DNP Online ;Chamberlain vs. Grand Canyon U

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Specializes in NICU, Acute Rehab, Med/Surg, Quality.

Any input from anyone on choice of schools for DNP? Grand Canyon is my Alma Mater but I like Chamberlain's set up. Any advice from grads of either program?

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Specializes in GENERAL.

Well, since there is no independent (from the schools) published from reputable sources information on these programs, it seems to me one for-profit DNP diploma may be as good as the other DNP for-profit diploma.

But frankly, I can't get over the feeling that someone, just someone, is not making their recruiting quota as outlined in the matrix this week.

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Not a grad. But my general advice would be...go to a real school. Online looks enticing, a short-cut, easy, and easier to get admitted to, so attractive to a certain subset of people.

However.

Online for-profit "degrees" are often not worth the electrons they come from. Future employers do know the difference.

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Specializes in NICU, Acute Rehab, Med/Surg, Quality.

Grand Canyon University is a real school on campus and online. You can do either. Some nurses have to work to support family and do not have the time to attend classes on a physical campus. I obtained my BSN from GCU and plan to do my DNP there. I would like to add that it was one of the hardest programs I have completed. It was harder than my AASN or MSN.

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Not a grad. But my general advice would be...go to a real school. Online looks enticing, a short-cut, easy, and easier to get admitted to, so attractive to a certain subset of people.

However.

Online for-profit "degrees" are often not worth the electrons they come from. Future employers do know the difference.

While I'm not a huge fan of GCU (I'm a former student) it is a real school with a rapidly expanding campus in AZ.

OP, if you've previously attended GCU, I would just stick with what you know and go there.

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