Family Nurse Practitioner Schools

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Hi, so I've been looking around this website for specific answers to my questions and cannot seem to find a thread that answers any of them directly. I would like to enter into a MSN-FNP program (online preferably) as I have just completed my RN-BSN through WGU. I have looked into schools like Chamberlain and Frontier which seem to be very flexible as far as start dates. While some people speak highly of them, most of the people on here just bash them and call them diploma-mills, which they may be. Will they get me a job though? Because that's the bottom line. Everyone whose ever actually done any real nursing knows that you learn on the floor once you've graduated. The other option is Brick and Mortar but the next start date is the Fall of 2016 and that seems like such a long time to wait! If anyone has any advice for me then I would be very thankful but if you're just looking to bash specific programs then I'd rather not hear it.

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I've read good things about Frontier. I don't believe people care for the most part where you went to school as long as you are licensed and are able to make them money.

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That's kind of what I was thinking. Just wondering if the competency based WGU (3.0) grading system will affect my chances at certain schools. If so I'd like to avoid applying to those schools.

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Specializes in Critical Care; Recovery.
https://allnurses.com/western-governors-university/if-you-went-837412.html Take a look at this thread
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Drexel has an online program but seems very competitive as the university has a very high reputation. I would like to know the likelihood of being accepted into the Family NP program as a new working RN. I would be working approximately one year when the program would begin (2016). If anyone can give me advice, that would be wonderful.

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