN- BSN program in Grand Canyon University.

1) Will this choice of school affect my getting a masters program in psychiatric and mental health nursing in another school ?

2) will my choice if getting my MSC in psychiatric nursing and mental health from another university Online affect my registration as a psychiatric nurse practitioner ?

3 ) Does having gone through and online school affect job prospect and pay for NP ?

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Hello guys I need your advice please so as to know whether to continue with GCU admission or not

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Specializes in CNS, PMHNP, EMS, ER, Instructor.

I do not believe that where you get your BSN will matter - as long as you have it, you should be good. Just make sure the BSN program is accredited by either the ACEN or the CCNE - the Grand Canyon website says it is accredited by CCNE.

I do not believe that attendance in an online program at any level is going to affect your ability to become certified or practice as a PMHNP. As long as the school is accredited, it doesn't make a difference. Online is pretty much equivalent to classroom style learning now. There are quite a number of online PMHNP programs - they would not exist if they didn't graduate students that were successful. Personally I don't know of many actual classroom-only PMHNP programs - everyone now has online components.

I went to Rush University and it was online - I think it is the number one in the country for PMHNPs - maybe Vanderbilt beat it this year though. No-one has ever given me any negative comments about going to an online school.

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Kubivern ,thank you so much for the reply.

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