Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Programs

fry.girl · Aug 3, 2005

Does anyone know if there are any ACNP programs that can be done online, while doing clinicals in your home area?

Here is one that I know of...

http://www.southalabama.edu/nursing/acnp.html

Cheri :)

TMPaul · Aug 3, 2005

Is anyone in an acute care nurse practitioner program? I have mentioned on another thread that I am in a family nurse practitioner program now, but would ultimately like to work in critical care. I have worked ICU since 1991 and have had CCRN since 1993. I choose the FNP program because there are no ACNP programs close to home.
Does anyone know if there are any ACNP programs that can be done online, while doing clinicals in your home area?

Vanderbilt University has such a program.

glascow · Aug 3, 2005

Thanks for your responses. Those are the two progams I found when doing my own internet search.

Are you'll currently enrolled in these programs or know anyone who is? Thanks!

SharonH, RN · Aug 3, 2005

Glascow, I am currently in a CNS program which is about 2 hours from Atlanta where I live. It's not an online program but a lot of it was done primarily online although I think that if I had understood how much driving I was going to be doing eventually, I would have decided against it.

Anyway, I just wanted to warn you that if you do go online, make sure that your school is able to contract with the institution which you choose for clinicals and that you line up your preceptor early. There are at least 20 freakin' hospitals in the Atlanta area and you would not believe the problems I have had securing preceptors and clinical sites. That's just one thing to ask your advisors about when you are choosing a school.

txspadequeenRN, BSN, RN · Aug 3, 2005

Try University of Texas medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB). They have a nursing school and I know that some of there NP programs are online, but dont know which ones.

button2cute · Aug 4, 2005

Try University of Texas medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB). They have a nursing school and I know that some of there NP programs are online, but dont know which ones.

Drexel university is online and clinicals are in your area or at the sites they can provide for you.

Cynthia_S · Aug 4, 2005

Hello... try this website. It has a lot of interesting info. Good luck.

http://www.allnursingschools.com/featured/nurse-practitioner.php

glascow · Aug 5, 2005

Thanks for the link!

glascow · Aug 7, 2005

The more I look into all of these programs, I am beginning to think it might be better to just go for a DNP or DrNP and specialize in critical care. I would rather get a doctorate than a post-master's in acute care.

Any thoughts, comments, or opinions about this would be appreciated.

Thanks

button2cute · Aug 7, 2005

The more I look into all of these programs, I am beginning to think it might be better to just go for a DNP or DrNP and specialize in critical care. I would rather get a doctorate than a post-master's in acute care.
Any thoughts, comments, or opinions about this would be appreciated.
Thanks

Hello, Glascow

What are the requirements of being a DrNP? Do you have to possess a MS prior of attending the DrNP program? What areas can you study?

Thank you,

Buttons

glascow · Aug 7, 2005

I think Columbia & Drexel University are the only 2 schools that offer the DrNP, it is fairly new. I think you must already have your MSN. I have read about so many programs I can't remember for certain!

Check out this website: http://www.allnursingschools.com/fe...ractitioner.php

for more information.