American Sentinel College of Nursing & Health Sciences at Post University - RN to BSN

joanied81 · Mar 6

Hello, I am currently enrolled in all 3 PE courses and it's pretty easy. There are 8 modules per course, 4 assignments per class, with all the readings and whatever extras they add. PE 421 & PE 432 are the only ones with mentor requirements. They need to hold an active RN that has a BSN. They require a screen shot of their active license through Nursy's, The RN to BSN quick guide with sample PE experience paper pretty much mimics what you fill out. You need 5-10 Hours of communication with your mentor (email, phone, or in-person). PE 421 has to do with a change project and PE 432 has to do with community health nursing. Once your in the class you'll see what you need to dis us with your mentor. Honestly it's really not a lot. You are just talking to them about the topic and/or population you pick for the assignments. You can use the same mentor for both classes. PE 437 doesn't require a mentor but requires you to buy Shadow Health. 30 hours each class so 90 hours total unless you live in Washington state. Then it's 100 hours, the extra 10 being in PE 432.
Hope this helps.

BSNNurse12345 · Mar 6

Hi, thank you so much for your response!
So these two projects have to be real? How did you pick the facility? I don't currently work, so do I just walk into one and ask if I can do a change project there?
Thanks again for your answer, you're really helping me out here!

joanied81 · Mar 6

No, none of it's in person. You can think of something from past working experience. It's nothing you're going to actually put into motion.

BSNNurse12345 · Mar 7

Great, thank you so much!!

Sarah Jolicoeur · Mar 8

joanied81 said:

Hello, I am currently enrolled in all 3 PE courses and it's pretty easy. There are 8 modules per course, 4 assignments per class, with all the readings and whatever extras they add. PE 421 & PE 432 are the only ones with mentor requirements. They need to hold an active RN that has a BSN. They require a screen shot of their active license through Nursy's, The RN to BSN quick guide with sample PE experience paper pretty much mimics what you fill out. You need 5-10 Hours of communication with your mentor (email, phone, or in-person). PE 421 has to do with a change project and PE 432 has to do with community health nursing. Once your in the class you'll see what you need to dis us with your mentor. Honestly it's really not a lot. You are just talking to them about the topic and/or population you pick for the assignments. You can use the same mentor for both classes. PE 437 doesn't require a mentor but requires you to buy Shadow Health. 30 hours each class so 90 hours total unless you live in Washington state. Then it's 100 hours, the extra 10 being in PE 432.
Hope this helps.

Thank you for posting! What does whatever else they add involve?

Are the readings required / helpful?

Looking into the msn here and trying to get an idea of what simpath is like in general 😊

TY!

joanied81 · Mar 8

Hello,
Readings- articles, websites, videos, learning activities. Some are helpful. Any added coursework they want completed. It gives you guidance to the assignments and the competencies listed in the syllabus and for the course.
I don't know what the MSN program is like and I don't know if the SIMPath for the MSN is structured the same. I work full time and this program has been great for that. I probably could have finished in 2 semesters if I wasn't working. Each semester is 16 weeks. There are "quick guides,” like they have one for RN to BSN. I'm not sure what they have available for MSN though. Something you can ask for though if you are work with an advisor or someone at the school.

I hope this helped. 😊

Sarah Jolicoeur · Mar 8

joanied81 said:

Hello,
Readings- articles, websites, videos, learning activities. Some are helpful. Any added coursework they want completed. It gives you guidance to the assignments and the competencies listed in the syllabus and for the course.
I don't know what the MSN program is like and I don't know if the SIMPath for the MSN is structured the same. I work full time and this program has been great for that. I probably could have finished in 2 semesters if I wasn't working. Each semester is 16 weeks. There are "quick guides,” like they have one for RN to BSN. I'm not sure what they have available for MSN though. Something you can ask for though if you are work with an advisor or someone at the school.

I hope this helped. 😊

Thank you yes it helped so much!

So when you say activities is it like a graded assignment on top of the competency assignment? How many assignments total did each class have etc? Does that make sense?

Thank you!

Sarah Jolicoeur · Mar 8

joanied81 said:

Hello,
Readings- articles, websites, videos, learning activities. Some are helpful. Any added coursework they want completed. It gives you guidance to the assignments and the competencies listed in the syllabus and for the course.
I don't know what the MSN program is like and I don't know if the SIMPath for the MSN is structured the same. I work full time and this program has been great for that. I probably could have finished in 2 semesters if I wasn't working. Each semester is 16 weeks. There are "quick guides,” like they have one for RN to BSN. I'm not sure what they have available for MSN though. Something you can ask for though if you are work with an advisor or someone at the school.

I hope this helped. 😊

Like for capella we have 4-6 assignments total for each class and that's it. Is it way more then that? TY!

joanied81 · Mar 9

For the SIMPath RN to BSN there are 8 modules with 4 assignments each class. That's the competency, the modules and assignments. You follow the rubric they give and decide how to present the assignment (a paper, PowerPoint, video, or other option). The rubric tells you. In PE 437 you have to complete the Shadow Health assessments in addition to the 4 assignments.

Sarah Jolicoeur · Mar 9

joanied81 said:

For the SIMPath RN to BSN there are 8 modules with 4 assignments each class. That's the competency, the modules and assignments. You follow the rubric they give and decide how to present the assignment (a paper, PowerPoint, video, or other option). The rubric tells you. In PE 437 you have to complete the Shadow Health assessments in addition to the 4 assignments.

That's awesome thank you so much!

Kelly Lo · Mar 13

joanied81 said:

Hello, I am currently enrolled in all 3 PE courses and it's pretty easy. There are 8 modules per course, 4 assignments per class, with all the readings and whatever extras they add. PE 421 & PE 432 are the only ones with mentor requirements. They need to hold an active RN that has a BSN. They require a screen shot of their active license through Nursy's, The RN to BSN quick guide with sample PE experience paper pretty much mimics what you fill out. You need 5-10 Hours of communication with your mentor (email, phone, or in-person). PE 421 has to do with a change project and PE 432 has to do with community health nursing. Once your in the class you'll see what you need to dis us with your mentor. Honestly it's really not a lot. You are just talking to them about the topic and/or population you pick for the assignments. You can use the same mentor for both classes. PE 437 doesn't require a mentor but requires you to buy Shadow Health. 30 hours each class so 90 hours total unless you live in Washington state. Then it's 100 hours, the extra 10 being in PE 432.
Hope this helps.

Hi! Thank you so much for this thorough explanation. Starting soon and IDK what to expect. If I were to opt for email to communicate with my mentor, how would I show the school that it has been 5 hours of communication? Do they require us to upload evidence of the time we spent communicating with our mentors?

joanied81 · Mar 16

I haven't seen anything that requires us to upload proof. It would be hard to prove face-to-face communication or telephone communication which is how I have been communicating with my mentors. I know I had to provide their email and professional resume with their contact information. So, they have their contact information if they want to follow up with your mentor.